India’s China Reset: A Strategic Thaw or Strategic Hedge?
India isn't picking China over America, or vice versa. Instead, it is working hard to avoid choosing as long as possible.
NIICE · 17 September 2026
Category: CHINA STUDIES
Not One Inch: Continuity from Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping in China’s Maritime Manifest Destiny
While Mao’s foreign policy was often a struggle for the PRC's very existence, Xi’s strategy is a struggle for dominance, framed as the inevitable return to…
NIICE · 2 April 2026
Cooperation amid Suspicion: The Paradox of Contemporary Canada–China Relations
Contemporary Canada–China relations cannot be characterized simply as friendly or adversarial. Instead, they embody a paradox of cooperation amid suspicion.
NIICE · 7 March 2026
Redefining the Himalayan Frontier: India’s Post-Galwan Strategic Recalibration toward China
India’s post-Galwan strategy is one of "calibrated persistence." It recognizes that the era of cooperation is being replaced by an era of contested regionalism.
NIICE · 24 February 2026
The Silent Takeover: How Industrial Fishing Fleets are Redrawing Maritime Borders
The silent takeover of the South China Sea is a warning to the rest of the world. It demonstrates how civilian resources can be weaponised to…
NIICE · 6 February 2026
Xi Jinping’s 2026 New Year Message: Deciphering Beijing’s Intentions and its Achievements
As the eve of 31st December set in, President Xi Jinping sent his wishes all across China from Beijing. President Xi’s 2026 New Year's Address touched…
NIICE · 9 January 2026
The New China Playbook: Beyond Socialism and Capitalism
Jin’s book is well-written with loaded, insights and is full of consciously selected tales and incidents. On the contrary, it also seems like a landscape full…
NIICE · 27 December 2025
New Era Opening up of Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP), Expanding Maritime Economy and Trade
The Hainan initiative can be utilised for international trade port development, which is and shall not be limited just to China’s mainland and its periphery
NIICE · 9 November 2025
ASEAN-China Free Trade Area (ACFTA) 3.0 Upgrade Protocol: A Catalyst for the Strategic Stability in the South China Sea
The upgraded 3.0 China-ASEAN Free Trade Area is not a reactionary attempt, but evolved over a period of time after several rounds of review.
NIICE · 3 November 2025
Growth in China-Philippines’ Tension in the South China Sea and the United States
The South China Sea has against renewed attention from the global community and bifurcated the scholarly community into proponents and against the motion.
NIICE · 15 October 2025