‘A thousand-year relationship’: Ambassador Nirupama Rao traces the ties between India and China

The text of the 2015 Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial IFFCO Lecture given by India’s former ambassador to China and the US.

Nirupama Rao

· Aug 23, 2017 · 07:30 pm

To achieve peace on the border, India must demilitarise its China policy

Couched in Beijing’s bluster on Doklam deadlock is a message for conciliation. New Delhi must respond in kind.

MK Bhadrakumar

· Jul 17, 2017 · 10:30 am

India must specify what it means by ‘meaningful dialogue’ on Belt and Road initiative, says China

We have been holding extensive consultations on the project for the past four years, China’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday.

Scroll Staff

· May 16, 2017 · 06:42 pm

Is India trying to convince the world China’s One Belt One Road plan is secretly colonial?

New Delhi has warned that China’s grand connectivity plan could leave debt-ridden communities and failed projects.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· May 15, 2017 · 07:30 am

Small-town India is waking up to China, but there's still little understanding of its ways

India’s academic expertise on China is limited to a few think-tanks and few universities.

Reshma Patil

· Jan 24, 2017 · 05:30 pm

China to build second railway line to Tibet

The 1,629 km-long line will link the capital of China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, Lhasa, to Chengdu, the capital of the Sichuan Province.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 05, 2016 · 12:16 pm

One reason to give Chinese tourists visas-on-arrival: they will spend $264 billion in 2019

India's Tourism Ministry is keen to have a more liberal visa policy for Chinese travellers, but the Home Ministry is worried about security.

Aarefa Johari

· Mar 26, 2015 · 10:30 am

As Tibetans protest against Chinese president Xi, Dalai Lama praises him

Speaking in Mumbai, the Tibetan spiritual leader said he is optimistic about Xi, but added that China must not use force to rule.

Aarefa Johari

· Sep 18, 2014 · 02:18 pm

Despite the Xi-Modi bromance, Indians and Chinese don't actually like each other

One in two Indians thinks China is a major threat.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Sep 18, 2014 · 06:00 am