THE WEBINAR ON “CHINESE STRATEGIC CHALLENGES DURING PANDEMIC” 2020

Department

Political Science

Name of The Programme

THE WEBINAR ON “CHINESE STRATEGIC CHALLENGES DURING PANDEMIC” 2020

Venue

Department of Political Science, Suren Das College Hajo

Date

2020-06-27

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Activities Carried out / Detail Description of the Programme

The resource person for the event spoke extensively on the growing economic and military power of China which might long precede the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. China was already pressing ahead with its maritime territorial claims, especially in the South China Sea and its continental territorial claims against India. China’s military power has also increased several folds and the pandemic has created opportunities to service its territorial ambitions. The world has been a witness to the increase of Chinese economy and military over the last four decades. However, the variable and expansive territorial claims advanced by Beijing are also a direct consequence of the distractions generated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Dependence on Chinese medical assistance to fight the pandemic as well as trading and commercial relations with Beijing has left some states more cautious than others. India is having protracted border military stand-off with China, which has claimed the lives of soldiers on both sides. India has gone farther than other states in the Indo-Pacific in confronting China by reducing dependence on Chinese pharmaceuticals, banning Chinese 59 mobile apps within the Indian cyberspace segment, and additional bans to be followed in the telecommunications sector.

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