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Mr Ashok K. Kantha is an Honorary Fellow and former Director (2017- 22) of the Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi; a Distinguished Fellow at Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi; and Chair of the Core Group on China of the Confederation of Indian Industry.
A career diplomat, Kantha was Ambassador of India to China until January 2016. Prior to this, he was Secretary (East) at Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi with responsibility for about 65 countries in India’s extended neighbourhood. His previous assignments include High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka and Malaysia, Consul General in Hong Kong, and Deputy Chief of Mission in Kathmandu (Nepal). Earlier, Kantha served in different capacities at Indian Missions in Singapore, China and the USA, and at headquarters in New Delhi.
In his diplomatic career spanning over 38 years, Kantha specialized in India’s neighbourhood and Asian affairs, with a particular focus on China. Apart from three assignments in China, he served as Joint Secretary (East Asia) and Director (China) at Ministry of External Affairs for periods of four years each. He has an advanced certificate in Chinese language from National University of Singapore.
Ashok Kantha, Honorary Fellow & former Director, ICS, New Delhi; spoke on the situation on ground in Ladakh nearly 4 years after Chinese troops sought to change the status quo on the Line of Actual Control.
As the Defence Minister pointed out, we are in the middle of an unprecedented situation.
Though India & China have 5 border pacts, dating back to 1993, China has violated these in the Ladakh standoff. Experts warn that new measures shouldn’t limit India’s border activities.
Here's why China is trying to redefine LAC on the ground & way forward in Ladakh: Featuring Ashok K. Kantha & Bambawale
In an exclusive interview with senior journalist Smita Sharma, former India's Ambassador to Beijing Ashok K Kantha said that if India and China do not settle the boundary dispute, horrific clashes will continue.
Tell China that relations depend on peace & tranquility on the border
Notwithstanding the recent standoff at Galwan valley, experts believe the SR dialogue mechanism between India and China has helped resolve issues in the past.
So far the established protocol between the two armies to resolve such situations have not succeeded, Kantha said to Karan Thapar.
India Wednesday sharply reacted to Nepal’s new official map that includes disputed territories, saying “such artificial enlargement of territorial claims will not be accepted”.
It would be incorrect to see the current political crisis in Sri Lanka, which has led to Mahinda Rajapaksa being sworn in as prime minister by president Maithirpala Sirisena...
This is ICS Director, Amb. Kantha on "The Paper"
The Wire spoke to eminent China scholars for their views on the upcoming 'informal' India-China summit in Wuhan.
China’s road map to achieving its great power ambitions has significant implications for India
One suspects that what China seeks is not a multipolar Asia and multipolar world, but....
One is a veteran journalist who has watched the India-China engagement for six decades...The other was India’s Ambassador to China until 2016...
India and China have had a series of bilateral discussions on resolving the border dispute...
An obscure pasture in Bhutan becomes the bone of contention between India and China, sparking a perilous military standoff
The Wire spoke to experts about whether a major border incident between the two countries was expected and how India should deal with the situation since it involves ally Bhutan.
China invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and six cabinet colleagues to its “new Silk Road” summit this month
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Beijing should have no difficulty in appreciating New Delhi’s sensitivities regarding its activities in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
What can China really do?” That was the question posed by a former diplomat and China expert when asked about the repeated threats
As China ramps up its rhetoric against the Dalai Lama's upcoming trip to Arunachal Pradesh
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