Senior US officials have filled their mid-March calendars with a slew of visits and discussions with their Asian allies, including the US defense secretary s visit to India, and President Joe Biden s virtual meeting with Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) leaders. The busy schedule of arrangements seems, to Chinese observers, like a
Phone call between Indian, Chinese foreign ministers signals end of confrontation, shows determination to rebuild bilateral ties: Indian insider
Shanghai-based Global Times reporter covering domestic affairs, international relations, Shanghai and its surrounding areas.
Chen Shasha in Beijing and Hu Bofeng in New Delhi Published: Feb 26, 2021 06:08 PM Updated: Feb 27, 2021 10:54 AM
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) meets with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on the sidelines of a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Council of Foreign Ministers in Moscow, Russia, on Sept. 10, 2020. (Photo: Xinhua)
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi talked with Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar over the phone on Thursday, six days after the two countries held the tenth round of corps commander-level talks, in which the two countries had an in-depth exchange of views on issues along the Line of A
SOURCE / ECONOMY By Global Times Published: Feb 23, 2021 09:58 PM
Aerial photo taken on Jan. 28, 2021 shows a section of the Lhasa-Nagqu high-grade highway (R) and the Qinghai-Tibet railway in southwest China s Tibet Autonomous Region.Photo:Xinhua
China s state planning organization vowed recently to strengthen the construction of railway projects that aim for border defense, the first time for the planner to announce such measures involved with defense.
The announcement was part of the budget plan that the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) released for the railways, which analysts said indicates the Sichuan-Tibet Railway may involved in the plan. The Sichuan-Tibet Railway is a fundamental railway project directly linked to border defense, Zhao Jian, a professor with Beijing Jiaotong University, told the Global Times on Tuesday.
OPINION / OBSERVER By Li Qingqing Published: Feb 23, 2021 10:58 PM
BRICS Photo: VCGIndia holds the rotating chairmanship of BRICS in 2021, and the country will hold the BRICS summit in the second half of the year. We support India hosting this year s BRICS meetings and stand ready to work together with it and other members to strengthen communication and cooperation in various fields, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Monday. The statement has attracted the attention of the Indian media.
China s attitude shows that with the rising uncertainty in the international community, emerging countries need to look to one another for development. BRICS countries are among the largest emerging markets worldwide. Expanding cooperation within the BRICS will not only bring additional development momentum to the five countries, but will also improve their strategic initiative.
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New Delhi: Continuation of the disengagement process between the Indian and Chinese troops so far is a “positive sign of easing tensions”, even though the incident has left a “great negative impact” on bilateral ties, experts on China and international affairs have told ThePrint.
The experts don’t see fresh tensions emerging in the near future, and say both New Delhi and Beijing should now look for a “long-term solution” to avoid such incidents in the future, as global geopolitics is rapidly changing, impacting Asia’s relationship with the world.
“It must be acknowledged that the confrontation in 2020 has had a great negative impact on bilateral relations and needs time to heal and recover in the near term. Therefore, it is foreseeable that China-India relations will stay at a comparatively low level in the year 2021. Past experience guides the future. We should not only learn lessons from the conflicts but also offer some deep reflections on