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copy rights: Times nowCHINA’S GROWING INFLUENCE IN AFRICA: LESSONS FOR INDIA
On December 04, 2015, while delivering a speech at the opening ceremony of the Johannesburg Summit of the Sixth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, the Chinese President Xi Jinping asserted, “In conducting China’s relations with…
Image Credits: LSE BlogsREVIVAL OF QUADRILATERAL: A SHIFT IN INDIA’S POLICY TOWARDS CHINA?
The prospect of a revival of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD), involving the US, India, Japan and Australia, has recently set the international media abuzz. The first meeting of the Dialogue was held in Manila on the sidelines of the…
CFR orgDUTERTE’S FOREIGN POLICY SHIFT: BANDWAGONING WITH CHINA?
In June 2016 led to a remarkable shift in the foreign policy of the archipelagic state. Unlike the previous administration of Benigno Aquino III, which was somewhat confrontational with China on several fronts, including dragging Beijing to…
Image Credits: LSE Blogs‘BEYOND HARDWARE AND TECHNOLOGY’: THE INTANGIBLES OF CHINA’S NAVAL POWER (PART 3)
This is part three of a three-part series on China's naval power
(PART 3: TACTICAL LEVEL)
As introduced in the Part 1, so far, most analysis of China’s naval power worldwide has focused on the PLA Navy’s existing and projected…

CHINA’S “BLUE PARTNERSHIP” THROUGH THE MARITIME SILK ROAD
Introduction
On 20 June 2017, China for the first time put forward a blueprint of its grand “21st Century Maritime Silk Road” (MSR) under the “Vision for Maritime Cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative”. The blueprint emphasised…
Image Credits: LSE Blogs‘BEYOND HARDWARE AND TECHNOLOGY’: THE INTANGIBLES OF CHINA’S NAVAL POWER (PART 2)
This is part two of a three-part series on China's naval power
(PART 2: OPERATIONAL LEVEL)
As introduced in Part 1, so far, most analyses of China’s naval power worldwide have examined the PLA Navy’s existing and projected…
Image Credits: Council on Foreign RelationsPROPOSED CHINESE LAW ON MARITIME TRAFFIC SAFETY: INTERPRETATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS
On February 14, 2017, the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council of China sought public comments on a new draft legislation, proposed to replace the existing Maritime Safety Law of 1983. Coming in the backdrop of the rather…
Image Credits: LSE BlogsCORAL SEA TO THE CHINA SEAS: THE CARRIER AS A CONSTANT
The Battle of the Coral Sea was the first aircraft carrier battle ever fought, comprising a series of naval engagements off the Australian coast during the Second World War.[1] It was fought between May 04 and May 08, 1942, 75 years to date.…
wikipediaCHINA’S 12TH NATIONAL PEOPLE’S CONGRESS (NPC) 2017: MATTERS ‘MARITIME’ AND ‘ONE BELT ONE ROAD’
The fifth session of 12th NPC and China People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) was held from 3rd to 15th March in Beijing. It commenced with the opening session that saw Premier Li Keqiang place his Work Report.Popularly…
Image Credits: LSE BlogsCPEC DRIVES CHINA-PAKISTAN NAVAL COOPERATION
An International Maritime Conference on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and Gwadar Port was held on 13-14 December 2016 at Gwadar. It was organised by the Pakistan Navy and the Pakistan-China Institute (PCI) on the theme – ‘CPEC…
Image Credits: Dhaka TribuneCHINA DELIVERS SUBMARINES TO BANGLADESH: IMPERATIVES, INTENTIONS AND IMPLICATIONS
On 14 November 2016, Bangladesh Navy (BN) took delivery of two old refurbished Chinese Type 035G Ming-class diesel-electric submarines. As part of the US$ 203 million contract signed in 2013, the submarines were handed over to the BN crew during…
Image Credits: LSE BlogsCHINA PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR (CPEC): THE MARITIME-STRATEGIC DIMENSION
The much-awaited China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has been officially flagged off with the first consignment from China setting sail from Gwadar to the African and West Asian markets on 13 November 2016. The Corridor’s newly built western…
