India-China rivalry not episodic or contextual but structural: Experts

It is not exactly true that India's rivalry with China is spoken of only in hushed tones. The Indian strategic community is quite vocal about this reality, & this rivalry is not limited to South Asia

In a new report on how China engages South Asia, CONSTANTINO XAVIER, research Fellow, Centre for Social and Economic Progress, and JABIN JACOB, associate professor, Department of International Relations and Governance Studies, Shiv Nadar University, have mapped Chinese strategies to establish itself in the area. The report is based on research by South Asian scholars. Excerpts from an interview with Aditi Phadnis.

India’s rivalry with China in South Asia is spoken about only in hushed tones. Despite Indian assertions that it is not in competition in a region it is thought to have long dominated, it is China, not