Xi Jinping’s China shows off force in South China Sea
April 13, 2018By Ben Westcott, Steven Jiang and Serenitie Wang, CNN 13 April 2018 Read original story here China has held its largest military drills in the hotly contested South China Sea, according to the country’s Defense Ministry, culminating in a naval … Continued
Xi Shows Off China’s Naval Power With Fleet Review, Taiwan Drills
April 13, 2018Bloomberg News Read original story here President Xi Jinping showed off China’s naval might, presiding over the country’s biggest-ever fleet review, while announcing live-fire military drills in the Taiwan Strait. Xi, clad in camouflage military fatigues, observed 48 vessels, 76 … Continued
No escape: The fearful life of China’s exiled dissidents
April 12, 2018Activists, journalists and critics of Chinese leadership and authority tell stories of surveillance and threats abroad. by Steve Chao & Liz Gooch 9 Apr 2018 When Chinese dissident Sheng Xue fled to Canada, she thought she had finally escaped the … Continued
China wants to take ties with Pakistan to a new height, vows President Xi
April 12, 2018The News International BEIJING: Appreciating major progress in strategic partnership between Pakistan and China since his visit to Islamabad in 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping has said that China wants to take relations with Pakistan to a new height, which … Continued
The future’s bright, Xi Jinping tells Taiwanese business chiefs, just don’t think of cutting loose
April 11, 2018Liu Zhen, 11 Apri 2018 Read original story here Chinese President Xi Jinping told Taiwanese businessmen on Tuesday that relations between Beijing and Taipei had a bright future despite the recent uncertainty and the island’s increased level of engagement with … Continued
Sri Lanka cedes major port to China, fueling tensions
April 11, 2018NATIONAL HARBOR — Sri Lanka, an island nation in the Indian Ocean the size of West Virginia, has become another flashpoint in regional naval competition. That’s because in December, Sri Lanka turned over the strategic port in the southern city … Continued
3,000-year-old tombs unearthed in Tibet
April 10, 2018IANS | Lhasa Last Updated at April 10, 2018 05:55 IST LHASA: Archaeologists announced on Monday that they have excavated tombs dating back some 3,000 years in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region. A total of nine tombs were found at … Continued
China’s Strengths in a Trade Spat Are Also Its Weaknesses
April 10, 2018The nation has had a precious run of political unity, relative peace and economic expansion. Why risk that? Daniel Moss, April 10, 2018, 2:30 AM GMT+5:30 We can work it out. Photographer: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images For the first time since … Continued
Raja Mandala: India’s China reset and BRI
April 10, 2018Written by C. Raja Mohan | Published: April 10, 2018 12:43:36 am At the annual Boao forum in Hainan this week, Chinese leader Xi Jinping is expected to present himself as the new champion of globalisation and castigate the unilateral … Continued
Bhutan’s ‘Shangri-La’ caught between two rival superpowers
April 10, 2018By Anbarasan Ethirajan BBC News, Thimphu Read origina story here With its scenic mountains and stunning Buddhist monasteries on hilltops, Bhutan is a traveller’s dream and described by some as the last Shangri-La – a mystical beautiful place where everything … Continued