NEW DELHI: No diplomat can ignore the call of duty, which is why it is de rigueur for Asean diplomats to don colourful batik shirts if Indonesia is hosting an event; or for others to wear the Arab headdress if the host happens to be from the Arab world. In other words, it’s good optics […]Read More
NEW DELHI: CCP General Secretary & Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have been badly bruised by public criticism, which was accentuated by the initial mishandling of the Coronavirus epidemic in Wuhan. After an extended hiatus, which includes Xi Jinping’s unexplained disappearance from public view at the peak of the crisis […]Read More
NEW DELHI: “The Nepalese often say, “Drop by drop is the water pot filled.” There is also a Chinese saying: “The flame runs high when everyone adds wood to the fire.” I am convinced that as long as our two countries carry forward our tradition of friendship and keep increasing our exchanges and cooperation, we […]Read More
NEW DELHI: In June last year, Sri Lanka’s external debt reached an all-time high of US $55.5 billion—a drain on an already struggling economy made worse by the deadly Easter Sunday bombings in April that numbed tourism, one of the mainstays of the economy, and jolted investor confidence. Managing debt is the biggest risk to […]Read More
Nearly 30 months after the border standoff at Dolam (popularly known as Doklam) was resolved, China is far from giving up attempts to whittle down India’s influence over Bhutan, the third and most important angle of the triangular mess in the strategically important Himalayan frontier. Throughout 2019, Beijing sought to increase the pressure on the […]Read More
“Anyone attempting to split China in any part of the country will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones… And any external forces backing such attempts dividing China will be deemed by the Chinese people as pipe-dreaming!” Who were those remarks of China’s President Xi Jinping during a conversation with Nepal’s Prime Minister K.P. Sharma […]Read More
NEW DELHI: In September last year, barely three weeks before the bilateral visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Nepal, cadres of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) participated in a training programme conducted by members of the Communist Party of China (CPC). It wasn’t just any training programme but one focused on the rather ponderously […]Read More
Common sense tells us that while China’s Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) has great potential for trade, business and investment and could be a lifeline for South Asian states hungry for no-strings-attached funding, there are other implications. The pushback against BRI in parts of Southeast Asia and Africa along with the demand that BRI agreements […]Read More
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