Beijing’s Non-Recognition of the Union Territory of Ladakh: India–China Cartographic Contestation Deepens
China says it has never recognised the Union Territory of Ladakh and has called India’s decision to standardise 28 place names there “illegal and invalid”. Beijing’s foreign ministry responded on 13 October, eleven days after India’s Ministry of Home Affairs placed the names on official Survey of India maps. India’s Standardisation of 28 Place…
US–China AI Hotline: What the Trump–Xi Summit Agreed
Following the bilateral summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, Washington and Beijing have announced an agreement to launch a dedicated dialogue on artificial intelligence (AI), which the White House terms the US–China Super Intelligence Dialogue. Alongside it, both governments have agreed to establish a bilateral communication channel for AI-related…
Between China and the US, Who Has the Edge in Bangladesh?
Seven months into Tarique Rahman’s premiership, the clearest illustration of where things stand arrived not from a communiqué but from a press briefing. On 25 August, Zahed Ur Rahman, the prime minister’s information and broadcasting adviser, said the relevant Bangladeshi procurement committees had prepared draft agreements concerning J-10CE multirole fighters and attack helicopters, which…
The Kashmir case: Why the Instrument of Accession was Kept Secret until 2016
For decades, researchers visiting the National Archives of India in New Delhi could consult the Instruments of Accession signed by the rulers of princely states that joined India after the end of British rule in 1947. The documents were there, available for scholars to examine. There was, however, one conspicuous exception: Jammu and Kashmir.…
