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Times of India: After Olympics, Brand China gets global stamp

28. August 2008

Source BEIJING: The sporting event has ended, but Beijing Olympian tryst with the world on the political plane has taken on a new dimension. Brand China has managed to overcome its biggest hurdle, which is its image in the eyes of the western world. “Most sensible people have realized that there is significant improvement on all the [...]

China accords red carpet welcome to Prachanda on maiden visit

28. August 2008

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Source BEIJING: China on Sunday offered to provide “every possible help” to Nepal for its stability and development as Beijing accorded a red carpet welcome to Prime Minister Prachanda who described the communist giant as a “reliable” friend on his maiden foreign visit. Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao met separately with Pushpa Kamal Dahal [...]

The Hindu: Showcasing China at its best

27. August 2008

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http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/27/stories/2008082755541000.htm Ramesh Thakur The organisation of Beijing Olympics was flawless, the spectacle grand, the facilities were superb, and records tumbled in the pool and on the tracks reflecting the world-beating quality of the facilities. It has been like watching the coverage of the Beijing Olympics on a split screen. So much of the western media comment [...]

TOI: 24% Chinese view India as an enemy

29. July 2008

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Source WASHINGTON: Chinese people are confident about their nation’s place on the world stage but a poll highlights “significant tensions” between China and other rival powers, including India with 24% viewing New Delhi as an “enemy”. Overwhelmingly, the Chinese think their country is popular abroad with roughly three-in-four (77%) believing people in other countries generally have favourable [...]

What China thinks about the N-deal progress

26. July 2008

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Source July 24, 2008 While the party and the State-controlled media in China have so far confined themselves to giving a factual account of the trust vote in New Delhi on the nuclear deal with the US, an authoritative and well-connected strategic affairs journal in Chinese language, has chosen to come [...]

India and Japan: Impact of Relationship on China

19. July 2008

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Source B.Raman, C3S Paper No.43 dated August 22, 2007 There is an economic and a strategic angle to India’s expectations from the current visit of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan, who arrived in Delhi on August 21, to reciprocate the visit paid by Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh to Japan from December 13 to 16 last [...]

India and the US-Sponsored Pax Democratica

19. July 2008

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Source B.Raman, C3S Paper No. 44 dated August 23, 2007 In an article titled “Democratisation And Failed States: The Challenge of Ungovernability” published in the summer 1996 issue of “Parameters”, the quarterly journal of the US Army War College, Dr.Robert H.Dorff, Visiting Professor of Foreign Policy at the US Army War College and Associate Professor of [...]

China: Media Fears Over India Becoming Part of Western Alliance

19. July 2008

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Source D.S.Rajan, C3S Paper No.46 dated August 29, 2007 Sino-Indian relations are progressing steadily. Bilateral economic and trade ties are improving significantly and strategically, both the nations have come to view each other as not a threat. Despite no breakthrough yet on finding a solution to the thorny boundary issue, confidence-building measures in the border, more [...]

Is the Emerging Asian Security Paradigm a Threat to China?

19. July 2008

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Source Col.R.Hariharan, C3S Paper No. 48 dated September 11, 2007 The “Malabar CY 07-2″ naval exercises in the Bay of Bengal held in the first week of September, 2007 undoubtedly represent a major shift in India’s strategic security perceptions. Only the US and Indian navies had been participating in the 12 Malabar series of naval exercises [...]

Normalisation of China-Japan Ties: Historical Bonds and Limitations of their Roles

19. July 2008

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Source D.S.Rajan, C3S Paper No.51 dated September 19, 2007 It cannot be denied that following the ‘ice-breaking’ visit of the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in October 2006 and the ‘ice melting’ visit to Japan, in return, of his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao in April 2007, a positive atmosphere [...]

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