A PUBLICATION OF THE RESEARCH CENTRE FOR EASTERN AND
NORTH EASTERN REGIONAL STUDIES, KOLKATA

A University Grants Commission Approved Journal
(under UGC-CARE, Arts & Humanities Citation Index)
ISSN 2582-2241

VOLUME 3, ISSUE 1, JANUARY 2019

CONTENTS


Letter From The Editor-In-Chief

IS THERE A “NEW COLD WAR” IN ASIA
BETWEEN CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES
HARISH C. MEHTA


The Borderlands: Discord and Accord

AN INDIAN NEGOTIATOR’S VIEW
“FINDING COMPOSITE SOLUTIONS IS LIKELY TO PROVE STILL MORE DIFFICULT AS THE CENTURY PROGRESSES”
M.K. NARAYANAN


A CHINESE NEGOTIATOR’S VIEW
“WE MUST NOT LEAVE THIS HISTORICAL BAGGAGE
FOREVER TO OUR YOUNGER GENERATIONS”
DAI BINGGUO


Research Articles

THE STRENGTH OF THE STRING:
THE REALITIES OF THE “STRING OF PEARLS THEORY”
RYAN MITRA AND JAPISH SINGH GILL


LEVERAGING LOCATION:
REPOSITIONING THE BORDERLANDS
IN CHINESE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
NIMMI KURIAN


REINTERPRETING THE CHINESE CLAIMS
IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH
JOHN RANJAN MUKHERJEE


THE FOOD OF RESISTANCE
IN THE NOVELS OF CHINESE DIASPORIC WRITER JUDY FONG BATES
JULIE BANERJEE MEHTA


Books

Reviews

Xie Chuntao (谢春涛) (ed.). Translated by Xie Shengzhe (解圣哲).
Challenges for China: How the CPC Makes Progress.
YAN NA (闫娜)


Anoushiravan Ehteshami and Niv Horesh (ed).
China’s Presence in the Middle East.
WANG XIAOLAN (王晓兰)


John Wong. Zhu Rongji and China’s Economic Take-off.
Jong-Wha Lee. Is This The Asian Century?
John Keane. When Trees Fall, Monkeys Scatter:
Rethinking Democracy in China.
KAMARAN M.K. MONDAL


Graham Allison. Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?
TOH HAN SHIH


Rita Chowdhury. Chinatown Days.
ANJANA BASU