Coterminous with the Institute, is the weekly Wednesday Seminar, which has been held uninterruptedly for the last four decades. The topics span an enormous range and attract students, experts, practitioners and laypersons alike. These seminars provide an opportunity for interested people to have access to informed discussions on various aspects of China and are ample evidence that the sections within India, which are interested in knowing and learning about China are widening and enlarging.
12 Jan 2022
Madhavi Thampi
During World War II, several hundred Kazakhs from Xinjiang took refuge in Bhopal. Based on material culled from the National Archives of India, this presentation will explore
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22 Dec 2021
Shahana Thankachan
It is difficult to define what a “normal” state is in the current global system. One of the more accepted definitions however, of a “normal” state is one that has the ability
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15 Dec 2021
Veda Vaidyanathan, Madhurendra Jha, Tiasangla Longkumer, Shanky Chandra
In collaboration with the Harvard Yenching Institute (HYI), the ICS inaugurated the Institute of Chinese Studies-Harvard Yenching Institute (ICS-HYI) Joint Scholarship for Doctoral Research
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08 Dec 2021
Ravi Bhoothalingam
The Mongol empire under Genghis Khan and his successors was an early and remarkable example of globalisation, brought about by what was once considered 'only' a nomadic civilisation. At its maximum expanse
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24 Nov 2021
Ruediger Frank
The DPRK, or North Korea, has in the past two decades become a major issue of concern due to its geostrategic importance, its possession of nuclear weapons and the resulting direct and indirect threats
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17 Nov 2021
Shyam Saran, Joseph Gerson, Da Wei, Zhiqun Zhu, Kanti Bajpai
In the US media, as also in the global press, leading headlines in the past few days have been “A US-China clash is not unthinkable,” “The US could stumble into a nuclear war with China over Taiwan,” and “America would defend
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27 Oct 2021
Fulong Wu, Tao Wang, Yue Zhang
The rapid Chinese urbanisation process has been admired, much studied but perhaps still less understood than one would like. Of particular interest in this process has been the phenomenon often described as financialization and the nexus of land
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20 Oct 2021
Sonia Shukla
The Tawang region in Arunachal Pradesh has traditionally been known to draw its linkages from Tibet. Its ethnicity and religious practices are derived directly from Tibet. And until 1951, even the administration of the area
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13 Oct 2021
Reeja Nair
In its Thirteenth Five Year Plan in 2016, the government of Shenzhen announced that establishing housing for ‘talent workers’ will be a priority for public housing in the future. In pursuance of this, in August 2018
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06 Oct 2021
Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman, Dr. Ruth Gamble, Vishwa Ranjan Sinha
The Brahmaputra River basin is shared between China, India, Bhutan, and Bangladesh. China and India have already fought a war in the territory through which the river flows, and Bangladesh faces incredible human security pressures in its basin area
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