China Forum on China-Indian relations: Border incursions and diplomacy
The China-India relationship has attracted a great deal of attention in India since China’s leadership change was completed in March 2013. First, there was the announcement that Li Keqiang would make India his first foreign destination in his new role as Premier. This was soon followed by reports of a Chinese military incursion on the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC), casting doubts on the Li visit. Strong diplomatic efforts ensued and eventually paid off as the People’s Liberation Army troops withdrew to their original position, just in time for Li’s visit to India.
The August China Forum featured a discussion with Dr Pradeep Taneja of Melbourne University about developments in China-India relations since China’s leadership change.
Mr Rory Medcalf, Director of the International Security Program at the Lowy Institute, served as discussant.
Dr Pradeep Taneja lectures in Chinese politics, political economy and international relations at the University of Melbourne, where he is also a Fellow of the Australia India Institute (AII). Born and raised in India, he has been in Australia for the past twenty-eight years. Dr Taneja has also lived and worked in various parts of China for a number of years and is a Mandarin speaker.His current research interests focus on the rise of China as a regional and global power, Sino-Indian relations and the international political implications of China’s energy security policy. His books and monographs include China Since 1978 (with Colin Mackerras and Graham Young) and The European Union and China: Interests and Dilemmas (edited with Georg Wiessala and John Wilson).
Rory Medcalf is Director of the International Security Program at the Lowy Institute and a Nonresident Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution. Mr Medcalf is active in the development of Australia's relations with India. He is the Associate Director of the Australia India Institute and co-chair of the Australia-India Roundtable, the leading informal dialogue between the two countries.
