Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Tuesday lauded Beijing's assistance to Pakistan for tackling the coronavirus, during a meeting with a delegation of the Chinese Army, the military's media wing said
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China has become Bangladesh’s top development partner, providing the capital and engineering expertise. It provided funding and construction for the $4.63 billion Padma Bridge Rail Link. This project connects the underdeveloped south to the capital. China also built the $2.48 billion Payra Thermal Power Plant, a critical piece of energy infrastructure. It constructed the Bangabandhu Tunnel under the Karnaphuli River in Chittagong, the first of its kind in South Asia.
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The Indo-Pacific has indeed been relatively more stable compared to many other geopolitically contested regions. The QUAD plays a role in deterrence and in norm setting, but its impact is partial. India, through its constellation of policies—Act East, SAGAR, IPOI, MAHASAGAR, etc.—contributes significantly to that peace
Myanmar: Bitter Contest For Influence In Indo-Pacific’s Most Volatile Frontier
The convergence of instability in Myanmar, fragility in Bangladesh, and external meddling by China and Pakistan threatens to form a volatile arc along India’s eastern flank. The challenge for New Delhi is not to pick sides in Myanmar’s internal war but to manage outcomes—to stay present, relevant, and nimble while others overreach. Because when the last ballot is counted, Myanmar will likely look the same: weary, divided, and ruled by men who mistake fear for order. The generals will call it normalcy; the world will call it tragedy.
China’s Rapid Rise Is Slowing Down: Xi’s Ability To Project Influence May Be Diminishing
As China continues to invest beyond what its economy can absorb, unproductive spending—much of it debt-financed—has expanded far faster than GDP. A decade ago, total debt was about twice the size of the economy; now it is roughly triple. The debt-to-GDP ratio has reached around 300 percent, alarmingly high for a developing economy.
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China will submit four specific reports to Bangladesh containing recommendations on how Bangladesh can better deal with the coronavirus situation
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China finally admits it lost 'less than 20' soldiers in clash with India
A day after Indian media reported that India had handed over dead bodies of 16 Chinese soldiers to the People's Liberation Army (PLA), China on Monday for the first time admitted that it lost "less than 20" troops during the violent face-off along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh last week
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Chinese hackers now target website of DPIIT that curtailed Chinese FDI
Amid the rising India-China border tensions and a phishing attack alert by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), a key Indian government business department's website was hacked on Monday
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Citizens of Bangladesh are not happy even as China offered to exempt tariff on 97 percent of the products made in their country
