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Current Programmes

Approaches to Tibet’s History and its Relevance Today

Third Roundtable Discussion

May 13th, 2013, Seminar Hall Nr. 3, New Wing, IIC, from 3-6 p.m.

Speaker: Prof. Michael van Walt van Praag, Visiting Professor of Modern International Relations and International Law at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton...Read more

Tibet’s Relations with the Himalaya - II

“Tibet’s Relations with the Himalaya - II” concluded in Gangtok, Sikkim, as the second programme in a three-part series. The objective of this series is to explore in some depth the cultural affinity of the various peoples of the Himalaya with Tibet in history, politics, culture and religion... Read More

Conference on Tibet’s Relations with the Himalaya Conference on Tibet’s Relations with the Himalaya

Next Decade of India-China Relations: Scope for Policy Alternatives?

Second Roundtable Discussion

Thursday, 3rd January 2013 (3 p.m. to 6 p.m) 
Seminar Hall Number 3, New Wing, Gate Number 1, India International Centre, Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi 3

China Under the New Leadership: China's Relations with India: Jayadeva Ranade
Overview of the Sino-Tibetan Dialogue: Lodi Gyari Rinpoche
The Coming Collapse of China and What it Means for India: Gordon Chang

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Next Decade of India-China Relations: Scope for Policy Alternatives? Next Decade of India-China Relations: Scope for Policy Alternatives?

Programmes Held

Tibet’s Relations with the Himalaya - I

The Foundation for Non-Violent Alternatives (FNVA) has conceived of this conference, entitled “Tibet’s Relations with the Himalaya” as the first in a three-part series to be held successively in J&K, Sikkim and Arunchal Pradesh... Read More

Conference on Tibet’s Relations with the Himalaya Conference on Tibet’s Relations with the Himalaya

Governing Practices of the Tibetan Government in Exile

First Roundtable Discussion

Friday, 21st September 2012

India International Center (IIC), Annexe

Speaker: Dr. Fiona McConnell, Visiting Scholar

The topics of the discussion was centered around the ideas of legitimacy of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile as well as possible future scenarios it could face in the coming future. ... Read More

Current State of Affairs in Tibet: Reasons?

This conference will address the nature of the Chinese Constitution, the Regional Autonomy Law and the manner in which it is being implemented both in spirit and letter. This conference will bring out how and why the very basic fundamental rights are being denied to the Tibetans even after 60 years of occupation of Tibet and declaring it as a part of the Motherland... Read More

Current State of Affairs in Tibet: Reason?

River Water Issues: Perspectives & Challenges for Asia

Tenzin Norbu of DIIR-Environment Desk (River Water Conference) Speaker at River Water Issue Conference

Current Research

Impact of Imports from China on the Indian Economy in General and Employment in Particular:  The aim of present study is to ascertain the impact of Chinese imports on employment, livelihood and other social fall outs and its effects on the Indian economy, especially the small, tiny and the unorganized sector, the backbone of India's economy. The outcomes of the study will be useful for formulating a more realistic trade policy at the grass-root level..read more

Current Issues - Daily Updated

Beyond one-power hegemony: Asia seeks a new model

June 11, 2013

When they met in California at the weekend, Chinese President Xi Jinping and United States President Barack Obama discussed a long list of disputes, from trade to climate change to cyber hacking. Both were anxious to get along and only small steps forward will directly result from the meeting..Read More

 

India's Population to overtake China by 2028

June 14, 2013

UN also forecasts world population to surge 12% over next 12 years with Africa, developing countries driving growth...Read More

 

Can Burma make a comprehensive peace deal with ethnic Kachin?

June 17, 2013

Burma’s Government and Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) signed a preparatory agreement on 30 May to downsize military concerns in Kachin state and northern Shan state..Read More

 

Living the Chinese Dream

June 14, 2013

Is there such a thing in China? Is it just another story from rags to riches? Do the Chinese dream of bioengineered and controlled sheep of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)?..Read More

 

Government for the People in China?

June 14, 2013

An apparent contradiction exists at the heart of political commentary on China...Read More

 

Lhasa’s Disappearing Heritage

June 16, 2013

Built in the 7th century, the Jokhang Temple is one of Lhasa’s most recognizable and sacred structures...Read More

 

Is China adopting a new maritime security policy?

June 17, 2013

Its growing assertiveness is a source of worry for the neighbours...Read More

 

Asia’s strategic triangle

June 14, 2013

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Tokyo within a week of Prime Minister Li's visit to India was a coincidence, but it turned out to be a Kautilyan masterstrok..Read More

 

Bhutan shows the way to happiness

June 14, 2013

King Jigme Singye Wangchuck coined the term, Gross National Happiness, based on a vision of economic development and social welfare that was premised on Buddhist philosophy. It remains universally applicable..Read More

 

Tibetan self-immolations having little effect, Dalai Lama says

June 13, 2013

Tibetans setting themselves on fire to protest against Chinese rule are having little effect on Beijing's policies, exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said on Thursday, while urging China to look harder at the reasons behind the incidents...Read More

 

Human-rights diplomacy:Mixed signals

June 10, 2013

In its perennial sparring with America over human rights, China likes to leave others to guess at the significance of its gestures....Read More

 

India's Feeble Foreign Policy

May/June, 2013

For the last decade, few trends have captured the world’s attention as much as the so-called rise of the rest, the spectacular economic and political emergence of powers such as China and India...Read More

 

China's Reform Agenda May Take a Decade

June 10, 2013

China's government has set an ambitious economic reform agenda for 2013, but the goals may take a decade or more to achieve, experts say....Read More

 

China: The Dark Side of Growth

June 06, 2013

China’s intense focus on rapid growth carries health, environmental and social costs....Read More

Select Articles and News on Environment - Daily Updated

China links rivers, Yangtze water flows in Yellow River
Jun 11, 2013

China has achieved a breakthrough in diverting river water to its arid regions, having inaugurated the first phase of a five-decade project to integrate the waters from the mighty Yangtze and Huang He (Yellow) rivers...Read More

 

China tops in global carbon dioxide emissions
Jun 10, 2013

China led a rise in global carbon dioxide emissions to a record high in 2012, more than offsetting falls in the United States and Europe, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Monday....Read More

 

Ecological economics: Economic growth without degrading the environment
Jun 05, 2013

Although the subject " ecological economics" brings forth a wide range of reactions from economists and ecologists alike, there is little doubt that ecology will have far reaching implications on the way future development takes place...Read More

 

China's mega water diversion project begins testing
Jun 05, 2013

South-north diversion project aimed at preventing water shortages has had no shortage of problems and criticism...Read More

 

Environmental Protests a “Sign of Unequal Society”
May 31, 2013

While Kunming authorities won praise for their handling of demonstrations against a nearby PX plant early this month, subsequent episodes have driven them to unusual and illegal measures against further protest...Read More

 

Stories of Resettlement and Resistance Along the Lancang River
May 23, 2013

“Now we can still sell some vegetables and feed ourselves, but how are we going to live without land?”..Read More

 

Water Scarcity and Social Equality in China
May 23, 2013

Over the last couple months, China has had record-breaking problems with pollution...Read More

 

India-China dialogue: NE chorus for int'l water panel
May 21, 2013

Even as China has expressed its willingness to share hydrological information on the Brahmaputra with India, civil society groups in the northeast demanded that both Beijing and New Delhi should establish an independent international commission on water for better management of trans-boundary rivers and recognize the rights of indigenous people....Read More

 

China: High and Dry
May 15, 2013

Devastating water shortages are putting a brake on economic growth and stirring political discontent but Beijing's high-spending responses to the problem have triggered widespread criticism...Read More

 

India, China to skirt river agreement dialogue
May 20, 2013

India and China are expected to skirt the issue of a riparian agreement to manage the flow of river water in India from the sensitive Tibetan region, informed sources said on Sunday...Read More

 

Tibet’s Untouchable Environmental Challenges
May 08, 2013

Tibet’s environment is in jeopardy due to mining and hydropower operations, but despite increasing damage, many are afraid to speak up due to the sensitive nature of Tibet-related topics...Read More

 

The Silence Around Tibet's Ecological Crisis
May 07, 2013

How mistrust and fear between Beijing and Tibetan are making a bad environmental problem worse...Read More

 

Plans to Harness Chinese River’s Power Threaten a Region
May 04, 2013

From its crystalline beginnings as a rivulet seeping from a glacier on the Tibetan Himalayas to its broad, muddy amble through the jungles of Myanmar, the Nu River is one of Asia’s wildest waterways, its 1,700-mile course unimpeded as it rolls toward the Andaman Sea...Read More

 

China revives Tibetan river dam project
May 06, 2013

From its crystalline beginnings as a rivulet seeping from a glacier on the Tibetan Himalayas to its broad, muddy amble through the jungles of Myanmar, the Nu River is one of Asia's wildest waterways, its 1,700-mile course unimpeded as it rolls toward the Andaman Sea...Read More

 

Experts Expect More Earthquakes in China’s Dam-Choked South
May 01, 2013

On the morning of April 20th, a deadly earthquake struck Ya’an city in Sichuan province, killing at least 193 people and injuring 12,211 more. Recorded as magnitude 6.6 by the US Geological Survey, the Ya’an earthquake has revived debates around reservoir-induced seismicity (RIS) and where the next big earthquake might hit in China’s earthquake-prone and increasingly dammed southwest region...Read More

 

28,000 Rivers Disappeared in China: What Happened?
Apr 29, 2013

Government officials say it's been caused by statistical inaccuracies and climate change. But is that the whole story?...Read More

 

Fish Passages a Poor Match for Mekong Dams’ Impacts
Apr 22, 2013

The start of construction of the Xayaburi Dam on the Mekong River in Laos sets off a dangerous game of roulette with the world’s largest inland fishery....Read More

 

The dirty fossil fuel secret behind Burma's democratic fairytale
Apr 26, 2013

South-east Asian country's untapped natural wealth is being opened up, regardless of the environmental and human costs...Read More

 

Fish Passages a Poor Match for Mekong Dams’ Impacts
Apr 22, 2013

The start of construction of the Xayaburi Dam on the Mekong River in Laos sets off a dangerous game of roulette with the world’s largest inland fishery...Read More

 

China's new war front: Natural resource as a political tool
Apr 23, 2013

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, during his recent meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, asked for more openness on Chinese dam building...Read More

 

Concerns Arise Over China's Dam Building Drive in Tibet
Apr 17, 2013

China's construction of a series of dams on the Tibetan Plateau has raised concerns both among neighboring countries downstream and among experts, who fear adverse environmental impacts including the interruption of water flows on shared rivers and the possibility of earthquakes...Read More

 

China cold to India's proposal on Brahmaputra
Apr 17, 2013

China has rejected India's proposal for a new mechanism to deal with issues of water made in the wake of construction of three more dams on the Brahamputra by the Chinese...Read More

 

China’s new stealth wars
Apr 14, 2013

As China’s economic power has grown, so has its desire to alter the status quo in disputes with its neighbours....Read More

 

China mining Tibet lifeless
Apr 13, 2013

On March 29, China’s State media reported that 83 miners had presumably died following a major landslide at the site of a gold mine in Gyama Valley, near the Tibetan capital, Lhasa...Read More

 

Organic Pollutants Now Accumulating in Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau
Apr 11, 2013

Atmospheric pollution from cities such as Kathmandu drifts up to the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau, where persistent chemicals can accumulate. Image: Jerome Lorieau Photography/Getty...Read More

 

Mining tragedy casts shadow over industrialising Tibetan plateau
Apr 04, 2013

Expansion of mining projects in Tibet is being questioned after the latest tragedy at the Gyama copper and gold mine...Read More

 

China’s great water wall
Apr 08, 2013

The Chinese government’s recent decision to build an array of new dams on rivers flowing to other countries seems set to roil inter-riparian relations in Asia and make it more difficult to establish rules-based water cooperation and sharing...Read More

 

China dams ‘won’t affect flow to India’
Apr 06, 2013

Allaying apprehensions over construction of three dams by China on the Brahmaputra (Yarlung Tsangpo in China), Union Water Resources Minister Harish Rawat on Friday said the “run-of-the-river’’ projects would not impact water flows on the Indian side...Read More

 

Mining in Tibet:The price of gold
Apr 06, 2013

A fatal landslide in Tibet raises questions about a rush for the region’s resources...Read More

 

Asia’s Resource Scramble
Apr 03, 2013

Competition for strategic natural resources – including water, mineral ores, and fossil fuels – has always played a significant role in shaping the terms of the international economic and political order...Read More

Transition of Chinese Leadership, Select Articles - Daily Updated

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China’s Peripatetic Xi Jinping Still Must Mind His Es and Cs at Home

Jun 12, 2013

The new jet-setting president may be giving the impression that China’s eyes are firmly fixed outward. ..Read More

 

Xi Jinping’s Chinese Youth Dilemma

Jun 11, 2013

The Chinese Dream finds itself caught between youth awakenings on the left and right...Read More

 

What Xi Wants

Jun 06, 2013

Today, Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Barack Obama are meeting at the Walter and Leonore Annenberg estate in California...Read More

 

Things are changing. Better be cool, Mr Xi

Jun 06, 2013

Millions of Chinese are craving for more freedom to express their problems and their aspirations...Read More

 

What does Xi Jinping's China Dream mean?

Jun 05, 2013

China and the US are global rivals - yet when it comes to inspirational appeal, China has no match for the American Dream. But that may be changing, as Beijing promotes Xi Jinping's new slogan - the China Dream. ..Read More

 

Chasing The Chinese Dream — If You Can Define It

Apr 29, 2013

Forget about the American dream. Nowadays, the next big thing is the Chinese dream...Read More

 

Tiananmen Mothers condemn China's President Xi Jinping
May 31, 2013

More than 100 people whose relatives were killed during China’s 1989 crackdown on protestors in Tiananmen Square have lashed out at Xi Jinping, accusing the country’s new president of taking “giant steps backwards”...Read More

 

Xi Jinping and the Chinese dream
May 03, 2013

The vision of China’s new president should serve his people, not a nationalist state...Read More

 

Xi's War Drums
May 01, 2013

China's new leader is using the military to consolidate his power. But has he unleashed forces beyond his control?..Read More

 

Chasing the Chinese Dream
Apr 30, 2013

Since President Xi Jinping’s inauguration in March, the “Chinese dream” has been a hot phrase in the media,mentioned 24 times on the front page of People’s Daily in one week alone...Read More

 

Fierce Debate Erupts over the Meaning of the “China Dream”
Apr 25, 2013

At its simplest level, the China Dream or the renaissance of the Chinese race simply means an economically prosperous and militarily strong China...Read More

 

Xi Jinping the Moralist: Assessing Continuity versus Innovation in Reform
Apr 12, 2013

Since assuming leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Xi Jinping has spoken most about two themes. The first of these is the issue of corruption and rejuvenating the party’s moral mandate to rule...Read More

 

China sets a new foreign policy agenda to enhance its clout
Apr 08, 2013

The contours of China’s foreign policy under the new leadership became clear with the conclusion of the 12th National People’s Congress (NPC) held in March 2013. The conference approved senior government appointments responsible for the execution of the new agenda...Read More

 

Xi embraces China's big dream
Apr 04, 2013

The First Session of China's 12th National Congress on March 6-17 concluded with official approval of Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang for the posts of president and premier, ending a once-in-a decade change of the country's top jobs and commencing a new era for China..Read More

 

Xi Jinping’s PhD Advisor Compares Hu Administration to North Korea Zachary Keck
Apr 02, 2013

David Bandurski, editor of China Media Project, recently translated an article that Sun Liping—a sociologist at Tsinghua University who served as President Xi Jinping’s dissertation advisor— has published harshly criticizing the Hu administration’s decade in power, and even comparing China under their administration to North Korea...Read More

 

Centralized Power Key to Realizing Xi’s “China Dream”
Mar 28, 2013

Immediately after Xi Jinping was elected state president at the just-ended First Session of the 12th National People’s Congress (NPC), he revisited his idea about fulfilling the “China dream.”...Read More

 

Indications from China’s NPC
Mar 28, 2013

Transfer of power to China’s new set of leaders, elected at the 18th Party Congress last November, was completed by the Twelfth National People’s Congress (NPC) convened in Beijing from March 5 to 17, 2013. Controls were predictably tight as 2,987 Deputies converged in Beijing for the event...Read More

 

Steel in Xi's Message
Mar 26, 2013

Respect for China, not romantic notions of an Eastern bloc, must guide Indian diplomacy...Read More

 

China: Enter the Xi Jinping Administration
Mar 21, 2013

The National People’s Congress put its final rubber stamp on a series of appointments this week, filling out the remaining unknowns of the government that will rule China for the next ten years...Read More

 

Domestic Issues Paramount for China's New Premier
Mar 17, 2013

China's new premier, Li Keqiang, spoke with reporters Sunday, revealing the government's agenda for the next five years. His comments followed China's once-in-a-decade transition of power...Read More

 

National People’s Congress Marks Sharp Turn Toward Conservatism
Mar 15, 2013

Chinese intellectuals who harbor expectations that the Xi Jinping-Li Keqiang administration may kick start a new cycle of reforms were sorely disappointed on the first day of the First Session of the 12th National People’s Congress, when outgoing Premier Wen Jiabao delivered his last Government Work Report..Read More

 

Ostentation out, austerity in
Mar 22, 2013

Concerned over shortcomings in governance and corruption in high places, the Communist Party of China wants its members to shun extravagance and be in constant touch with the people...Read More

 

China's New President must go beyond platitudes to address India's Concern
Mar 20, 2013

In less than a week, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese President Xi Jinping will get their first face time together in Durban. The meeting will be fully scripted, but Xi has already provided a conversation starter...Read More

 

China will continue with reforms, peaceful development: President Xi
Mar 20, 2013

Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) will never stop reforms and opening-up, and as always, China will stick to the path of peaceful development despite its growing economic might...Read More

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