New Delhi: Secretary of State Antony Blinken has reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to the Mutual Defense Treaty with the Philippines in his talk with his counterpart Teodoro Locsin as tension continues to rise over the massing of People’s Republic of China maritime militia vessels(which Beijing claims are just fishing boats) in the South China Sea, […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Last month, Pakistan integrated the second unit of the Karachi nuclear power plant with the national grid. This Chinese built reactor with an installed capacity of 1100 megawatts is the biggest of the six power plants that Pakistan now has. By building it, China, a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, has reneged […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The next round of corps commander-level talks between India and China on resolving remaining friction points in Eastern Ladakh is likely to take place on Friday, sources say even as Chinese PLA ground forces are once again seen to be preparing to move into the plains of Aksai Chin for what currently appears […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Lobsang Sangay is no stranger to India or to the Tibetan cause he represents. In this exclusive chat with StratNews Global’s Surya Gangadharan, he answered questions on a range of topics including the ongoing election for a new Sikyong or president of the Central Tibetan Administration, who will succeed him. The second and […]Read More
Authorities Back Off Over Vaccinations Blacklist China’s bid to get people vaccinated against COVID-19 may be going a little too far. Recently, authorities in Wancheng town in South China’s Hainan Province had to apologise, after they called for a “blacklist’ on people who had not been vaccinated. The blacklist would have barred their access to […]Read More
New Delhi: The ‘Talking Point’, this week is China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visits to Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Turkey, Oman, Bahrain and Iran and the signing of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership framework with Tehran. Jonathan Fulton, Assistant Professor, Zayed University in Abu Dhabi, Non-resident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council and Alvite Singh Ningthoujam, Assistant Professor, […]Read More
Consumers Boycott H&M, Nike Over Xinjiang Cotton China’s public and e-commerce platforms are boycotting global brands H&M and Nike after they declared they would no longer buy cotton from Xinjiang, alleging the use of forced labour to harvest it. So far, Taobao, T-Mall and JD.com as well as online sharing platform Dazhong Dianping have cleared […]Read More
Divorce Within 60 Days Wuhan, the Chinese city which won worldwide notoriety as the source of the pandemic, appears to have a new claim to fame. Authorities say that since a new law on divorce was enacted in January, nearly half of couples who registered have preferred to withdraw. Apparently, the secret behind this success […]Read More
New Delhi: Acrimony is no stranger to diplomacy, but the first round of the US-China dialogue in Anchorage, Alaska, was redolent largely of that. US Secretary of State Blinken in his opening remarks, underscored Washington’s “deep concerns” with China’s actions in Xinjiang, Hong Kong, Taiwan which threatened “global stability”. He warned that the alternative to […]Read More
NEW DELHI: What are China’s misgivings about India and what can be done to address those? Not talking to China is not an option but India should do whatever it takes to secure its own interests, says former foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale. “China thinks the U.S. is about to contain them and we are aiding […]Read More
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