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18 May 2015

China and Digital India

Less than two years ago most Indians would struggle to name a Chinese company. Fast forward to the present, Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi is on the tips of everyone’s tongue. Chinese internet giants Alibaba, Tencent and Xiaomi have emerged as investors and major players in India’s fast growing e-commerce and internet space. Their emergence marks a new and exciting area of cooperation and engagement between India and China

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14 May 2015

OBOR and India’s security concerns

While China will seek India’s cooperation on its ambitious ‘One Belt, One Road’ project during Prime Minister Modi’s visit this week, Indian policy makers must soon articulate a definite stand on this transnational corridor by bridging the country’s security concerns and the benefits of such an engagement with China.

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14 May 2015

Asia’s environmental emergency

The idea that Asia can follow the West’s ‘get dirty, get rich, get clean’ strategy grows more absurd with every year. Nor can Asian political leaders say the region can’t afford the cost of environmental progress. It is now clear that India and other countries cannot afford the skyrocketing cost of environmental degradation.

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14 May 2015

Modi in China: A growing partnership

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in China from 14-16 May, his first visit to China as prime minister and his second bilateral summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. India and China share a bivalent relationship, simultaneously cooperating and competing on a Read more

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14 May 2015

Why on earth is Narendra Modi going to Mongolia?

Rajrishi Singhal, Senior Geoeconomics Fellow, Gateway House, has been quoted in an article about India's interests in Mongolia and the reason for PM Modi's visit to the country on May 17. This article has been published by Quartz India