China and India Vie for Influence in the Maldives
A number of Chinese naval warships have sailed into the East Indian Ocean this month amid a...
Indian Ocean
Beijing Dismisses Former Maldivian President’s Claims
Responding to questions about a recent claim by the exiled former President of Maldives Mohamed...
China Set to Become Largest Net Oil Importer
The U.S. Energy Information Administration predicts that China is likely to become the world’s largest net oil importer as soon as October: The imminent emergence of China as the world’s largest net oil importer has...
China Takes Over Strategic Port in Pakistan
Chinese Overseas Port Holdings Limited took over management of the Pakistani port of Gwadar on Monday, amid suspicion of China’s growing presence in the Indian Ocean. From Reuters: China financed more than 80 percent of...
Obama Visit Shows U.S.-China Rivalry Over Myanmar
Little more than a year ago, there was talk of Myanmar (also known as Burma) as a “Chinese California”, offering China a west coast onto the Indian Ocean. Now, Coke and Pepsi billboards glare at each other across...
Fifty Years On, Sino-Indian Border Still Unsettled
Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the start of the 1962 Sino-Indian War on Saturday, The Economist visited the disputed region of Arunachal Pradesh over which it was fought. The area, sometimes known in China as “South...
After Talks, India Still Wary of China
During a visit to India last week by Chinese defence minister General Liang Guanglie, the two countries agreed to resume joint military exercises. But India remains wary of China’s growing presence in South Asia and the...
Burma "Could Become China's California"
Thant Myint-U writes on Burma’s place at a “new crossroads of Asia” between China and India. Tantalisingly for Beijing, it also separates China from the Indian Ocean, to which new roads, railways and pipelines...
Hijacked Chinese Bulk Carrier Rescued
From Xinhua: A hijacked Chinese bulk carrier and 25 Chinese crew members aboard were successfully rescued at 3 a.m. on Dec. 28, according to Chinese Marine Search and Rescue Center. After the rescue mission, Chinese Foreign...
Vijay Sakhuja: Maritime Multilateralism: China’s Strategy for the Indian Ocean
Vijay Sakhuja, Director (Research) at the Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi, writes for the Jamestown Foundation’s China Brief: The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been tirelessly working to dispel the...
Efforts Under Way to Rescue Hijacked Chinese Ship (Update)
Somali pirates have captured a Chinese ship in the Indian Ocean, MSN reports: China’s Ministry of Transport said relevant government agencies were making efforts to rescue a hijacked Chinese bulk carrier in the Indian...
In the Indian Ocean: Beyond Pirates, an India-China Rivalry
Time Magazine reports on the buildup of Chinese and Indian naval power in the Indian Ocean: (India and China) are hugely dependent on the petroleum deliveries that course through the gulfs of Aden and Hormuz to their ports....
India, China Jostle For Influence In Indian Ocean
From AP: This battered harbor town on Sri Lanka’s southern tip, with its scrawny men selling even scrawnier fish, seems an unlikely focus for an emerging international competition over energy supply routes that fuel much...
India, China compete in Indian Ocean
From AP: This battered harbor town on Sri Lanka’s southern tip, with its scrawny men selling even scrawnier fish, seems an unlikely focus for an emerging international competition over energy supply routes that fuel much...
Commentary: China challenges the U.S. in the Indian Ocean – M.D. Nalapat
Professor M.D. Nalapat is vice-chair of the Manipal Advanced Research Group, UNESCO Peace Chair, and professor of geopolitics at Manipal University. He wrote on UPI Asia Online: Military strategists in India raise their blood pressure levels by pointing to China’s “encirclement” of the country through an archipelago of military and intelligence assets around the periphery […]
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