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Books/Publications
China: Indian Perspectives (The Hindu Group): In India, where China is present in almost every sphere, there is limited well-informed public discourse about the country. Mostly, we depend on the West to understand our largest neighbour. We present “China: Indian Perspectives on China’s Politics, Economy, and Foreign Relations”, a collection of essays by 12 outstanding Indian experts on China — a unique, ¬first-of-its-kind volume from The Hindu Group offering entirely original Indian perspectives on India’s enigmatic neighbour.
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China as a Rising Norm Entrepreneur: Examining GDI, GSI and GCI (ISEAS, Singapore):
This paper by Manoj Kewalramani discusses Chinese President Xi Jinping’s flagship global initiatives’ normative implications for the world order. It argues that the Global Development Initiative (GDI), Global Security Initiative (GSI) and Global Civilization Initiative (GCI), which are key pillars of China’s proposal to build a community of common destiny for mankind, are driven by Beijing’s desire to cultivate authority in the international system.
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Smokeless War: China's Quest for Geopolitical Dominance (Bloomsbury): Manoj Kewalramani presents a gripping account of the Communist Party of China’s political, diplomatic and narrative responses during the Covid pandemic. Drawing on the latest academic research and Chinese language sources, it discusses the Party–State’s efforts to achieve greater discourse power and political primacy, as it sought to convert a potentially existential crisis into a historic opportunity. In doing so, the author provides an insightful account of the Communist Party of China’s approaches to cultivating sources of strength and exercise of power.
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