December 15, 2022 11:01 am
Vijay Gokhale has said the Chinese assumption that there will be no immediate backlash to low-level coercion on the Line of Actual Control “because India is risk-averse may no longer be valid”.
November 01, 2022 12:25 pm
After his retirement, Gokhale has authored three books, The Long Game: How the Chinese Negotiate with India, Tiananmen Square: The Making of a Protest and most recently, After Tiananmen: the Rise of China.
August 06, 2021 7:41 am
Former Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale's new book says China used its links with Left parties in India to build opposition to the Indo-US nuclear deal. A throwback to 2005-08
August 03, 2021 4:44 pm
Rejecting Gokhale's claim, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said, "The Left parties had opposed the Indo-US nuclear deal because it was an agreement which would have compromised India's strategic autonomy and independent foreign policy."
August 03, 2021 1:56 pm
In his diplomatic career of 39 years, Gokhale, who is proficient in Mandarin, has spent more than 20 years in China, seven years on the China desk in MEA and seven years in East Asia.
May 18, 2021 4:14 am
Menon, who was deputy chief of mission at the embassy, used to ask Gokhale — who was one of the young diplomats — to read two Chinese newspapers and discuss the main stories of the day.
January 29, 2020 10:50 am
Shringla said all efforts should be dedicated to contributing towards the nation in the form of its security, prosperity through external engagements.
June 13, 2019 7:32 pm
Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale informed ANI that while PM Modi welcomed the Chinese leader to visit New Delhi, Jinping assured the Prime Minister about his plans to visit India this year
April 22, 2019 3:51 pm
The bilateral meeting between India and China comes ahead of the second Belt and Road Forum (BRF), scheduled to be held in Beijing later this week. It also follows India’s efforts to list JeM chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist at the UNSC, over which China placed a technical hold on the proposal.
April 21, 2019 2:41 am
Sources said the meetings will take place on April 22 (Monday), and is part of "regular diplomatic consultations". He will meet his counterpart Kong Xuanyou and call on Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi during the visit.