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Dr Katherine Morton

Lecture: China and Climate Security at the Third Pole by Dr Katherine Morton. Visit Page

Dr Arabinda Acharya

Lecture: Nationalism, Terrorism and Identity in China by Dr Arabinda Acharya. Visit page

Panel Discussion

Panel discussion on India-China Relations: The Way Forward, with Former Ambassador C V Ranganathan and Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu, N Ram. Visit Page.

CSC Brochure

Visit the About page to learn more about the IIT Madras China Studies Centre. Download the brochure here.

DoHSS

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT Madras. VIsit page

IIT Madras

The Indian Institute Technology, Madras, host to the China Studies Centre.

Inauguration Ceremony

The IIT Madras China Studies Centre was inaugurated on 08 April 2011. Visit Page

Shooting the Messenger: PRC’s tryst with information and its control
向报信者开炮：中国与信息及信息控制的幽会

NEW9 May | Gunjan Singh

The Chinese government has rejected the visa renewal of an Al-Jazeera journalist, Melissa Chan, an American citizen who has been reporting from Beijing for the last five years. read more...

The Sacking of Bo Xilai – The Sequel
薄熙来的驱逐－续集

19 April | R.S Kalha

The sacking of Communist Party Chief of Chongqing and Politbureau member, Bo Xilai has turned murky with allegations of murder, money laundering, political intrigue, a power struggle for positions on the Standing Committee and eventual succession to the top position of party General Secretary. read more...

Deploying Chinese Private Security Force in Africa
在非洲部署中国私人保全武力

16 April | Veena R

China’s engagement in Africa has attained a lot of media attention recently in the light of reports of increasing threats to Chinese investment in Africa and the Chinese policy to deploy private security guards to ensure the safety and security of its investment. read more...

The coup that never was. Or was it?
（有）没有发生的政变？

NEW11 April | Anshul Rana

On the night of March 19, Sina Weibo, China’s micro blogging website akin to Twitter was abuzz with talks of a possible coup in Beijing. read more...

The ‘New’ Tibetan Struggle
西藏的“新”斗争

NEW29 March | Gunjan Singh

The upcoming BRICS Summit in New Delhi (March 28-29) has become a new platform for the Tibetan community to showcase their discontent with the People’s Republic of China (PRC), only this time the ‘peaceful’ Tibetans are using ‘desperate’ measures. read more...

The Ouster of Bo Xilai
薄熙来的驱逐

NEW27 March | R. S. Kalha

When on 6th February 2012 Chongqing Security Chief Wang Lijun fled from Chongqing to Chengdu and sought asylum in the US Consulate there, little did anyone realise that a major event read more...

One Million Laptop Warriors: China’s Emerging Cyberwar Doctrine
百万名电脑战士：中国新的网络战争策略

15 February | Gurmeet Kanwal

In alarming front page news reports published by several Indian newspapers in 2009 and 21010, Chinese cyber read more...

Land Acquisition in China: Wukan Protests
土地征用及乌坎村的抗议活动

23 January | Geeta Kocchar

Wukan, a small village located in a county-level city of Lufeng in Guangdong province has attracted domestic and worldwide attention read more...

India-US-Japan Trilateral Meeting in Washington
印美日在华盛顿的三方会议

27 December | R. S. Kalha

The recent trilateral meeting between India, US and Japan held in December 2011 at Washington had China looming large in the background. read more...

The Sino-Pakistan Defence Deals: A Factfile
简介中巴防御合作

18 October | Debalina Chatterjee

This article takes a brief look at the Sino-Pakistan defence deals, listing important Chinese military trade and collaboration between China and Pakistan. read more...

Urban Expansion or Real Urbanization: China’s Challenges Ahead
城市扩张还是真正城市化：中国未来的挑战

15 September | Geeta Kochhar

Chinese cities are expanding at an unprecedented rate. In last two decades, the urban expansion has nearly tripled according to official figures. Beijing, for example, has grown from one ring road to sixth ring road in a span of thirty years. read more...

Regional Divide and Income Inequalities: The Case of Food Safety Standards in China
中国的食品安全标准及乳品业：区域差异与收入不平等的影响”

A Sneha | Special Report

The revised dairy standards announced by the government have implications on the existing regional divide and the income inequalities, which is reflected in the production patterns of the dairy corporations and the consumption pattern of the public at large. read more...

Escalating Tactics: China's Stapled Visa Regime
策略升级：中国的“另纸签证”

28 July | Sonika Gupta

Chinese Embassy in India issuing stapled visas to Indian citizens from certain parts of the country is contributing to increasing mistrust in bilateral relations. read more...

Agni-V and China’s Reaction
印度“烈火5”洲际导弹与中国的反应

NEW26 April | Aditi Rao

On 19th April 2012, India joined the elite club of countries possessing Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) capabilities, by testing Agni-V with a range of 5,000 km. read more...

North Korea Does It Again
北朝鲜复蹈前辙

18 April | Gunjan Singh

North Korea in an act of complete defiance to the international community’s concern, tested a missile (which they insist to be a satellite) on 13 April 2012. The North Korean state media confirmed the failure of the test. read more...

China’s Future in a “Transition Trap”
中国走向转型陷阱

NEW12 April | Geeta Kochhar

In the last 32 years, China has made stupendous achievements in terms of its economic growth. However, China faces economic slowdown and concerns run high over the future path of development. A new discourse is unfolding in China over “the way forward”. read more...

China-Japan Ties: One step forward, two steps back
中日关系：进一步，再退两步

NEW2 April | Ashish Kashyap

Recent events have brought into sharp focus the prickly nature of Sino-Japanese diplomatic relations. The long and frequently sordid history between these two civilizational-states has often colored the diplomatic exchanges. read more...

BRICS New Delhi Summit: Context and Significance
金砖国家印度峰会－背景与意义

NEW28 March | Avinash Godbole

New Delhi will host its first BRICS Summit on 29th of March 2012. The BRIC grouping, comprising Brazil, Russia, India and China has come a long way since they started meeting in 2009. read more...

The US-China Exchange Rate Dispute: An Analytical Backgrounder
分析美中汇率之争

24 February | Ashish Kashyap | Special Article

The exchange rate dispute has become a recurrent issue in US-China relations. read more...

India-China Relations: Strategic Stability & Tactical Aggressiveness
印中关系：战略的稳定性与策略的攻击性

24 January | Gurmeet Kanwal

The major cause for instability in the China-India relationship is the half-century old territorial and boundary dispute over which the two countries fought a border read more...

Comparing Two Recent Environmental Protests in China
比较在中国举行的两个环保抗议行动

29 December | Veena R.

This article compares the differing stance taken by Chinese authorities towards two recent environmental protests in China. read more...

“Harmonizing” TV Programming
电视节目的"和谐化"

22 November | Mugur Zlotea

On the 26th of October 2011, the Chinese State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT), the body responsible for censoring any material deemed politically sensitive or offensive to Chinese culture, made public read more...

Debating the “People” and the "Individual" in the CCP
中共领导人讲话中的“人民”与“个人”

10 October | Mugur Zlotea

While reading Hu Jintao’s speech at the Chinese Communist Party’s 90th anniversary celebration this year, one could not help notice the high occurrence of the word renmin, “the People”. read more...

China’s ‘Out of Area’ Naval Deployments: Issues and Implications for India
中国海军在地区外的舰队部署及其对印度的影响

28 July | Lawrence Prabhakar

China had been developing its maritime and naval power to secure its sea-lanes and providing stiff competition to other maritime nations in the region. China’s ‘out of area naval deployments’ are well sustained by Pakistan and Sri Lanka that enjoy strong ties with China and depend on Chinese economic assistance and investments. read more...

Unrest in Xinjiang: Underlying Issues and the Chinese Response
新疆骚乱:基本问题及中国的反应

9 August | Arabinda Acharya

The July 2011 outbreak of violence has once again brought the Xinjiang Autonomous Region in China and the Uighurs to international attention. These incidents reflect the continued resentment and feelings of marginalization and persecution among read more...

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15 March | 2012

China’s strategy towards different parts of the world is an outcome of the overall definition of its national interests and global economic outreach programme. The presentation looks at how these factors influence China’s economic and foreign policy read more...