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Will Xi play ball with Trump on Ukraine?

US president-elect Donald Trump has invited China’s president Xi Jinping to his inauguration on January 20 in a surprise move which appears to be part of a plan to involve Beijing in ceasefire negotiations in Ukraine.

Border Travails~III

The backdrop of this Sino-Soviet rift makes the recent Sino-Russian friendship even more intriguing. Ideological differences have taken the back seat. The two have come together with expansionist objectives, the original sin that has always been the underlying factor in their ideological rhetoric. Russia forcibly installed puppet governments in certain East European countries to turn them into their vassals and China pursued a policy of encroaching on neighbour's territories to expand its area of domination in Asia

Border Travails~II

Those at the helm of affairs in India discounted the British plan of protecting Tibet from foreign interference. It is unlikely that they were not aware of the Chinese Communist Party's intentions. As early as 1922, the Communist Party announced that it would liberate Tibet and unify her with China. Their advance to Indian territories was just a matter of time. We did not choose our options keeping this in view

Ties with China must be based on three mutuals: India

''We have made it clear to China that peace and tranquility in the border areas is essential for the development of our relationship,'' Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said, two days before the 15th round of military-level talks between the two countries on the stand-off at Eastern Ladakh .

China & Nepal

The expanded trade had not helped Nepal not the least because it contended with a huge deficit. China has now restricted the issue of visas to Nepali traders who have been forced to place orders virtually. Many traders have complained that they have been shortchanged in terms of quality as they had to place orders virtually.

Border Travails~I

Prime Minister Nehru was hardly worried about the protection of our borders that depended on Tibet‘s independence. He did not want to intervene in the internal affairs of another country because he accepted Tibet as part of China. His attitude was exposed in his meeting with the Dalai Lama in 1956. The Dalai Lama‘s escape to India in 1959 and his asylum are usually highlighted. Rarely does the Dalai Lama‘s first meeting with Nehru come into the public domain