China’s realpolitik is losing its sheen
September 20, 2017By Bhopinder Singh – Asian Age – 20 September 2017 This no-holds-barred approach of China won it immediate gratification in terms of low-hanging fruits in an increasingly polarised world. China is the ace practitioner of realpolitik, wherein sovereign emotions and morality invested in … Continued
China is retaliating against a US university for inviting the Dalai Lama to speak at graduation
September 20, 2017By Josh Horowitz, Quartz.com Beijing has a lesson for overseas universities: Don’t invite speakers who oppose the Communist Party to big events. A branch of the Chinese government has barred Chinese scholars from receiving state funding to study at the … Continued
China opens dual-use highway to Nepal via Tibet
September 20, 2017PTI, The Economic Times, Read original story here BEIJING: China has opened a strategic highway in Tibet to the Nepal border which could be used for civilian and defence purposes, a move that Chinese experts say will enable Beijing to … Continued
What the World’s Emptiest International Airport Says About China’s Influence
September 19, 2017By Brook Larmer – The New York Times 13 September 2017 The four-lane highway leading out of the Sri Lankan town of Hambantota gets so little traffic that it sometimes attracts more wild elephants than automobiles. The pachyderms are intelligent … Continued
China and India water ‘dispute’ after border stand-off
September 19, 2017By Navin Singh Khadka Environment correspondent, BBC World Service China and India may have defused a potential border conflict but the stand-off seems to have led to dispute over another contentious issue: water. Delhi says it has not received any hydrological – the scientific study of the movement, distribution and read more →
The Unprecedented Reach of China’s Surveillance State
September 18, 2017chinafile.com The Chinese Party-state is building a social credit system for collecting information about all of its citizens by police, courts, and other institutions. This enables the government to reach into society to a degree unprecedented in history. According to … Continued
Reading the tea leaves
September 18, 2017By Rakesh Sood, Published in The Hindu, 18 September 2017 In history, defining moments like 9/11 that can be identified as markers of change are rare. More often, there are trend lines of slow-moving geopolitical changes which come together at … Continued
China and India water ‘dispute’ after border stand-off
September 18, 2017By Navin Singh Khadka Environment reporter, BBC World Service – 17 September 2017 China and India may have defused a potential border conflict but the stand-off seems to have led to dispute over another contentious issue: water. Delhi says it … Continued
Bambawale new envoy to China, Bisaria takes his place in Pakistan
September 18, 2017Times of India – 18 September 2017 NEW DELHI: India’s high commissioner to Pakistan Gautam Bambawale has been appointed the ambassador to China and India’s ambassador to Poland Ajay Bisaria will be the next high commissioner to Pakistan, top South … Continued
Yaks unleashed in fight against desertification
September 18, 2017Feng Hao, China Dialogue.net, Read original story here Listening to local herders has been key to restoring grasslands in Zoigê, reports Feng Hao Community organiser Drakyom Palzang at a re-greening point (Image: Feng Hao) Herders’ children run over the pastures as the sun sets. … Continued