https://www.scmp.com/rss/522755/feed The latest news and top stories on Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. He has served as India’s Minister of External Affairs since 2019. His career in the Indian Foreign Service includes pivotal roles as Foreign Secretary and Ambassador to the United States, China and Singapore. He was instrumental in negotiating the India-US Civil Nuclear Agreement and adeptly managed complex relations with China. His responsibilities involve shaping India’s foreign policy, strengthening international ties and advancing... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Khushboo Razdan Khushboo Razdan The foreign ministers of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or Quad, nations gathered in New Delhi on Tuesday in a coordinated display of unity aimed at reaffirming the bloc’s relevance amid recent shifts in geopolitical dynamics. The Quad, comprising the United States, Japan, Australia and India, aims to promote a “free and open” Indo-Pacific and balance China’s expanding influence in the strategically vital region. With US President Donald Trump fresh from talks with Chinese President Xi... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3354953/quad-foreign-ministers-fight-relevance-new-delhi-leaders-summit-remains-elusive?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3354953/quad-foreign-ministers-fight-relevance-new-delhi-leaders-summit-remains-elusive?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 May 2026 19:41:02 +0000 Biman Mukherji Biman Mukherji US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to India this week will give Washington an opportunity to “get the optics right” regarding ties between the two sides, amid friction over unresolved trade issues and broader international cooperation. Rubio stressed cooperation on trade, energy, defence and maritime security in meetings with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Sunday as he arrived in New Delhi. Jaishankar said that the two... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3354866/rubio-looks-repair-lens-us-india-ties-amid-quad-talks-energy-deals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3354866/rubio-looks-repair-lens-us-india-ties-amid-quad-talks-energy-deals?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 May 2026 06:11:08 +0000 Cao Jiaxuan Cao Jiaxuan China’s top diplomat Wang Yi called for “unity and the safeguarding of international justice” during a meeting with UN General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock on Wednesday, urging a global front against the “law of the jungle” amid deepening geopolitical tensions. During the talks in Beijing, Wang told Baerbock that multilateralism faced “severe challenges” from unnamed powers prioritising “might over right” – a veiled critique of Washington. “Certain countries pursue a policy of ‘strength... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3351883/might-over-right-imperils-international-justice-wang-yi-tells-uns-baerbock?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3351883/might-over-right-imperils-international-justice-wang-yi-tells-uns-baerbock?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:51:23 +0000 Junaid Kathju Junaid Kathju As the Iran war reshapes West Asian geopolitics, Pakistan has unexpectedly emerged as a backchannel mediator between Tehran and Washington, potentially sidelining India’s efforts to assert itself as a credible global diplomatic actor. India, despite its growing partnerships with the US, Israel and the Gulf states, has been absent from any meaningful conflict-resolution initiative on Iran. Umer Karim, a political science researcher at the University of Birmingham, said India’s strengthening... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3347999/pakistan-steps-iran-mediator-while-india-watches-wings?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3347999/pakistan-steps-iran-mediator-while-india-watches-wings?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:21:12 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Sri Lanka discharged from hospital 22 Iranian sailors who were plucked from life rafts after their warship was sunk by a US submarine, officials said on Sunday. The sailors were treated at Karapitiya Hospital in the southern port city of Galle since Wednesday after the IRIS Dena was torpedoed just outside Sri Lanka’s territorial waters. “Another 10 are still undergoing treatment,” said a medical officer at the hospital. He said the bodies of 84 Iranians retrieved from the Indian Ocean were also... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3345856/sri-lanka-hospital-discharges-22-iranian-sailors-rescued-after-warship-sinking?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3345856/sri-lanka-hospital-discharges-22-iranian-sailors-rescued-after-warship-sinking?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Mar 2026 06:30:12 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Iran’s president said on Saturday that a demand by the United States for an unconditional surrender is a “dream that they should take to their grave”. President Masoud Pezeshkian made the statement in a pre-recorded address aired by state television. He also apologised for Iran’s attacks on regional countries, saying that Tehran would halt them and suggesting they were caused by miscommunication in the ranks. He blamed the killing of the country’s supreme leader and other top officials for what... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3345818/iran-defies-us-demands-surrender-apologises-strikes-neighbours?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3345818/iran-defies-us-demands-surrender-apologises-strikes-neighbours?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Mar 2026 10:18:45 +0000 Biman Mukherji Biman Mukherji India and the European Union are stepping up a long-delayed push for a free-trade agreement as New Delhi prepares to host the bloc’s top leaders later this month, with both sides signalling urgency amid mounting pressure from US tariffs and a shifting global order. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, in a speech at the World Economic Forum on Tuesday, said she would be travelling to India after the conference, adding that the two sides were “on the cusp of a historic trade... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3340868/india-eu-ramp-push-historic-free-trade-deal-amid-us-tariff-tensions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3340868/india-eu-ramp-push-historic-free-trade-deal-amid-us-tariff-tensions?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Jan 2026 10:45:48 +0000 Khushboo Razdan Khushboo Razdan Despite a high-level phone call between US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, 2025 is likely to end without the long-promised US-India trade deal, as the “America first” leader continues to stall the agreement while working to cement improved ties with Beijing. The call came just days after Modi hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin. While the Indian Prime Minister described his conversation with Trump as “warm and engaging” in a social media post,... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3336135/trump-and-modi-have-warm-phone-call-2025-unlikely-end-trade-deal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3336135/trump-and-modi-have-warm-phone-call-2025-unlikely-end-trade-deal?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 Dec 2025 23:00:52 +0000 Aparna Divya Aparna Divya In recent months, India-China relations have returned to normality after a long decade of confrontation. With the resumption of direct flights after five years, recent corps commander-level talks, the reopening of the Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage route, the relaxation of barriers on hi-tech supplies and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping exchanging pleasantries at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, a quiet detente is under way. This cooperation could... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3332286/can-china-and-india-turn-tactical-calm-strategic-moderation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3332286/can-china-and-india-turn-tactical-calm-strategic-moderation?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Nov 2025 12:30:11 +0000 Farwa Aamer Farwa Aamer The year began with promise for US-India relations. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington reinforced both countries’ intent to sustain the partnership’s momentum. Their personal rapport, forged during US President Donald Trump’s first term, appeared to offer political capital for a results-driven agenda. India entered 2025 buoyed by a bipartisan consensus in Washington that New Delhi was central to the Indo-Pacific balance. Yet as the year closes, optimism has faded. A... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3332216/how-india-and-us-can-find-their-way-back-better-relations?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3332216/how-india-and-us-can-find-their-way-back-better-relations?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 12 Nov 2025 21:30:09 +0000 dpa dpa Several countries as well as the European Union have offered their condolences after a powerful earthquake struck northern Afghanistan, killing 20 people and injuring hundreds, according to official reports. The country’s national disaster management authority said 20 people have died and 643 were wounded, revising down earlier figures reported by the state-run news agency Bakhtar, which had put the death toll of the overnight quake at 27, with more than 700 injured. Pakistan, India, Iran,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3331402/international-condolences-pour-after-afghanistan-earthquake-kills-20?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3331402/international-condolences-pour-after-afghanistan-earthquake-kills-20?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Nov 2025 23:20:15 +0000 Biman Mukherji Biman Mukherji Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to skip the Asean summit in Malaysia was probably made with an eye on coming crucial state polls in Bihar and to avoid meeting US President Donald Trump amid sensitive trade negotiations, analysts have said. During a special event at the White House last week, Trump had reiterated claims that India would stop buying Russian oil. The US president then attended the Asean meeting in Kuala Lumpur before departing for Japan on Monday. Modi addressed the... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3330502/why-indias-modi-skipped-asean-summit-malaysia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3330502/why-indias-modi-skipped-asean-summit-malaysia?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 Oct 2025 11:30:14 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg The US is seeking to expand its strategic relationship with Pakistan but those ties do not come at the expense of Washington’s relations with India, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said. Just like India had ties with countries that the US did not, the vice versa applies, Rubio told reporters on board a flight to Doha. “It’s part of a mature, pragmatic foreign policy,” he said on Saturday. “I don’t think anything we’re doing with Pakistan comes at the expense of our relationship or friendship... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3330440/us-pakistan-ties-not-expense-india-rubio?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3330440/us-pakistan-ties-not-expense-india-rubio?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 Oct 2025 06:28:51 +0000 Khushboo Razdan Khushboo Razdan A long-awaited trade deal between India and the United States may be facing political delays, despite broad agreement that would cut the steep 50 per cent duties imposed on New Delhi by US President Donald Trump to about 15-16 per cent, according to two people familiar with the talks. The sources, who declined to be identified given sensitive negotiations, said that while Washington is eager to conclude the deal quickly to appease US farmers caught in the crossfire with trade frictions with... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3330129/trump-and-modis-tariff-tango-russian-oil-soybeans-and-delayed-deal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3330129/trump-and-modis-tariff-tango-russian-oil-soybeans-and-delayed-deal?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Oct 2025 21:35:20 +0000 Khushboo Razdan Khushboo Razdan India accused developed nations of hypocrisy in global trade and their responses to global crises at the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday, a charge that followed faltering efforts to negotiate with Washington to remove tariffs tied to its purchases of Russian crude oil. Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar used his speech in New York to warn against tariff volatility, technology controls, and supply-chain coercion, while urging the Global South to push back against... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3327120/india-uses-un-spotlight-call-out-developed-nations-trade?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3327120/india-uses-un-spotlight-call-out-developed-nations-trade?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 Sep 2025 19:43:57 +0000 Khushboo Razdan Khushboo Razdan Top trade negotiators from India and the United States failed to resolve their tariff dispute during talks on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week, with New Delhi urging Washington to drop levies linked to Russian energy imports, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the negotiations. US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer met Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday. The pair were joined by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio,... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3327059/india-us-trade-talks-un-sidelines-fail-break-impasse?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3327059/india-us-trade-talks-un-sidelines-fail-break-impasse?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Sep 2025 20:18:02 +0000 Khushboo Razdan Khushboo Razdan India remains a democratic counterweight to China in the Indo-Pacific region, a senior US State Department official said on Wednesday, dismissing any suggestion that sharp bilateral disputes over trade had fundamentally changed that position for US President Donald Trump’s administration. “Absolutely still see India as a critical partner in the Indo-Pacific,” the official said, suggesting India is the “indo” in Indo-Pacific and adding that ties with New Delhi remain strong. The official noted... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3326745/us-reaffirms-india-counterweight-china-despite-trade-rifts-pakistan-concerns?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3326745/us-reaffirms-india-counterweight-china-despite-trade-rifts-pakistan-concerns?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Sep 2025 22:24:28 +0000 Khushboo Razdan Khushboo Razdan India and China, recently seen moving towards rapprochement after years of strained ties, held separate meetings with Global South countries on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week, highlighting a quiet rivalry for leadership of the developing world. The world’s two most-populous countries had been expected to present a united front as global trade and multilateralism face increasing headwinds under US President Donald Trump’s second term. Instead, their... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3326737/india-and-china-vie-global-south-leadership-un-gatherings?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3326737/india-and-china-vie-global-south-leadership-un-gatherings?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:11:23 +0000 SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial The Brics emergency summit at which Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a speech was convened by Brazil to coordinate resistance to growing pressures from US President Donald Trump’s trade war. It did not turn into a forum for an open clash with the United States, as anticipated by some. But it would be a mistake to discount the importance of such meetings to a growing trading bloc in consolidating long-term resilience. Xi set the tone for the virtual summit, as he did at the recent Shanghai... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3324913/brics-looking-resilience-not-open-clash-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3324913/brics-looking-resilience-not-open-clash-us?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Sep 2025 23:15:14 +0000 Igor Patrick,Khushboo Razdan Igor Patrick,Khushboo Razdan Members of the Brics nations logged into a virtual summit on Monday, convened by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, intending to take a defiant stand against US President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war. Instead, the quickly assembled outing became an exercise in caution, as the bloc’s heavyweights, Brazil and India, sought to steer clear of further enraging the “America-first” leader. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a founding Brics leader, skipped the meeting, sending... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3324806/brics-virtual-rally-falters-members-appear-leery-exacerbating-us-trade-war?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3324806/brics-virtual-rally-falters-members-appear-leery-exacerbating-us-trade-war?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Sep 2025 21:33:43 +0000 Holly Chik,Laura Zhou Holly Chik,Laura Zhou Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for a unified response to trade challenges posed by the United States, emphasising the need to build an open global economy and resist all forms of protectionism as he addressed a virtual summit of the Brics group on Monday. “No matter how the international situation changes, we must unwaveringly promote the construction of an open world economy, share opportunities and achieve win-win outcomes through openness,” Xi told leaders of the key emerging... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3324783/chinas-xi-jinping-issues-rallying-call-against-protectionism-brics-address?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3324783/chinas-xi-jinping-issues-rallying-call-against-protectionism-brics-address?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Sep 2025 13:03:48 +0000 Reuters Reuters Afghanistan’s Taliban administration made an appeal for help on Monday after one of the country’s worst earthquakes killed more than 800 people and injured at least 2,800. The appeal came as rescuers struggled to reach remote areas due to rough mountainous terrain and inclement weather. The disaster will further stretch the resources of the war-torn nation’s Taliban government, already grappling with crises ranging from a sharp drop in foreign aid to deportations of hundreds of thousands of... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3323976/taliban-asks-world-help-rescuers-search-rubble-wake-afghanistan-earthquake?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3323976/taliban-asks-world-help-rescuers-search-rubble-wake-afghanistan-earthquake?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Sep 2025 22:49:02 +0000 Imran Khalid Imran Khalid Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi didn’t just tour South Asia earlier this month; he redrew the region’s strategic map. In three stops – India, Afghanistan and Pakistan – Beijing offered a tactical reset, a warning and a lifeline. The choreography was deliberate; the message was unmistakable: China is shaping the region’s future, one handshake at a time. The stops were not random. They were sequenced with intent, each one revealing something about China’s ambitions, South Asia’s anxieties and the... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3323179/china-offers-south-asia-choice-between-swords-and-ploughshares?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3323179/china-offers-south-asia-choice-between-swords-and-ploughshares?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Aug 2025 12:30:08 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg White House trade adviser Peter Navarro blasted India for continuing to buy Russian oil and said he expects punitive tariffs of 50 per cent on imports from the South Asian nation to kick in as planned next week. “I see that taking place,” Navarro told reporters in front of the White House when asked about the tariffs on India that are set to double on August 27. “India doesn’t appear to want to recognise its role in the bloodshed. It simply doesn’t. It’s cozying up to Xi Jinping, is what it’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3322728/trump-aide-navarro-calls-indias-russian-oil-purchases-laundromat-kremlin?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3322728/trump-aide-navarro-calls-indias-russian-oil-purchases-laundromat-kremlin?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Aug 2025 01:59:06 +0000 Khushboo Razdan Khushboo Razdan Beijing’s top envoy in New Delhi on Thursday expressed strong support for India, citing the steep US tariffs imposed against the country, and called for “teamwork” and “collaboration” between the world’s two most populous nations in standing up to the “bully”. “US imposed tariffs of up to 50 per cent on India. China firmly opposes it. Silence only emboldens the bully. China will firmly stand with India, uphold the multilateral trading system,” Ambassador Xu Feihong said. He said tariffs and... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3322715/beijing-stands-firm-new-delhi-against-bully-us-chinese-envoy-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3322715/beijing-stands-firm-new-delhi-against-bully-us-chinese-envoy-says?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 Aug 2025 19:54:22 +0000 Brian Rhoads,Raymond Ma Brian Rhoads,Raymond Ma Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday for the final leg of a South Asia tour, as China takes advantage of US trade tensions to boost relations and economic ties in the region. Wang earlier visited Afghanistan and India, where he held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. The Modi discussion fostered a thawing of relations between the world’s two most populous nations amid the imposition of 50 per cent US tariffs on India. “Stable, predictable,... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3322637/china-india-thaw-leaves-us-sidelines?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3322637/china-india-thaw-leaves-us-sidelines?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 Aug 2025 09:00:42 +0000 SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial India and China have come a long way towards mending ties that took a sharp turn for the worse with a deadly clash on their shared border five years ago. The nations took important steps towards restoring their relationship this week during a visit to New Delhi by Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Wang and his Indian hosts addressed urgent issues that have kept the world’s two most populous countries at odds at a critical time. Beijing and New Delhi both face a daunting trade war with the United States.... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3322519/china-india-ties-are-warming-rapidly-heat-us-trade-war?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3322519/china-india-ties-are-warming-rapidly-heat-us-trade-war?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Aug 2025 23:15:14 +0000 Khushboo Razdan Khushboo Razdan The world’s two most-populous countries made significant progress on the diplomatic front recently, and those championing such moves may have Washington to thank. India has agreed to a long-standing Chinese proposal to ease border tensions while also resuming direct flights and business links, as both sides explore trade cooperation – particularly in strategic sectors like rare earths – in a bid to reset their strained ties. Experts highlight that even as deep mistrust lingers, the Asian powers... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3322436/india-china-thaw-rare-earths-border-headway-trump-turns-tariff-heat?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3322436/india-china-thaw-rare-earths-border-headway-trump-turns-tariff-heat?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Aug 2025 02:00:19 +0000 Dewey Sim,Zhao Ziwen Dewey Sim,Zhao Ziwen Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has confirmed that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China at the end of the month for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit. His comments, made during talks on the two countries’ border dispute with Indian national security adviser Ajit Doval on Tuesday, came in the wake of a series of reports in Indian media that the visit would go ahead. It will be Modi’s first trip to China in seven years and raises expectations he will meet Chinese... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3322411/china-confirms-indian-prime-minister-narendra-modi-will-visit-end-month?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3322411/china-confirms-indian-prime-minister-narendra-modi-will-visit-end-month?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Aug 2025 13:09:23 +0000 Biman Mukherji Biman Mukherji India’s central bank has eased rules for settling international trade in rupees, a move analysts say could bolster the currency’s global profile and reduce the country’s dependence on the US dollar as trade tensions with Washington escalate. Though New Delhi has distanced itself from global de-dollarisation drives, observer say the shift reflects a pragmatic push to insulate India from dollar volatility and future geopolitical risks. Earlier this month, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said the... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3322408/indias-easing-rupee-trade-rules-response-us-tariff-threats?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3322408/indias-easing-rupee-trade-rules-response-us-tariff-threats?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Aug 2025 12:26:14 +0000 Zhao Ziwen Zhao Ziwen China and India should see each other as “partners and opportunities” and offer the world “much-needed certainty and stability”, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during his first visit to India in three years amid recovering bilateral ties. Speaking to his Indian counterpart, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, in New Delhi on Monday, Wang said that both countries should “put each other’s precious resources into development and revitalisation”. “China and India should explore the right path of... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3322353/chinas-wang-yi-appeals-shared-vision-partnership-and-opportunity-india-trip?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3322353/chinas-wang-yi-appeals-shared-vision-partnership-and-opportunity-india-trip?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Aug 2025 07:56:23 +0000 Brian Y. S. Wong Brian Y. S. Wong “I shall consider myself fortunate if, through this visit, China comes nearer to India and India to China – for no political or commercial purpose, but for disinterested human love and for nothing else.” These words were uttered by Rabindranath Tagore, one of India’s most legendary poets, on his 1924 visit to China. A century later, the Sino-Indian relationship stands at an inflection point. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is due to visit China for the first time in seven years, to attend... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3321577/china-and-india-may-be-same-page-can-they-start-new-chapter?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3321577/china-and-india-may-be-same-page-can-they-start-new-chapter?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 14 Aug 2025 12:30:37 +0000 Junaid Kathju Junaid Kathju An abrupt decision by US President Donald Trump to double tariffs on Indian goods has triggered what analysts describe as a “total mistrust” in bilateral ties and sent a “muddled strategic signal” about Washington’s foreign policy priorities. The move – an additional 25‑percentage‑point tariff on Indian exports, doubling duties to 50 per cent – was issued in an executive order on Wednesday to penalise India’s continued purchase of Russian oil, which Washington argues is helping fund Moscow’s war... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3321146/trumps-50-tariff-sows-total-mistrust-between-us-india?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3321146/trumps-50-tariff-sows-total-mistrust-between-us-india?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Aug 2025 04:00:10 +0000 Riaz Khokhar Riaz Khokhar Indian think tank NITI Aayog recently made a striking recommendation to ease the near-total restrictions on Chinese investment imposed during the 2020 border crisis. It suggested that Chinese companies be allowed to acquire up to a 24 per cent stake in Indian firms without any vetting. If implemented, it would represent a significant U-turn on New Delhi’s part. Since 2020, India has required screening for all investments from neighbouring countries, effectively targeting China. With the backing... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3319144/why-economic-ties-are-missing-ingredient-china-india-detente?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3319144/why-economic-ties-are-missing-ingredient-china-india-detente?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Jul 2025 01:30:14 +0000 Liu Zhen,Vanessa Cai Liu Zhen,Vanessa Cai China and India will restart mutual personnel travel and direct flights after more than five years of suspension, the two countries’ foreign ministers agreed in Beijing on Monday. “The two sides agreed to take additional practical steps, including travel to each other’s country and direct flight connectivity, for facilitating people-to-people exchanges,” according to a statement by India’s Ministry of External Affairs. However, a readout from China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not mention... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3318175/china-urges-respect-thorny-issues-indias-jaishankar-makes-first-visit-5-years?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3318175/china-urges-respect-thorny-issues-indias-jaishankar-makes-first-visit-5-years?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 14 Jul 2025 12:17:05 +0000