Many rising powers including India, which the US is counting on along with Japan, Australia, South Korea to deal with China in the Indo-Pacific, have robust and strong commercial ties with China which they can not easily jeopardize only because the US feels threatened by the rise of China. Even the European Union is economically entrenched with China and the EU would not upset China beyond a certain threshold.
One such opportunity lies in the realm of electric vehicles (EVs). Both India and China are on the cusp of transformative shifts in transportation, and the adoption of EVs could play a pivotal role in sustainable development and poverty alleviation in India. As India considers domestic EV manufacturing in collaboration with Chinese companies such as BYD, Leapmotor, and NIO, the potential for job creation, trade, and technology transfer is enormous. Chinese expertise in EV technology could help India meet its ambitious environmental goals while bolstering economic growth.
In such a scenario, closer engagement with Beijing, does not mean that New Delhi needs to abandon its call for open sea lanes and unhindered movement through the South China Seas, or its support to QUAD, or participate in the naval exercises in the Pacific, or disown His Holiness the Dalai Lama, or break trade and other contacts with Taiwan, to name a few. Each is critical to crafting India's foreign and security policy towards China, the ASEAN, and the Indo-Pacific.
Social media giant Twitter has suspended the account of the Chinese Embassy in Colombo, days after it had responded to allegations against China using undiplomatic language. “We have already applied to unlock the account,” a spokesman for the embassy told News1st
The Xi'an municipality of Shaanxi province of China, has provided medical supplies in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic
The People's Bank of China has increased its stake in India's banking and financial services company HDFC to 1.01 percent. The central bank of China currently has nearly 1.75 crore shares in HDFC during the quarter ended March, according to data submitted by the company at the BSE
The Indain government on Thursday slammed China at the United Nations for raking up India's internal matters and its failure to recognize Pakistan's cross-border terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is making steady progress, and its scope will be further enhanced in the second phase, a top Pakistani official said
Sri Lanka’s Hambantota Port, run by China’s CM Ports group with Chinese oil group Sinopec, has stocked up bunker oil to supply ships passing the island with the global shipping industry hit by the fallout of Coronavirus
China Railway Group Limited (CREC) has donated Personal Protective Equipment and other safety gears to the Combined Military Hospital and Kurmitola General Hospital in Dhaka to extend support to the Bangladesh government's fight against the coronavirus outbreak
The Chinese government is reluctant to open trade routes with Nepal, saying the coronavirus infection has been gradually spreading in Nepal
In what is being called the "cruelest irony" China, that blasted the world with one million coronavirus cases, now stands to gain from the fallout, exporting equipment and supplies needed to fight the pandemic, according to a US leader
Air India on Saturday commenced the first cargo flight between Shanghai and Delhi. "An Air-bridge between Shanghai & Delhi has been established," the Ministry of Civil Aviation said in a statement on Saturday
The International Council of Jurists (ICJ) and All India Bar Association have moved the United Nations Human Rights Council seeking compensation from China for "surreptitiously developing a biological weapon capable of mass destruction."
It is now recognized all over the world that COVID-19 originated from the Wuhan region in China and China did not forewarn the world at the right time about what is now known as the China virus disaster
Air India is likely to transport critical medical equipment and supplies from China starting April 3
The Chinese government has provided medical aid to Nepal government on Sunday to combat the novel coronavirus
Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has said that necessary medicines required for the control of coronavirus infection will arrive in Nepal on Saturday
