The move by the Trump administration to revoke Harvard University’s ability to enrol foreign students ~ citing anti-Semitism and alleged coordination with the Chinese Communist Party ~ marks a troubling escalation in the politicisation of higher education.
Writing an Opinion piece in the newspaper on 2nd January, Zhang Jiadong, director of the Center for South Asian Studies at Fudan University concludes: “India is indeed a major power, and rapid changes in internal and external strategies pose challenges to both itself and the international community.”
The lawsuit attempts to invalidate the legislation, which was signed last week by Republican Governor of the state Greg Gianforte and is scheduled to take effect on January 1.
China is aging at a rate few nations have matched historically. It will take just 20 years for the proportion of the elderly population to double from 10 to 20 per cent (2017-2037).
Bhutan is being "heavily pressurised by the Chinese Communist Party" to change its stand on Doklam, according to a Delhi-based foreign policy think tank Red Lantern Analytica (RLA).
The European Commission, responding to the report, said it strongly condemns human rights violations in China.
That’s a possibility experts do not rule out if President Xi Jinping gets impatient, especially as he gets closer to the end of his time in power.
Our inter-connected world needs to brace for the increasingly assertive voices of a people who have seemingly internalised this sense of self in terms of national identity.
Today, it is the challenger to the USA as a global power with a leadership unapologetic about throwing its weight around.
This distinct cluster of technocrats have risen through the ranks of China’s space and aviation industries to leadership roles at both the national and provincial levels.
