border disputes

Journalists Become Latest Casualties of China-India Rivalry

China and India’s geopolitical rivalry has reached a nadir, with both countries all but barring the other’s journalists from working in their respective territories. Inflamed by an ongoing military conflict along the China-India...

Amid Distrust, China Extends ‘Handshake’ to India

On his first foreign trip as Chinese Premier, Li Keqiang was in New Delhi today, where he met with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Xinhua ran a sanguine report on Li’s talking points and the “great...

Crisis Only a Phone Call Away

John Garnaut describes a conflict-defusing military hotline between Washington and Beijing that is currently in testing, quoting military and political analysts on the likely “flashpoints” that could lead to...

Vietnam Breaks Up Anti-China Protests

As tensions continue to escalate over the South China Sea, AP reports Vietnam has broken up anti-China protests in two cities and has detained 20: Police initially allowed about 200 protesters to march from Hanoi’s iconic...

China, India to Ignore Differences, Deepen Ties

As China’s new passport design stirs up controversial border disputes in various regions, Chinese state media reports that China and India, whose border has remained unsettled since the Sino-India war in the 1960s, have...

China, Bhutan Ready for Diplomatic Relations

Amid frustration at the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio—which The Guardian’s Jonathan Watts gloomily compared with a 1930s League of Nations assembly—a side meeting between Wen...

Behind Myanmar’s Suspended Dam

The suspension of work on the Myitsone Dam last September was a key moment in Myanmar’s attempt to edge out of China’s shadow. A leaked impact assessment by the company building the dam had found the project harmful...

Vietnam Stops Anti-China Protest, Detains Many

Vietnamese authorities detained dozens of people participating in ongoing anti-China protests stemming from a territorial dispute in the South China Sea. From Reuters: One witness said plainclothes police forced around 40...

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