Events

The Centre for Policy Research (CPR) and Juggernaut Books are delighted to invite you to the book launch of:

How China Sees India and The World by Shyam Saran

Shyam Saran (Senior Fellow CPR and Former Indian Foreign Secretary) will be in conversation with Suhasini Haidar (National Editor and Diplomatic Affairs Editor, The Hindu)

Chief Guest: Hamid Ansari, Former Vice President, India

To attend, please RSVP to: divya@juggernaut.in

The session will also be live-streamed on the CPR Facebook page.

About the Book

In this magisterial book, acclaimed diplomat Shyam Saran (arguably the country’s greatest expert on China) writes the most authoritative account of the India–China relationship and how China perceives our country.

Saran questions, among other things, the Chinese claim that it was the most important and influential civilization of the ancient world, arguing that it was India who played that role.

As a work of history, How China Sees India and the World is superb and tells its story not just in big, bold strokes but also through entertaining nuggets such as the spread of the chopstick, or how the word ‘zen’ arose from ‘dhyan’.

As a work of political analysis, especially of contemporary China and India, it is erudite, acute and strongly argued, based on close readings of contemporary Chinese scholarship, CCP leadership speeches and writings, and through Saran’s own experiences as diplomat and Foreign Secretary. Utterly compelling, How China Sees India and the World is a masterpiece – a work that will become a classic.