China is mulling temporarily reopening of Khunjarab border with Pakistan to allow movement of freight vehicles, stuck up due to coronavirus lockdown, its envoy said on Saturday
Is A India–China War Possible? A Fragile Peace Will More Likely Hold
While low-level clashes may continue, the possibility of a large-scale conflict, as projected by recent U.S. intelligence reports, remains far-fetched. Both countries are acutely aware that they stand to lose far more than they can gain. Despite uneasy relations, several factors actively discourage conflict
China's Reactions To Terror Incidents: State And Social Media Echo Clear Bias For Pakistan
The two incidents in India and Pakistan over the course of a week have shown that the coverage of terrorism by the Chinese media ecosystem largely reinforces the state’s foreign policy narratives and preferences for alignment in South Asia. Pakistan emerges as a clear preference for the public, which is reinforced by commentators and opinion makers on non-state news media platforms.
China’s CPEC Extension To Afghanistan Has Security Implications For Region
CPEC 2.0 is expected to serve as a major leverage tool for China to access Afghanistan’s untapped natural resources and enhance connectivity to Pakistan and Central Asia. However, for Afghanistan, the initiative may be more of a challenge than an opportunity. Countries such as Sri Lanka and the Maldives have already faced severe economic consequences from poorly structured Chinese-funded projects.
China's New Great Game: How Beijing is Redrawing South Asian Geopolitics
China's rise has, in the consensus view of most international relations scholars, fundamentally changed South Asia. The old, India-centric region is gone. Pakistan has tied its future to Beijing, seeing China as its ultimate guarantor. Bangladesh has played a smart game, using Chinese money for national development while maintaining its "friendship-to-all" foreign policy. The Teesta project shows Dhaka's new confidence in following its own national interest. For India, the challenge is immense, as it must now compete for influence in its own backyard.
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Containing China’s aggressions: Need for a united front
Indeed, China has gone astray from peaceful ascendance and has taken recourse to grabbing lands, maritime channels, and air space of many other countries
Gwadar International Airport construction underway, confirms CPEC chairman
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Chairman Asim Saleem Bajwa on Saturday said the Gwadar International Airport construction is underway
Chinese hand in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan move hits separatists' plans
The controversial proposal to 'annex' Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), which is to change the semi-autonomous status of the region, is being pushed by Pakistan to help China secure the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Indian security agencies have told the government
Pakistan reiterates support to 'One China Policy'
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has reaffirmed Islamabad's extended support to China's "One China Policy", along with a complete alliance against India
CPEC to be completed at all costs, says PM Imran Khan
Prime Minister Imran Khan vowed on Friday that the government would complete the ambitious China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project at any cost and pass its benefits to the nation
'Age of expansionism over': PM Modi's clear message to China from Ladakh
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while at Leh, said in a clear warning to China without naming it, that the "age of expansionism is over."
China to help Pakistan set up phytosanitary facility
Pakistan’s future relies on agriculture and Prime Minister Imran Khan is keen to revive this sector, remarked National Food Security and Research Minister Syed Fakhar Imam while talking to Chinese Ambassador Yao Jing
Chinese envoy Hou rules the roost in Nepal!
From Nepal's Chief of Army Staff, General Purna Chandra Thapa to Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli's office, the Chinese Ambassador in Kathmandu, Hou Yanqi, has access to almost any place under the sun in the Himalayan republic
Nikki Haley praises India for 'not backing down' against China
Nikki Haley, the first Indian-American to serve in the US cabinet, has praised India's decision to ban 59 Chinese apps, saying New Delhi "is continuing to show it wont back down from Chinas aggression"
After Chinese app ban, deliberations on Huawei, ZTE's future in India
After banning 59 Chinese apps, the Indian government is considering whether the presence of China's Huawei Technology Co and ZTE Corp may pose threat to security as some reports suggest their links to the Chinese ruling party and the People's Liberation Army (PLA)
China can be held legally liable for the pandemic under international law
In the past few months, since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the globe has turned into an emergency zone. Lives have been lost, businesses are being impacted, and individuals being affected by unemployment
Trump sees Chinese aggression in Ladakh as part of ‘larger pattern’
US President Donald Trump sees China's aggressive action along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh confirming the Chinese Communist Party's “true nature,” according to his Spokesperson Kayleigh McEnany
Modi deletes Weibo account as country bans 59 Chinese apps
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday deleted his account on Chinese social media app Weibo that had nearly 244,000 followers, after the country banned 59 Chinese apps over national security concerns
India, China stress need for stepwise de-escalation at LAC
Amid the ongoing tension on the borders in eastern Ladakh, India and China have emphasised the need for an expeditious, phased and stepwise de-escalation as a priority, sources said on Wednesday
