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Beijing

Silent Balancing

Nepal’s new political establishment appears determined to redraw the rules of engagement with the outside world.

Fragile Momentum

China’s latest growth numbers offer reassurance at first glance, but they obscure a more uncomfortable reality: the world’s second-largest economy is increasingly reliant on external demand at precisely the moment when the global environment is turning hostile.

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.

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.