Party and Prosperity Dreams in Rural China: Poverty Alleviation Campaigns in Yunnan

 

Ritu Agarwal

 

Wednesday Seminar | 5 September

The paper presentation was based on the speaker's recent field- visit to Kunming and Jiulong town in Luquan county of Yunnan province and examined how the township government has devised a new approach for poverty reduction in the mountainous areas by synergizing party, enterprises and farmers.

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Local Environmental Governance and Industrial Development in China

 

Saheli Chattaraj

 

Wednesday Seminar | 12 September

The research examined how the local governments along with the industrial firms have taken charge of the environmental pollution governance in China formulating valid pollution governance measures and progressed with the industrial development simultaneously.

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ICS Conversation: Doklam Revisited

 

Lt. Gen Praveen Bakshi, Lt. Gen DS Hooda, Amb. VP Haran, Amb. Ashok K Kantha & Mr. Sushant Singh

 

ICS Conversations | 14 September

The panelists addressed the diplomatic and military lessons that India could draw from the Doklam and Chumar incidents and the way forward for the maintenance of peace and tranquility in border areas while safeguarding India’s vital interests. The panel also examined the post-Doklam trajectory of India-China relationship and its future prospects, including the likelihood (or otherwise) of an early boundary settlement. Bhutan’s relations with India and China against the backdrop of Doklam.

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Foreign NGOs in China: Emerging from the Shadows

 

Santosh Pai

 

Wednesday Seminar | 19 September

 The speaker observed the need to develop a study comparing the legal regimes governing foreign NGOs in China and India as well as the underlying sentiments behind them.

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Islamisation of Xinjiang and the Need for De-radicalisation

 

Bhavna Singh

 

Wednesday Seminar | 26 September

 The speaker analysed the Xinjiang situation from the perspective of Chinese interests, it is hard to see how China benefits from its massive repression of Muslim populations. 

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CHINA REPORT 
Volume 54 | Issue 3 |  August 2018
 
The China Report is a refereed journal in the field of social sciences and international relations. It encourages free expression and discussion of different ideas and approaches which assist in better understanding China and its neighbours. It welcomes and offers a platform for original research from a multi-disciplinary perspective, in new and emerging areas, by scholars and research students. It seeks to promote analysis and vigorous debate on all aspects of Sino-Indian relations, India–China comparative studies and multilateral and bilateral initiatives and collaborations across Asia.
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ICS ANALYSIS 
 
China's South China Sea Strategy
Saurav Sarkar | Issue No. 60 | September 2018
 
This paper discusses about China’s militarization of the South China Sea which also displays China’s capabilities and willingness to use that capability to consolidate its control over disputed regions, empower Chinese presence, and challenge and repel other claimants.
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ICS ANALYSIS 
 
Shades of India-China Energy Geopolitics: From Petroleum to Renewables
NK Janardhanan |  Issue No. 61 | September 2018
 
This analysis focused on how and why Chinese players are able to perform better in securing market access in many geographic locations and ensure their dominance in the renewable sector.
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ICS ANALYSIS 
 
Fuelled by FOCAC: China's Development Cooperation in Africa
Veda Vaidyanathan | Issue No. 62 | September 2018
 
This article analyses the outcomes of the recently concluded FOCAC Summit and contextualizes it against the various measures Beijing has in place to build human and institutional capacity in the continent.
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ICS ANALYSIS 
 
Unravelling the Micro-History of the Bank of China in India
Nirmola Sharma | Issue No. 63 | September 2018
 
This article will attempt to show how the official dispensation in British India saw the increase in the operations of the Bank of China in India and whether in contemporary times, we could draw parallels from this particular case.
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ICS ANALYSIS 
 
Belt and Road Initiative: Recent Trends
Gunjan Singh | Issue No. 64 | September 2018
 
China is one of the biggest beneficiaries of globalization. Today it is the second largest economy in the world and on the path to become the number one. The integrated world economy has helped China become the factory of the world and also the largest trading partner of most of the countries
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ICS ANALYSIS 
 
Abe's Re-election as the Liberal Democratic Party President: Analysing the Process, Outcomes and Challenges Ahead
Shamshad Khan | Issue No. 65 | September 2018
 
This paper analyses the LDP’s election process, key issues highlighted by the candidates and Abe’s agenda for Japan during his apparently final term in the office as well as challenges he faces to implement these agenda.
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The ICS Blog is a platform for an open dialogue that aims to inform and enlighten, especially young scholars and analysts on contemporary issues related to China and East Asia.
 
Tsai's Cross Communication Conundrum
 
Gunjan Singh
6 September
 
Gwadar in China-Pakist Relations
 
Saurav Sarkar
27 September
 
Will Mounting Contestations in the Economic Domain Burden Chinese Innovation and Growth?
Uday Khanapurkar
26 September

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Crazy Rich Asians' comes to town: Based on the best-selling novel Crazy Rich Asians
 
Anurag Viswanath
Financial Express | 1 September
Opting out of RCEP may push India on the margins of Asia
 
Shyam Saran 
Hindustan Times | 5 September
 
चीन में दमन से अमन की रणनीति
 
Debashish Chaudhari
Hindustan | 11 September
The geopolitics of South Pacific: A synoptic view of the current scenario
 
Prarthana Basu
Medium | 18 September
 
China must slow down and change lanes with the Belt and Road Initiative
 
Ravi Bhoothalingam
The Wire | 20 September
 
China's Belt and Road Initiative loses shine in South Asia
 
Gunjan Singh
Asia Times | 6 September
Book Review: A God in Exile: The Fourteenth Dalai Lama
 
Shyam Saran 
Business Standard | 14 September
 
Nepal's shift from India to China: will it work?
 
Gunjan Singh
Asia Times | 20 September
The state of India's national security
 
Shivshankar Menon
The Wire | 22 September
 
 
 
 
The Situation in Afghanistan and Prospects for International: Perspectives from India, China and the USA
 
Amar Sinha, Barnett Rubin, Gautam Mukhopadhaya, Wang Shida, Li Qingyan, Lin Yiming & Ashok K Kantha
ICS Conversation | 23 October | IIC | 5 pm
 
A Year Since the 19th Party Congress
 
Avinash Godbole
Wednesday Seminar | 24 October | ICS | 3 pm
 
 
 
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MADHURIMA NUNDY
Assistant Director & Associate Fellow
Institute of Chinese Studies
 
 


 

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