Archive - The India China Newsletter

China's Neighbourhood Play

In the midst of all the turmoil unleashed by Trump's tariffs -- and the gloves truly coming off between Washington and Beijing -- many readers of this…

Apr 10 •

Ananth Krishnan

December 2024

A Reading of India’s and China’s Statements after the Meeting of Special Representatives

Parsing what India and China had to say after a first meeting between the Special Representatives in five years.

Dec 20, 2024 •

Ananth Krishnan

India's External Affairs Minister's Statement to Parliament on China

The main takeaways from External Affairs Minister Jaishankar's statement to Parliament on China.

Dec 4, 2024 •

Ananth Krishnan

November 2024

What India and China Agreed and Diverged On When Jaishankar Met Wang Yi

A parsing of the readouts that came out yesterday, November 19, following the meeting between Foreign Ministers.

Nov 20, 2024 •

Ananth Krishnan

Shivshankar Menon and Ashok Kantha on the Border Agreement and the Future of the India-China Relationship

In this issue of The India China Newsletter, I am sharing the thoughts of Shivshankar Menon and Ashok Kantha on the recent October 21 border agreement…

Nov 16, 2024 •

Ananth Krishnan

Making Sense of Where India-China Relations Are Headed

in this issue I wanted to lay out the significance of recent developments in India-China relations, what they mean and where relations may be headed …

Nov 5, 2024 •

Ananth Krishnan

October 2023

The Newsclick case: ‘Saving’ India from China, by becoming more like China?

This issue of the newsletter looks at the unfolding – and troubling - case involving the Indian news website Newsclick, whose journalists have been…

Oct 5, 2023 •

Ananth Krishnan

June 2023

An India-China media war with no winners

It hasn’t been a great past few weeks for reporters on the India-China beat. Where are things headed?

Jun 16, 2023 •

Ananth Krishnan

March 2023

Qin Gang comes to India, Jaishankar's reality check on China

This issue looks ahead to Qin Gang's visit to India, recent comments on China from External Affairs Minister Jaishankar and what we can glean from them…

Mar 1, 2023 •

Ananth Krishnan

December 2022

Should India be alarmed by China's Covid surge?

There’s been lots of alarm in India on what this surge means. I thought I’d briefly share my two cents, on what we know and what we don’t.

Dec 22, 2022 •

Ananth Krishnan

What the latest LAC clash portends about the future of India China relations

This issue will bring you up to speed on what happened, and explain why LAC tensions, so far restricted to the Western Sector, now surfacing in the…

Dec 13, 2022 •

Ananth Krishnan

November 2022

What data tells us about the strategy driving China's border incursions

A new paper takes to statistical analysis to glean the strategy driving China's border incursions across the Line of Actual Control.

Nov 18, 2022 •

Ananth Krishnan

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