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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.

Precarious Balance

The latest exchange between Washington and Beijing is a reminder that beneath the courteous language of diplomacy lies a hard, immovable dispute.

NSA Doval in Beijing for talks on boundary issue

India is willing to strengthen strategic communication with China, expand mutually beneficial cooperation and inject new impetus into bilateral relations, national security Adviser Ajit Doval was quoted as saying on Wednesday during his meeting with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng in Beijing.

Taiwan imbroglio

China’s ruling Communist Party claims the self governing democracy of Taiwan as its own territory despite never having controlled it, and has not ruled out taking the island by force.

Democracy Dismantled

The sentencing of 45 pro-democracy campaigners in Hong Kong under its controversial National Security Law signifies a turning point in the former British colony’s political and legal history.