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How China dumped in India using the RCEP intra-trade route

China used both the ASEAN FTA and RCEP tariff concessions to enter the ASEAN market to make it a potential platform for sneaking into the Indian market through the ASEAN–India FTA.

Chinese military activities in the Indian Ocean Region are a warning to India

Sri Lanka is also allowing Chinese research vessels in its ports. China has big plans for the region, not just spy ships.

India's rising power benefits the Indo Pacific

India’s inevitable regional and global leadership  provides a welcome new opening for the country and the region in their security calculations. It remains the region’s most important Asian partner in providing the economic and security fallback that is based on values, trust and proven expectations. 

India-China border standoff continues as disengagement seems remote

Why no heads rolled for the surprises in 2020 with PLA exercising in Aksai Chin and a new road constructed five km short of Galwan?

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China prepares for security vacuum as US troops exit war-ravaged Afghanistan

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Pakistan prime minister’s expedient silence over the plight of Uyghur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang

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Pakistani PM praises Chinese and Pakistani engineers, workers for under-construction Dasu Hydropower project

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Indian Navy keeping a close watch on China’s port projects in Sri Lanka

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China miffed as details of vaccine deal leaked in Nepal

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