Sanjay Kumar writes: On 25 June 2016, China inaugurated a new space launch centre at Wenchang on Hainan Island; with the successful lift-off of its new, most powerful launch vehicle – Long March 7 (also referred as CZ-7) rocket.
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Strategic Moves – US Facilitates India’s MCTR Membership, China Blocks NSG Entry
RPS Bhadauria writes: These developments are being widely discussed because of the implications which they have for the region and indeed for India and China relationship.
Disquiet in PLA
Sandeep Jain writes: There are reports that the reshuffle of various functionaries in senior positions has been viewed with suspicion and as an effort on part of the President to place his coterie in positions of power.
Is China’s Obstructionism to Indian Entry to NSG a Strategic Miscalculation?
Shashi Asthana Writes: While China may feel that these actions of showing support to all weather friend Pakistan and appeasing the terrorist groups there, are in their strategic interest, but there is a considerable strategic cost attached with these decisions.
PM Modi’s US Visit: Chinese Media Highlights India’s Policy of Non-Alignment
Raj Kumar Sharma writes: The article in Global Times says that India cannot rise by containing China, but its reverse is equally true that China too cannot rise by containing India. Success of any containment strategy in age of globalization is difficult and it is time that India and China cooperate in true strategic realm as well.
The Shangri-La Dialogue 2016: Conflicting Views on the South China Sea
Shantanu Roy-Chaudhury writes: Even though this year’s dialogue was heavily dominated by issues in the South China Sea, the Chinese delegation and Admiral Sun seemed confident about their activities and rebuffed American pressure to curb its activities in the area.