Mr Vijay Gokhale on why India should refrain from making unilateral conciliatory gestures towards China in a post-14th Dalai Lama scenario Watch the full interview on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjg3nXiR_Rg

Mr Vijay Gokhale addresses the factors behind President Xi Jinping's oppressive measures in Tibet and Xinjiang. Watch the full interview on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjg3nXiR_Rg

Mr Vijay Gokhale, a distinguished former diplomat, traces the history of ideological diversity within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Watch the full interview on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjg3nXiR_Rg

Mr. Vijay Gokhale, a distinguished former diplomat, analyzes the successes and challenges that China has experienced with the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and raises the pertinent question whether China can continue to finance this initiative at quite the same scale post the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch the full interview on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK4h9SKzBws&t=1s

In the third episode of a special three-part interview series on 'Understanding China', Mr Vijay Gokhale, a distinguished former diplomat who has previously served as India's Foreign Secretary as well as India's Ambassador to the People's Republic of China (PRC), spoke to Ishan Dhar about the history of ideological diversity and factionalism in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Xi Jinping’s recentralization of power, oppression in Tibet and Xinjiang, and what India should keep in mind whilst navigating a post 14th Dalai Lama scenario.

Mr. Vijay Gokhale discusses the internal challenges China faces in implementing its dual circulation strategy, which aims to balance domestic consumption with international trade. Watch the full interview on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK4h9SKzBws&t=1s

Mr. Vijay Gokhale discusses China's potential retaliatory tools in the event of greater U.S.-China trade friction. Watch the full interview on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK4h9SKzBws&t=1s

Mr. Vijay Gokhale explains why exactly China's economy is not ‘healthy’ at this point in time and the prospects of success for the policy of ‘dual circulation’. Watch the full interview on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK4h9SKzBws&t=1s