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Geopolitics of Central Asia will persist amid the competition of global powers
1 comments | by By Kinza Arif
Geopolitical significance of Central Asia will persist amid the competition of global powers are clearly defining the geopolitical and geo-economic interests in the region. The Central Asian region holds immense strategic importance, primarily due to its rich energy reserves that still remain untapped. In the recent years, the vast economic potentials have re-triggered major in
Read Full ArticleChina’s FM to visit Bangladesh, Myanmar to mediate in Rohingya crisis
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China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi will head to Myanmar and Bangladesh this weekend in a bid to shore up Beijing’s influence in the region and mediate in the deepening Rohingya refugee crisis. The visit comes amid mounting international criticism of Myanmar’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi who has failed to resolve the humanitarian crisis, which has seen more than 600,000 Rohin
Read Full ArticleChina's lucrative embrace of Sri Lanka stirs unease
0 comments | by Russek Blinch
Some 600 years ago, the great Chinese explorer Zheng He and his vast armada frequented Sri Lanka, including landing once to kidnap an uncooperative king. It was all part of the admiral's decades-long exploration of South and South-east Asia, even to the east coast of Africa - before China would mysteriously turn inwards again. Now, China is reasserting itself across Asia with a scheme that
Read Full ArticleChina opens dual-use highway to Nepal via Tibet to the Nepal border
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BEIJING: China has opened a strategic highway in Tibet to the Nepal border which could be used for civilian and defence purposes, a move that Chinese experts say will enable Beijing to make forays into South Asia, according to a media report on Monday. The 40.4-kilometre highway in Tibet between Xigaze airport and
Read Full ArticleAfghanistan’s tryst with China begins – in Washington
0 comments | by M.K. Bhadrakumar
Afghanistan has been accepted as a permanent member of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Jin Liqun, president of the Beijing-based institution, formally presented a certificate confirming the country’s new status to Afghan Finance Minister Eklil Hakimi on Friday on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank meetings in Washington. The Afgh
Read Full ArticleThe US-Sino Great Game: Washington embraces Indian position on CPEC
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US Secretary of Defense, General James Mattis has said that China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative is untenable because it passes through a disputed territory. He was alluding to the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) which passes through the northern areas of Pakistan – claimed by India as part of the disputed Jammu and Kashmir territory. While appearing before th
Read Full ArticleWhy is India doing propaganda against CPEC? by newsdesk
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News Analysis: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said India is doing propaganda over the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as part of its negative tactics to divert world attention from the Kashmir issue. Abbasi said in a television interview on Sunday, a day after Pakistan responded to
Read Full ArticleChina opens strategic highway to Nepal. China has opened a highway in Tibet to the Nepal
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China has opened a highway in Tibet to the Nepal border that runs parallel with the Xigaze-Lhasa railway that hs the potential to be used for military purposes Beijing: China has opened a strategic highway in Tibet to the Nepal border which could be used for civilian and defence purposes. The 40.4-kilometre highway in Tibet between Xigaze airport and Xigaze city centre official
Read Full ArticleChina wears the mediator’s gown in the Af-Pak by Salman Rafi
0 comments | by Salman Rafi
China wears the mediator’s gown in the Af-Pak Despite a high-level meeting between Pakistan’s General Bajwa, and Afghanistan’s president Ashraf Ghani, relations between the two countries remain largely troubled and uneasy. Nothing else can testify this tension better than the fact it is China once again that intervened to ease down tension and engage both coun
Read Full ArticleSqueezed by an India-China Standoff, Bhutan Holds Its Breath
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Squeezed by an India-China Standoff, Bhutan Holds Its Breath Steven Lee Myers, India says it is ac
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