SANJEEVAN PRADHAN

China’s Maritime Silk Route and Indonesia’s Global Maritime Fulcrum: Complements and Contradictions
16 Sep 2016

China’s Maritime Silk Route and Indonesia’s Global Maritime Fulcrum: Complements and Contradictions

In many respects China’s Maritime Silk Road and Indonesia’s Global Maritime Fulcrum complement each other. Both are also an attempt to revive what each perceives as their glorious maritime past. The Chinese have been quick to seek convergence with the Indonesians on the two plans. There are, nevertheless, several areas where the two sides are at odds including not least about territorial limits in the South China Sea. There have been confrontations between fishing and coast guard ships of the two sides and these incidents underline the difficulties of cooperation.

India’s Myanmar Strike: The China Factor
16 Aug 2015

The few articles in the Chinese media on the 9 June operation conducted by the Indian Army have been noteworthy.