Chitra Nair

Research Associate @ORCA_India

[The Diplomat @Diplomat_APAC]

Longstanding metrics – particularly rapid GDP growth and infrastructural expansion – are no longer sufficient to sustain political legitimacy. https://t.co/h7DlEBHqIY

[Organisation for Research on China & Asia (ORCA) @ORCA_India]

For @ORCA_India’s latest op-ed, Senior RA @RahulKaranRedd1 & RA @Ophelia_yum analyze #ToLam’s first state visit to #China. They argue that #Vietnam & #China are working to reinforce bilateral ties amid global uncertainty, with the relationship set to evolve through selective convergence shaped by their respective national interests.

🔗https://t.co/TXf1xFH5Tu

[Ophelia Yumlembam @Ophelia_yum]

For @ORCA_India, @RahulKaranRedd1 & I write on #ToLam’s first state visit to #China. We argue that both leaders are deepening bilateral ties across multiple sectors, driven by ideological alignment and shared strategic #interests.

https://t.co/DxssXffHt4

[Organisation for Research on China & Asia (ORCA) @ORCA_India]

For @ORCA_India’s latest op-ed, RA @Chitra_N8 examines #China’s Law on Promoting #EthnicUnity and Progress, arguing that it consolidates existing policies into a unified legal framework that seeks to standardise identity. She highlights how the law extends state priorities into everyday life, from #education to #urban planning and #digital governance, linking #unity more closely to #nationalsecurity and #development goals.

🔗https://t.co/4MO4JykJck

[Organisation for Research on China & Asia (ORCA) @ORCA_India]

The latest Episodes of Exchanges on the multifaceted significance of Pepper in India-China relations is out! Read how black #pepper was, and continues to be, a major driver of culinary, medical and diplomatic relations between #India and #China.
https://t.co/kllI8SiGrQ

[Organisation for Research on China & Asia (ORCA) @ORCA_India]

The latest Episodes of Exchanges on the contributions and appeal of Rabindranath Tagore in #China is out! Read how #Tagore emerged as a key cultural bridge and how his legacy endures in academia, translations, and ongoing cultural exchanges.
https://t.co/6TZI5KhRop

[Organisation for Research on China & Asia (ORCA) @ORCA_India]

#ICYMI: Revisit @ORCA_India's publications from the past few weeks on China’s #domestic politics and #foreign policy, from #China’s local government policy targets and the #GovernmentWorkReport2026 to #Beijing’s deepening influence in #India’s eastern frontier following elections in #Bangladesh and #Myanmar, China’s evolving strategic calculus in the #WestAsia crisis, its strategic dilemma in the #Afghanistan-#Pakistan conflict and India-China competition as #NewDelhi assumes the #BRICS presidency in 2026.

[Organisation for Research on China & Asia (ORCA) @ORCA_India]

For @ORCA_India’s latest op-ed, RA @Chitra_N8 analyzes #China’s pronatalist turn & how contraceptive taxation deepens state control over #reproduction, with #women’s bodies becoming the primary site through which demographic anxieties are managed.

🔗https://t.co/Agvh25nn54

[Organisation for Research on China & Asia (ORCA) @ORCA_India]

For @ORCA_India’s latest backgrounder, RA @Chitra_N8 examines how #China's work conferences function as core mechanisms of Party-led governance, bridging debate and decision-making & reinforcing centralized control under the #CPC.

🔗https://t.co/RzH8AqEdML