But in NSS 2025 the specific reference to the “Quad” appears less central as compared to its 2022 prominence. The document emphasized the allies assuming primary responsibility for their own region even as it identified the Indo-Pacific as a key economic and geopolitical battleground. It reiterates that alliances and strengthening partnerships “will be the bedrock of security and prosperity long into the future”
It’s heartening to see that China has resumed the pilgrimage of Indian pilgrims to the sacred Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar in Southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region this year after a five-year break, and India has restarted the issuance of tourist visas to Chinese citizens suspended since 2020. Recently, several direct flights between the two countries have been restored. This development is expected to strengthen exchanges in people-to-people fields, as well as in trade, culture, and other areas.
Despite China's might and backing, Gyeltsen Norbu has lacked legitimacy and following among Tibetans and Tibetan Buddhists elsewhere, and many suspect the 15th Dalai Lama appointed by Beijing will suffer the same fate. The Dalai Lama has emphasised that China must reach a resolution on the Tibetan question during his lifetime, and many fear that without his moral authority, no solution will have widespread acceptance among the Tibetan people.
In reality not much has changed, the two sides lack a clear understanding of each other and misperception, nationalism and overall strategic mistrust have become the driving force. Even after much talk of building mutual understanding, in reality the gap continues not only among the governments but also among the people. In November 2025 Prema Wangjom Thongdok, a UK-based Indian woman from Arunachal Pradesh was harassed at Shanghai airport on her way to Japan. As per reports, Chinese officials claimed that, “Arunachal is not a part of India” and that she “should apply for a Chinese passport” as she was Chinese and not Indian.
Without mentioning China, Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar criticised Beijing for the debt-trap diplomacy it indulges in and cautioned countries in the neighbourhood to not fall into the trap, advising them to make “informed decisions” on what Bangladesh foreign ministers said were often "aggressive...affordable proposals" from Beijing
India's relationship with China is right now going through a "very difficult phase" after Beijing violated agreements not to bring the military forces in the border, Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said, emphasising that the "state of the border will determine the state of the relationship"
We oppose the US’ “coercive diplomacy”, China said in its reaction to Nepal’s MCC row - a stalled $500 million grant program that threatens to derail Nepal-US ties as Beijing accuses Washington of pressuring Kathmandu at the “expense of Nepal’s sovereignty and interests.”
China has criticised the Quad as a "small clique" that is “bent on provoking confrontation” and warned that it will be to their “detriment.”
In continuing actions to curb Chinese cyber activities, India has banned 54 more Chinese apps that the government says compromise the country's security with real-time data being transmitted to a "hostile country"
The long-awaited document released on Friday said, 'We recognise that India is a like-minded partner and leader in South Asia and the Indian Ocean, active in and connected to Southeast Asia.'
China has said it was considering a “coordinated” arrangement for the return of foreign students, but remained non-committal on a definite timeline to allow them, including over 23,000 Indians, who are stuck back home for the past two years due to Beijing’s Covid-19 visa bans
China opposes “unilateral action” in resolving the Kashmir issue that could “complicate” the situation and suggested it should be resolved, properly and peacefully, "based on the UN Charter, relevant Security Council resolutions, and bilateral agreements”, hours after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan met Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday in Beijing
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to “reaffirm our vitally important strategic partnership” when they are in Australia for a meeting of the foreign ministers of the Quad next week, according to Daniel Kritenbrink, the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and the Pacific
The Chinese bridge across the disputed territory of Pangong Lake in Eastern Ladakh is being built in an illegally held area, the Indian government told Parliament on Friday
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan reached Beijing on a four-day visit to China where he will also take part in the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games which is facing a diplomatic boycott from the West and India for different reasons
Amid fresh political and diplomatic friction between India and China over their June 2020 border clashes, "first-hand accounts deleted from the Chinese social media", and revealed by an investigative Australian newspaper, says China had lost 42 soldiers in that clash -- many more than the four it had then claimed
A Chinese soldier involved in the Galwan Valley clash in Eastern Ladakh in 2020 has been hailed as a "hero" and took part in the traditional torch relay of the Beijing Winter Olympics on Wednesday, a move that is seen as a provocative action against India
In a trenchant attack on the Modi government and its foreign and domestic policies, opposition leader Rahul Gandhi Wednesday took to the floor of parliament to accuse Prime Minister Narendra Modi of making a "massive blunder" in its stance on China, saying this "posed a very serious threat to the Indian nation"
The Indian teenager who was allegedly abducted by the Chinese PLA from Arunachal Pradesh was reunited with his family, an official said on Tuesday, but his father alleged that his son was tied and kept blindfolded for more than a week and given a "mild electric shock" by his captors
