India-Taiwan relations: News & Analysis

[m_saini]

At 1:30 he says, "It(India) owns the weapons systems of the former Soviet union, and then bought the EU's ( ) Dassault Rafale, And india has purchased the US's F-35 series( ).. so India combines weapons from around the world. No other country is like India"

Maybe unintentionally but pretty sure these guys are making fun of us

[ramana]

We have been too long China-centric and not looked at Taiwan.
Please focus on Taiwan also.

[ramana]

https://stratnewsglobal.com/china/taiwa ... post-2010/

"New Delhi: On ‘Talking Point’, from Taipei, Dr Sana Hashmi, Postdoctoral Fellow, Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation and Scholar, Research Institute for Indo-Pacific Affairs and in Delhi, Antara Ghosal Singh, China Fellow, Observer Research Foundation in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi.
The panel discusses the Chinese Communist Party’s 20th National Congress, Xi Jinping’s Tibet, Taiwan strategies, India’s non-reaffirmation of the ‘One China Policy’ in official documents or statements since 2010, China’s claims over Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh, the India-China stalemate in Ladakh post Galwan, the likely trajectory of Xi Jinping’s Taiwan, Tibet policies, the events post the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, India’s statement on the ‘militarisation’ of the Taiwan Strait, calibrated ties with Taiwan, increasing business and high-tech ties with Taiwan, the calls for a further continuous strengthening of relations and a Free Trade Agreement, India and China’s Tibet policies, “China no longer seeing Tibet solely through the prism of internal security, the economic utility of Tibetan borders becoming far more important for China”, the Dalai Lama and the controversy over his succession."

[ramana]

I have Taiwanese friends to whom Chinese Buddhism is also very important.
So India, China, and Taiwan are intertwined in many ways: borders, trade, geopolitics, high technology, Buddhism, Culture, and Dalai Lama.

It is not a knot but a multicolored rope that links India to East Asia.

[NRao]

Some sobering, if true, info on Taiwanese armed forces.

Wonder if ex-Indian army men can join them.

[krithivas]

Taiwan firms shift supply chains to India from China, trade body chief says

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Taiwan firms are shifting supply chains to India from China, as Taipei and New Delhi strengthen economic ties, the head of the island's key trade body told Reuters, as global trade tension rises among major economies.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/compani ... 7#comments

[sanman]

[sanman]

What does Taiwan want from India?



Why are they so insistent upon making deals with state govts instead of national govt?
Thy seem to prefer southern states first.

[KL Dubey]

Useful discussions:

8 months ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Daiz1VMgxIc&t=46s

Starts off with assessment of Indian semiconductor mission, then broadens into other dimensions (infrastructure, foreign relations etc) relevant to Taiwan's strategy for investment in India (and potentially future competition).

Follow-up this week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGnxV_Zpi9w

The panelists are quite knowledgeable and serious. Also many of the comments on these videos are of good quality and informative.

[A_Gupta]

This military development has to do with US-Taiwan, indirect impact on India at most, perhaps via the Quad.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/militar ... rait-track

The first iteration of drones, set to form part of America’s “unmanned hellscape” strategy to be used against China in a potential war in the Taiwan Strait, is on track to meet its August 2025 deadline, according to a US Navy official.