Beijing: The new “Big Brother” of the Indian Ocean?
One of the busiest water routes in the world, the Indian Ocean is of utmost significance as a means of connectivity and flow of trade. Acting as a bridge to the Middle East, Africa,...
Author: Wini Fred Gurung
India needs to up its game in Myanmar amidst Chinese influence
With a land boundary of over 1600 kilometres along Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland, and a maritime boundary in the Bay of Bengal, India and Myanmar share a special relationship owing to their...
Beijing- The new “Big Brother” of the Indian Ocean?
One of the busiest water routes in the world, the Indian Ocean is of utmost significance as a means of connectivity and flow of trade. Acting as a bridge to the Middle East, Africa,...
Chinese Dragon at the Himalayan Kingdom: A Wakeup call for India?
During my month-long volunteering to Nepal in August 2019, the city of Kathmandu was still in ruins from the aftermath of the 2015 earthquake that adversely affected human lives, the economy, livelihood, development, and...
How has China changed the Indo-Vietnam dynamics?
India and Vietnam’s age-old friendship goes way back to mid-1900s- the era of struggle for independence, the formation of the two nations and the cordial relationship that was shared between the founding fathers- President...
India & Mongolia: Across the Chinese dragon
The year 2019 marked the 64th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between India and Mongolia. [i] President Khaltmaagiin Battulga of Mongolia began his five-day State visit on 19th September, the first in...
As the Sino-Bangladesh ties deepen, is India out of the game?
News clippings from Dhaka-based Benar News BenarNews (16/05/2019): “China No. 1 Foreign Investor in Bangladesh, New Official Figures Show.” [1] BenarNews (11/09/2019): “ A Chinese-built solar power plant started supplying electricity to Bangladesh’s...
