New Book: Chinese Concepts, Approaches and Indian Development Ideas and Strategies: ExploringSynergy

Chinese Concepts, Approaches and Indian Development Ideas and Strategies: Exploring Synergy was published by International Culture Publication Co. Ltd.in March 2022.AuthoredbyDr.Zhang Li, associate researcheratthe Institute of South Asian Studies of Sichuan University (a Key ResearchInstitutefor Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education), the book represented an in-depthanalysison the development model of China and India and their coordination. It is ofgreat reference value to researchers and readers concernedwiththe development model of China and India andinteractions between the two countries.

For the past few years,theChineseinnovative ideas and cooperation programs, such as "Building a Community ofShared Future" and "The Belt and Road Initiative," havereceivesupport andpositiveresponse from many countries.Developing friendly relations between China and India, one of itsimportant neighbors, and promotingthe synergy ofbilateral development ideas and development strategies, is not only an importantinstrumentforenhancement ofinternational recognition and international cooperation, but also conducive to the common progress of the two countries. In addition, this will have a great positive impact on the development concept, development path and future prospects of the Asia-Pacific region and theworld at large. Therefore, this book focuses on the theoretical basis of international strategic synergy, the specific connotation of the concepts and plans of the two countries, as well as the needs, challenges and countermeasures of China-India synergy.

It is hoped that this book will help promoteastrategicsynergybetween China and India and enhance the mutually beneficial and win-win relations of friendly cooperation betweenthem. This book puts forwardcertaincountermeasures and suggestions on how to effectively promote the integration of concepts and strategies between China and India, which is of great contemporary significance and practical value.

The book is comprised of the followingchapters:

ChapterI Research background andtheoretical analysis of international coordination

1.Research background andrecent dynamic

2.Definingresearch objects

3. The theoretical basis of international strategic coordination

4. The model and type of international strategic coordination

5. Implementation mechanism and methods of international strategic coordination

ChapterII The generate logic and connotation of Chinese concepts and approaches

1. The generate logic of Chinese concepts and approaches

2. China’s concepts featuring a new type of major-power relationship

3.TheBelt and Road Initiative

4.TheCommunity ofShared Future for Mankind

ChapterIII The evolution of India's development ideas and strategies

1. The development concepts and strategies of India before the 1990s

2. Economic reform and development strategy adjustment from 1990s to pre-Modi government period

3. The Modi Doctrine

ChapterIV The needs, goals and modelsforChina-India strategic coordination

1. The demand basis for the conceptual and strategic coordination

2. TasksforChina – India strategic coordination

3. The modelfor China – India conceptual and strategic coordination

ChapterV Challengesto China – India conceptual and strategic coordination

1. Negative factors in China – India conceptual and strategic coordination

2. Specific challengestoChina – India conceptual and strategic coordination

ChapterVI Suggestionsforsynergization of China-India concepts and strategies

1. The Guiding ideology

2.Encouragingconvergence of ideas and goals

3. Improve management of coordination partnership

4.Information communicationfor confidence building

(Content Contributed by ISAS; Translated by Chen Yishu)

New Book:India’s Sri Lanka Policy, 1948~2019

India’s Sri Lanka Policy:1948-2019 was published byInternational Culture Publication Corporation in May 2022. The book is based on thedissertation ofDr. Gao Gang, apostdoctoral researcherat theInstituteofSouth Asian Studies, Sichuan University (ISAS) and deputy director of Sri LankaStudiesCenter, ISAS, Sichuan University.

This book examined the development and evolution of Indian policy toward Sri Lanka since independence. As the author used timelines and major historical events as clues, hetouched uponhistorical landmarksof the bilateral engagementsuch as the independence of the two countries, the Sri Lankan civil war and the end of the civil war in 2009.Thebook made an in-depth discussion of issues of big significance for the bilateral relations, such as: (a) Sri Lanka’s position in India’s South Asia policy; India’s strategic cognition, and security considerations on Sri Lanka; (b) the continuity and variability of India’s Sri Lanka policy, and the reasons for the development and evolution of these policies; (c) Sri Lanka’s relations with other countriesin general andgreat powersin particularoutside South Asia and India’s concern about it.

Contents

Chapter 1 Restraint and Cooperation: India’s Sri Lanka Policy fromIndependence to 1970s

Chapter 2 Mediation and Intervention: India’s Sri Lanka Policy in 1980s

Chapter 3 Non-interferenceand Repair of Bilateral Relations: India’s Policy towards Sri Lanka from 1990s to the Beginning of 21st century

Chapter 4 Wooing Sri Lanka and Balancing China: the New Development of India’s Policy since the End of Sri Lanka’s Civil War in 2009

Conclusion

(Content Contributed by ISAS; Translated by Gao Gang)

New Book: Research on China-Pakistan People-to-people Exchanges

More than 120 eventswere heldin 2021 in China and Pakistan so as tocelebrate the 70^th anniversary of the establishment of diplomaticties betweenthem andto commemoratethisprofound friendship. With the spirit of inheriting and enhancing friendship, the Institute of South Asian Studies, Sichuan University has launched a new book recentlytitled asResearch on China-Pakistan People-to-people Exchanges.

Written byDr.Chen Xiaoping, anAssociate Researcher fromthe Institute ofSouth Asian Studies, this book was published by International Cultural Publication Corporationin April 2022.Thanks its systematic organization ofsix chapters,it made a comprehensiveintroduction and discussion of China-Pakistan exchanges and cooperation in six aspects: culture, education, think tanks, media, medical&health, and tourism.This book contained memorabilia of people-to-people exchanges between China and Pakistan for readers’ references.

The author, as a visiting scholar,stayed inPakistan for one year in 2008 under the project funding and appointment of the Institute. Since then, she has been focusing on Pakistan and the relations between China and Pakistan for a long time. Thanks to a synergy of visiting experiencesandlong-term research,the authormanaged to interpret China-Pakistan people-to-people exchanges comprehensivelysince theestablishment ofdiplomaticties,especially in the context of the Belt and Road Initiative. She also analyzed thestatus quo and problemsof this engagement,before making suggestion onsolutions to theproblems. The book will not only be of reference value to professional researchers engaged in Pakistanstudiesand China-Pakistan relations, but also to general readerswith an interest with thepeople-to-people exchanges and friendly relations between China and Pakistan.

CONTENTS

Introduction

Differentiationand Analysis of the Concepts of People-to-People Exchanges

Belt and Road Initiative and Pakistan’s Response

The Significance, Path and Plan of the Establishment of China-Pakistan High-Level People-to-People Dialogue Mechanism

Chapter1 China-Pakistan Exchanges and Cooperation on Culture

China-Pakistan Cultural Exchange and Cooperation Initiative

Chinese Cultural Centers in Pakistan

Mutual Visits and Exchanges between Chinese and Pakistani Art Groups

Bidirectional Communication ofLiteraryWorks andCooperation inCulturalIndustry between China and Pakistan

China-PakistanExchanges andCooperation inArchaeology andCultural Heritage and Museum

Chapter2 China-Pakistan Exchanges and Cooperationon Education

China-PakistanExchanges andCooperation on HigherEducation

China-PakistanCooperation on VocationalEducation

ChineseLanguage Education in Pakistan and UrduLanguage Education in China

Prospects of China-PakistanExchanges andCooperation on Education

Chapter3 China-Pakistan Exchanges in Think Tanks

MajorThinkTanks ofTwoCountriesEngaged inResearch on China-PakistanRelations

Exchanges andInteractionsofChina-PakistanThinkTanks inRecentYears

Significance,Problems andCountermeasures of China-PakistanThinkTankExchanges

Chapter4 China-Pakistan Exchanges and Cooperation in Media

Media Industry in Pakistan

China-Pakistan Media Exchanges: A survey

Exploration of China-PakistanCooperationMechanism on Media

Chapter5 China-Pakistan Exchanges and Cooperation onMedical and Health

Overview of Pakistan'sMedical andHealth

China-PakistanCooperationon Medical andHealthsince theEstablishment ofDiplomaticTies

China-PakistanCooperation inFighting COVID-19 after theOutbreak

Chapter6 China-Pakistan Exchanges and CooperationonTourism

TourismResources andStatus Quo ofTourism in Pakistan

TheHistory andCurrentSituation of China-PakistanExchanges on Tourism

Prospects of China-PakistanCooperation on Tourism

Conclusion

References

Memorabilia ofPeople-to-PeopleExchanges between China and Pakistan

Postscript

(Content Contributed by ISAS; Translated by Song Zihan)

New Book: Maritime Security Strategy of India: Policies and Practices

India is a major player inSouth Asian Sub-continent surrounded by the Indian Ocean and West Pacific. In recent years,thanks to itsrapid growth of sea power,India has been playing an increasingly distinctive role inregional and globalaffairs.Itsstrategic roleas a maritime powerin 21st century or to say the“Ocean Century” has received much attention.Therefore, to study themaritimestrategy of India is of both theoretical significance and practical value.The Indian Ocean research team fromtheInstitute of South Asian Studies atSichuan University has beencommitted to in-depth study of Indian Ocean issues and security landscape. It is in such a backdrop thatMaritimeSecurityStrategy of India: Policies and Practiceshas been published byWorkshopPublications in June 2021.

This book, authored by Zeng Xiangyu,anAssociate Research Fellow ofthe Institute ofSouth Asian Studies atSichuan University, provided a comprehensive study of the strategy planning and practice of India’s maritime security.Based ona survey ofpolicy documents concerning India’s maritime security,the book brought together the raw materials and existing studies from home and abroad.The bookoffered in-depthdiscussion on a wide range of issues such as: internal and external factors affecting India’s maritime security strategymaking; details andimplementation institutionsof India’s maritime security strategy; Indian Navy capacity building; Indian navy’s engagement with the US,Russia,Japan and otherpowers; theeChina factor forIndian maritime security strategy.After an interpretation of the text of documents on India’s maritime security strategy, this book analyzed the substance and implementation of the strategy. This book presented unique insights on the prospects of sea power development for both India and China from the perspective of conflict and cooperation.

(Content Contributed by ISAS; Translated byCheng Yangji)