Tag: Beijing

New player

As a democratic, affluent country which has punched below its weight in the international system, South Korea now appears ready to carve out a larger role for itself.

May 17, 2023

Taiwan’s security

Such symbolic demonstrations of support risk entrapping Taiwan in an escalating Sino-US rivalry and undermining its security.

May 4, 2023

Boost for Taipei

The Taiwan issue was not the only one to feature in the Paraguay poll. Indeed, the economy, plagued by rising fiscal deficits and slow growth figures, and corruption were major issues that dominated the discourse.

May 3, 2023

China renews alert for ‘most severe’ sandstorms

China's National Meteorological Centre on Wednesday renewed a yellow alert, the third highest, for sandstorms in several areas across the country said to be the "most severe" of this year.

March 23, 2023

Agenda beyond McMahon Line

India has maintained a steady relationship with Russia, Iran and Afghanistan as well as enhanced tieups in the name of democratic solidarity in the form of the Quad comprising India, Australia, Japan and the United States.

March 20, 2023

Beijing closes Rasuwagadhi-Kerung border point, Nepal’s trade with China via land route discontinued

Beijing has closed the border citing the new year celebration as the Chinese new year will begin on January 22 and will be celebrated till February 5.

January 21, 2023

Upping the Ante

Japanese Chief of Staff of the JASDF, Izutsu Shunji, put it plainly, "Japan and India are in a special strategic global partnership relationship." When viewed alongside enhanced US support towards Japan's military wherewithal, the signing of Japan's RAA with UK (earlier signed with Australia) which allows both countries to deploy forces on each other's soil, the visible presence of Indian fighter planes in Japan is loaded with portents of immense concern as far as Beijing is concerned

January 18, 2023

Trust deficit

Coming as the statement does in the aftermath of a Pentagon report which explicitly said that US officials had been “warned” by Beijing not to interfere in the Sino-Indian relationship, the pattern is clear.

December 3, 2022

Thoughtless actions often have strong reactions

The takeover was brutal. Figures of protestor casualties vary from a few hundred to a few thousand with thousands more injured. Many fled abroad to escape prosecution. China to date refuses to release details of casualties.

December 1, 2022

Taiwan getting ready for war with China: Report

Taipei has started taking concrete steps to defend and train itself in preparation for a "real war scenario," The Singapore Post reported.

November 17, 2022

India rejects China-Pak joint statement on J & K, CPEC

''We have consistently rejected such statements in the past. The union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the union territory of Ladakh are and will always be integral and inalienable parts of India. No other country has a locus standi,'' Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said at a media briefing.

November 3, 2022

Power shifts in knowledge economy

Of the world's 114 smartest factories that deploy cutting-edge Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies, China owns a whopping 42, the US only seven.

November 1, 2022

Beijing, Moscow bonhomie continues to grow in face of common enemy – West

The West under the leadership of the US has isolated both countries and put in place containment policies to scuttle their journey to become a geo-political power, reported Geo-politik.

October 15, 2022

US draws Beijing’s ire with new rules to choke off China’s access to chips

The restrictions, which will worsen already strained relations between the two superpowers, drew an angry rebuke from Beijing, with Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning calling the move an abuse of trade measures designed to maintain American “technological hegemony”.

October 9, 2022

Chinese delegation barred from attending Queen Elizabeth’s lying-in-state

The invitations to the queen's funeral were drafted by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office last week.

September 17, 2022

Positive development of VN-China relations

Economic and trade ties have developed stably, he said, noting that China remains the largest trading partner and the second-biggest export market of Vietnam

July 15, 2022

Beijing reports no community transmission of Covid-19 since May 27

Beijing saw no community transmission of Covid-19 in the city from Friday to 3 p.m. Sunday, an official told a press conference.

May 30, 2022