The Xi'an municipality of Shaanxi province of China, has provided medical supplies in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic
How Sri Lanka Missed the Opportunity to Become a 200-billion dollar economy
Policy instability during the 2015-2024 likely pushed back Sri Lanka’s path towards becoming South Asia’s first High-Income Country. The 2022 financial crisis would never have happened as stable growth during the first half of 2015–2024 would have built enough buffer to weather impact of the Covid pandemic
When Nations Employ the Expansionary Grammar of Corporate Acquisitions
China’s Belt and Road Initiative - which funded Sri Lanka’s Hambantota Port through loans resulting in a 99-year lease to Chinese State-owned enterprise in 2017 due to Colombo’s struggle to service said loans - follows the same expansionary script.
Will Sri Lanka's Trincomalee Fulfil its Long-Promised Potential? New Strategic Convergence to Revamp Assets Neglected for Eight Decades
If one location matters most to India in Sri Lanka, it is Trincomalee. With one of the finest natural harbours in the world, Trincomalee has immense commercial, naval, and energy value. For decades, strategists in New Delhi have viewed it as critical to the security architecture of the Bay of Bengal.
EU and India Deepen Strategic Partnership, but Contentious Issues Remain Unresolved
It also demonstrated that the EU increasingly sees India as a strategic alternative to excessive dependence on China and India increasingly sees the EU as an important technology and investment partner amid a more fragmented global trading system.
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People's Bank of China increases stake in India's HDFC
The People's Bank of China has increased its stake in India's banking and financial services company HDFC to 1.01 percent. The central bank of China currently has nearly 1.75 crore shares in HDFC during the quarter ended March, according to data submitted by the company at the BSE
India slams China for raking up Kashmir at UN
The Indain government on Thursday slammed China at the United Nations for raking up India's internal matters and its failure to recognize Pakistan's cross-border terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir
Scope of CPEC to be enhanced in the second phase
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is making steady progress, and its scope will be further enhanced in the second phase, a top Pakistani official said
Sri Lanka’s China-run port to oil Indian Ocean shipping
Sri Lanka’s Hambantota Port, run by China’s CM Ports group with Chinese oil group Sinopec, has stocked up bunker oil to supply ships passing the island with the global shipping industry hit by the fallout of Coronavirus
China Railway Group Ltd donates PPE, safety gears to Bangladesh hospital
China Railway Group Limited (CREC) has donated Personal Protective Equipment and other safety gears to the Combined Military Hospital and Kurmitola General Hospital in Dhaka to extend support to the Bangladesh government's fight against the coronavirus outbreak
China reluctant to open customs points
The Chinese government is reluctant to open trade routes with Nepal, saying the coronavirus infection has been gradually spreading in Nepal
China profits from the pandemic it sparked
In what is being called the "cruelest irony" China, that blasted the world with one million coronavirus cases, now stands to gain from the fallout, exporting equipment and supplies needed to fight the pandemic, according to a US leader
Air India commences Delhi-Shanghai cargo flight operations
Air India on Saturday commenced the first cargo flight between Shanghai and Delhi. "An Air-bridge between Shanghai & Delhi has been established," the Ministry of Civil Aviation said in a statement on Saturday
Indian attorneys, ICJ move UNHRC against China for Covid-19 reparation
The International Council of Jurists (ICJ) and All India Bar Association have moved the United Nations Human Rights Council seeking compensation from China for "surreptitiously developing a biological weapon capable of mass destruction."
COVID-19: China should not be allowed to lift lockdown in hotspots
It is now recognized all over the world that COVID-19 originated from the Wuhan region in China and China did not forewarn the world at the right time about what is now known as the China virus disaster
Air India may fly in medical equipment from China starting April 3
Air India is likely to transport critical medical equipment and supplies from China starting April 3
China gives anti-corona medical aid
The Chinese government has provided medical aid to Nepal government on Sunday to combat the novel coronavirus
Nepal to get medicines, kits from China
Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has said that necessary medicines required for the control of coronavirus infection will arrive in Nepal on Saturday
Bangladeshi doctor rallies organisations from China to send PPEs to Bangladesh
A Bangladeshi doctor in Fuwai Hospital--Dr Misbahul Ferdous--together with three organisations in China are sending PPEs to Bangladeshi doctors
