https://www.scmp.com/rss/524408/feed The latest news and updates on Ajit Doval, known for his extensive background in intelligence and national security. He currently serves as India’s National Security Adviser, a role he has held since 2014, making him the longest-serving incumbent. A retired Indian Police Service officer, he previously directed the Intelligence Bureau and headed its operations wing. His work involves advising the Prime Minister on security and international affairs, with expertise in counter-terrorism, diplomacy,... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Maria Siow Maria Siow Bangladesh’s national security adviser recently made a low-profile visit to New Delhi for talks with his Indian counterpart, in what many in Dhaka saw as a sign that the neighbours might reset ties following months of tensions over the self-exile of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in India. The meeting was the highest-level contact since Bangladesh’s interim government took office. But analysts say that the path to normalising relations remains uncertain, even if India is willing to work... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3336093/are-india-and-bangladesh-sidestepping-hasinas-exile-improve-frayed-ties?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3336093/are-india-and-bangladesh-sidestepping-hasinas-exile-improve-frayed-ties?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Dec 2025 02:00:12 +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 Neville Lai,Wai-Hong Tang Neville Lai,Wai-Hong Tang The evolving dynamics between China and India, the world’s most populous nations and rising economic powers, are at a critical juncture. Recent developments have shown encouraging signs in bilateral relations, with both sides expressing a willingness to re-engage constructively. Foreign Minister Wang Yi recently visited New Delhi, where he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval. This has renewed the momentum of... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3322748/china-must-accept-india-looking-after-itself?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3322748/china-must-accept-india-looking-after-itself?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 24 Aug 2025 08:30:08 +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 Alyssa Chen Alyssa Chen China’s top diplomat pointed to progress on border talks and an agreement to reopen various dialogue channels when he met India’s prime minister in New Delhi on Tuesday. As the two countries make cautious efforts to improve relations, Wang Yi told Narendra Modi that he and Indian national security adviser Ajit Doval had reached a consensus on regular management and control to maintain peace in border areas. They also agreed to “properly handle” sensitive points and advance delimitation talks in... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3322471/china-india-talks-narendra-modi-praises-stable-predictable-constructive-ties?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3322471/china-india-talks-narendra-modi-praises-stable-predictable-constructive-ties?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Aug 2025 06:22:20 +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 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 Xinlu Liang Xinlu Liang Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit India for the first time in three years to discuss the latest round of border talks, the Chinese foreign ministry has confirmed. During the trip from August 18 to 20, the top Chinese diplomat will serve as the “special representative of the China-India boundary question” in the 24th round of border talks “at the invitation of the Indian side”, according to a Saturday statement from the ministry. This series of negotiations aims to address long-standing border... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3322094/chinas-top-diplomat-wang-yi-visit-india-first-time-3-years-border-talks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3322094/chinas-top-diplomat-wang-yi-visit-india-first-time-3-years-border-talks?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 16 Aug 2025 10:53:38 +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 Biman Mukherji Biman Mukherji When Indian pilgrims set foot in Tibet again this summer, their arrival heralded a new beginning for India and China, five years after a deadly Himalayan clash plunged the two bitter rivals into a diplomatic deep freeze. But with the machinery of engagement whirring once more amid flaring global trade wars and shifting strategic alliances, hopes have sprung anew that Asia’s two largest economies might finally move past the years of suspicion and silence. Late last month, New Delhi resumed... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3320481/all-out-thaw-can-india-and-china-unfreeze-icy-ties-last?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3320481/all-out-thaw-can-india-and-china-unfreeze-icy-ties-last?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 02 Aug 2025 00:00:08 +0000 Aparna Divya Aparna Divya The recent handshake between Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing is more than a symbolic gesture. It reflects a cautious attempt to compensate for years of silence between the two Asian giants. As Jaishankar’s first visit to China since the Galwan Valley clash in 2020, it can be seen as an inflection point in India-China relations. There was a flurry of China-India re-engagement following the 2024 border agreement, which allowed for... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3318952/china-and-india-perform-balancing-act-breakthrough-possible?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3318952/china-and-india-perform-balancing-act-breakthrough-possible?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Jul 2025 01:30:08 +0000 Fan Chen Fan Chen The fallout between China and India over the 14th Dalai Lama’s succession plan has put a strain on their improving relations, but observers say the dispute is unlikely to completely jeopardise the thaw between the neighbours. The dispute was triggered last week by comments from a senior Indian minister, Kiren Rijiju, who said only the Dalai Lama himself and the institution he established had the authority to identify his successor as the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism. Then on Sunday,... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3317903/china-india-spar-over-dalai-lamas-succession-plan-recent-thaw-risk?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3317903/china-india-spar-over-dalai-lamas-succession-plan-recent-thaw-risk?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Jul 2025 10:00:12 +0000 Brian Rhoads,Raymond Ma Brian Rhoads,Raymond Ma The United States and China have made a breakthrough on trade, with Beijing agreeing to review and approve rare earth export applications in exchange for the United States dropping its countermeasures. “China will review and approve export applications for controlled items in line with laws and regulations, while the US side will correspondingly lift a series of restrictive measures against China,” the Commerce Ministry said in a statement. The deal is expected to help stabilise bilateral... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3316034/us-china-trade-breakthrough-quad-meeting-washington-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3316034/us-china-trade-breakthrough-quad-meeting-washington-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Jun 2025 09:00:08 +0000