Nepalis don’t share Indian ambivalence towards China
May 17, 2017By Akhilesh Upadhyay, Kathmandu, Indian Express, While India’s stated (and strong) opposition to BRI is that CPEC runs through the disputed Kashmir region, its nervousness runs deeper than that. Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a news conference at the end of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China May read more →
China challenges India to explain ‘meaningful dialogue’ on Belt and Road Initiative, says doors open for New Delhi to join project
May 16, 2017By Sutirtho Patranobis, Hindustan Times, China has asked India to clarify its call for a “meaningful dialogue” on the Belt and Road Initiative while noting that the doors will be always be open for New Delhi to join the project. Leaders attending the Belt and Road Forum wave as they read more →
Philippines, China vow closer ties, management of disputes
May 16, 2017By The Associated Press, ABC, Manila, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose for photographers prior to their bilateral meeting held on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Monday, May 15, 2017. read more →
Tibetan Medicine Sowa-Rigpa Lures Patients Seeking Drug-Free Cures
May 16, 2017By AFP Relax news, News18, A staff member of Tibetan medical practitioner Yeshi Dhonden’s Tibetan Herbal Clinic packs traditional Tibetan medicine to send to patients by courier in the Indian town of Dharamsala. (Photo courtesy: AFP Relaxnews/ Prakash SINGH) Before dawn in the Indian Himalayas, scores of patients clutching small read more →
EU backs away from trade statement in blow to China’s ‘modern Silk Road’ plan
May 16, 2017Member states wary of Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road initiative without guarantees on transparency, sustainability and tendering process. The EU has dealt a blow to Chinese president Xi Jinping’s bid to lead a global infrastructure revolution, after its members refused to endorse part of the multibillion-dollar plan because it did read more →
The world must unite like a ‘flock of geese’, says China’s Xi Jinping
May 15, 2017By Tom Phillips, President urges the world to cooperate, as Germany warns it could refuse to sign up to the Belt and Road initiative unless free tenders are guaranteed. Xi is attempting to contrast himself with the US president Donald Trump. Photograph: POOL/Reuters Chinese president Xi Jinping has made his read more →
Power, Money, and Fake News in China
May 15, 2017Written by Graham Bond, China Policy Institute In Anglophone circles, 2016 was the year that ‘fake news’ became real, at least in terms of raw political impact. Questionable figures painted on the side of the Brexit Battle Bus were blamed for leading the UK out of the European Union. Donald read more →
The Latest: 29,000 Chinese institutions hit by cyberattack
May 15, 2017By The Associated Press, ABC News, The latest on the global extortion cyberattack that hit dozens of countries on Friday (all times local): 4:50 a.m. Chinese state media say more than 29,000 institutions across China have been infected by the global “ransomware” cyberattack. Xinhua News Agency reports that by Saturday read more →
China on spying spree against Australia, defence secretary says
May 13, 2017Reuters, 12 May 2017 China is conducting extensive espionage against Australia, Canberra’s most senior defence department official said on Friday, in a rare public accusation against its largest trading partner. Chinese spying on Australia has been the subject of much speculation by analysts but senior government officials have largely steered read more →
China anxious for India to endorse the OBOR initiative
May 13, 201712 May 2017 – Hindustan Times China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative is a grand Chinese vision that seeks to link production centres in China with markets and natural resource centres around the world through a China-built communications artery. Beijing is keen to have India come aboard this new read more →