China-India border standoff

For Changpa women in Chushul, the 2020 clashes came during a larger societal shift in gender roles.

While the steps taken to de-escalate tensions along the India-China border are significant, they are merely the beginning of a long process.

The first public reactions to the border agreement reflect a deep suspicion of New Delhi’s “cheap tricks” and fear that Beijing is being naive. 

“No bridge, road, port, or rail line can connect a people divided by communalism or other ethnic fissures… One cannot build strategic connectivity while fostering social divisions.”

The divergence between China and India on border issues was on full display. Nevertheless, Li's visit to New Delhi still holds some positive significance.

Three years since the Chinese incursions in Galwan Valley began, the Sino-Indian border remains a tinderbox.

India’s current security strategies vis-à-vis China are inadequate, but with a deterrence-by-detection strategy, the nation has a chance at maintaining its de facto border.

Various Chinese media reports on the Tawang clash suggest that Beijing is determined to accelerate the frequency of border standoffs.

The lingering standoff that began in 2020 reveals how little progress has been made on the border dispute between China and India.

Despite continuing talks between India and China, military preparations clearly are continuing, too.

China is changing the cyber game in East-Asia - and increasing the potential for conflict across the Indo-Pacific.

The group has always been diverse in terms of economic, political, and security interests. Is it anything more than an ineffective talkshop?

Reports vary about the details of the latest talks, but there seems to be some optimism for an agreement. 

The SCO Summit went virtual this year amid the pandemic, but the content of the meeting was the same as always: big talk, little action.

India has a very long journey on the road to self-reliance before it can expect to substantially reduce dependence on China.

For China, the pandemic was more burden than opportunity. 

As Chinese social media users probe the conflict with India, the Chinese government keeps a tight lock on information.

Chinese media are trying to cast the present crisis as a part of the “New Cold War” between the United States and China. Don’t be fooled.

On the Chinese internet, the Nepal-India territorial dispute is seen as a direct contributing factor to the recent flare-up on the Sino-Indian border.

Current tensions are concerning, but the situation is much different today than in 1962.