Chinese government has offered to help India as it grapples with a devastating second Covid wave, which has seen the country record over 3 lakh cases daily for a week.
Total imports from China at $58.7 billion were more than India’s combined purchases from US and UAE, the country's second- and third-largest trade partners, respectively.
India’s threat to China is simple: show aggression at LAC and pay a cost in worsening ties. But the value of the threat, and hence its credibility, is questionable.
The government has also imposed restrictions on Chinese companies participating in infrastructure projects, either through contracting or subcontracting.
Government to ensure border infrastructure work 'will carry on at fast pace', and the military will carry out 'all steps necessary and ensure India’s sovereignty is intact'.
Local-level talks going on between Indian & Chinese sides have been described as 'ping-pong game' as there has been a lot of back and forth without any tangible outcome.
Notwithstanding the recent standoff at Galwan valley, experts believe the SR dialogue mechanism between India and China has helped resolve issues in the past.
Under the ubiquitous 'Make in India’, we targeted a manufacturing growth of 14 per cent over five years. However, the 2020 growth is a paltry 2 per cent.
From border to trade to Indian Ocean, there are many other areas of concern India could focus on instead of attacking China over the coronavirus pandemic.
The kinds of revisions we’re seeing remove the very skills that make historical thinking meaningful. The result is a citizen who either dismisses history entirely or defends it without support.
Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
Chinese have not much to offer. Their vaccine has 50% efficacy rate, which is far below, rather at the bottom. Oxygen required has already arrived in quantities. All oxygen regulators etc of second class quality have already been purchased by India from them. India dies not need anything else from the Chinese. We should say thank you to them and tell them to get lost.
Hari Sud,
In the first place, India need not get anything from China, why the need to tell them to get lost ?
Chinese have not much to offer. Their vaccine has 50% efficacy rate, which is far below, rather at the bottom. Oxygen required has already arrived in quantities. All oxygen regulators etc of second class quality have already been purchased by India from them. India dies not need anything else from the Chinese. We should say thank you to them and tell them to get lost.
Your family must haven’t got infected, so it’s easy for you to say that. So cold-blooded.
Sud,
In the first place, India need not accept anything from them, why they did ?