Three years after the Chinese government’s cautiously supportive stance toward the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan led to Chinese netizens blasting their government for being “Taliban in spirit,” China has maintained its...
On Tuesday, a suicide attack in northwestern Pakistan killed five Chinese engineers and their Pakistani driver. This is the third attack against Chinese interests and nationals in Pakistan over the past week, underscoring their...
As the U.N. COP28 Climate Summit is underway in the United Arab Emirates, bringing together thousands of political leaders and environmental activists, one topic that is sure to get little attention there is the environmental...
A recent report released by the Pentagon indicates that China is likely seeking to establish a...
Late last month, two Chinese nationals were reportedly kidnapped in Quetta, Bolochistan, Pakistan,...
At Reuters, Gul Yousufzai and Saad Sayeed report that armed men in Quetta, the provincial capital...
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a key component of Xi Jinping’s ambitious...
A major part of China’s strategy to enhance economic and security interaction with Central...
China and Pakistan have enjoyed close diplomatic relations since the two modern nations’...
From Pakistan, China’s foreign minister Wang Yi announced on Thursday that President Xi...
As countries in South and Southeast Asia wait to see what economic strategy will prevail at the...
Despite the recent controversy over the release of detained Chinese fishermen, Chinese defense minister, Liang Guanglie, said China is focusing on peaceful development with Sri Lanka. Liang’s reiteration of China’s...
Asia Times looks at how tensions between India and China are playing out in the Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan: There is a fear of China in Bhutan. There are unresolved border disputes going back centuries and the issue was only addressed in Beijing in 1984. Bhutan has traditional trade relations with Tibet, but Bhutan closed […]
From UPI Asia Online: In 1999 this columnist put forward the theory of a “proxy nuclear state,” a country that has had nuclear capability grafted onto it by an outside power. Thus far, China has developed two such states — North Korea (to harry Japan) and Pakistan (to contain India). A third, Bangladesh, is well […]
From YaleGlobal: Asia has less fresh water per capita than any other continent except Antarctica. As the population booms and a growing middle class seeks modern conveniences like washing machines and dishwashers, water becomes a prized commodity and the source of conflict. The latest concern about Asia’s water supplies stems from Chinese plans to build […]
From Newindpress.com: DHAKA: In a strong endorsement of India’s stand, the SAARC countries pledged to declare war on poverty and terrorism, admitted Afghanistan as the eighth member of the group and signed three key accords on customs cooperation, avoidance of double taxation and setting up an arbitration council to strengthen economic linkages. “It is my […]
From The South Asia Analysis Group: Ultra-leftist elements in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), claiming absolute loyalty to the late leader Mao Zedong and firmly against the regime’s reformist course both at home and abroad, may have become an insignificant factor in the country’s politics now, but what is intriguing is that the present […]
From The Japan Focus: China’s growing presence in South Asia is riding on its accelerated economic and strategic influence in the region. This article gauges the interplay between economic, particularly resource factors, and strategic factors in China’s advance in the region and its relations with South Asian nations. One measure of China’s economic outreach is […]
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