https://www.scmp.com/rss/325050/feed Dr Faisal Ahmed is associate professor and chairman of international business at FORE School of Management, New Delhi, India. He works on trade and geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific region and is frequently invited by global institutions and media as an expert. He has published scholarly papers as well as articles in leading global newspapers. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com When Chinese President Xi Jinping visited India in September 2014, India and China signed a film co-production treaty in New Delhi. That same year, China was the focus country for India’s International Film Festival, held in Goa. Their bilateral treaty aimed to pool both countries’ resources, creativity and expertise to produce films together. Cinema is an effective soft power instrument. It connects people, encourages cultural appreciation, deepens civilisational links and helps diplomatic... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3123144/amid-china-india-tensions-bollywood-and-cinema-can-help-bridge?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3123144/amid-china-india-tensions-bollywood-and-cinema-can-help-bridge?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Feb 2021 20:00:09 +0000 China says the United States has waged a trade war, while a top CIA expert says China is waging a “quiet kind of cold war” against the US. “Trumponomics” is no longer just rhetoric. US President Donald Trump has already threatened to impose a tariff on all Chinese imports, worth almost US$500 billion – the magic number that would make it a full-blown trade war. But its spillover effect has already begun to hurt the global value chains that define the contemporary geo-economic... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/asia/article/2158183/trumponomics-winning-washington-and-global-supply?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/asia/article/2158183/trumponomics-winning-washington-and-global-supply?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Aug 2018 18:02:17 +0000 The recent “expeditious disengagement” of troops at Doklam plateau has created enough space for Sino-Indian political engagement in the near future. From China’s perspective, the dispute was caused by Indian troops trespassing into Chinese territory. Therefore, Beijing took the view that India should unconditionally withdraw its troops as a prerequisite, and then bring the matter to the table. India’s perspective, on the other hand, was that road construction by China had changed the status quo... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2108715/doklam-tensions-eased-china-and-india-can-build-dialogue-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2108715/doklam-tensions-eased-china-and-india-can-build-dialogue-and?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Aug 2017 03:55:19 +0000