PM Narendra Modi meets Chinese President Xi Jinping, says meeting was ‘very fruitful’
July 15, 2014[Press Trust of India] FORTALEZA, Brazil: In a significant development, China on Tuesday invited India to attend a summit of Asia and Pacific (APEC) leaders as Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President Xi Jinping and discussed various issues including the need to resolve the boundary question in an amicable manner. The two read more →
China ‘admits’ trading in tiger skins
July 14, 2014By Navin Singh Khadka Environment reporter, BBC World Service Tagging is one of many measures that have been introduced to help protect tigers in the wild from the illegal trade in their body parts. China has for the first time admitted in public that it permits trade in skins from read more →
China jails 32 in Xinjiang on terror charges
July 14, 2014BBC China has stepped up military drills and security in Xinjiang as part of its campaign against terrorism. Courts in China’s Xinjiang region have jailed 32 people on charges of spreading extremist content online and organising terror groups, media report. Three of them were jailed for life while the others read more →
U.S. Probes Tibetan House Arrest During Kerry China Visit
July 11, 2014(Bloomberg news) By David Tweed The U.S. is investigating why a Tibetan activist was prevented from attending a private dinner on women’s issues at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing during Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit. “We are concerned that Tsering Woeser was placed under house arrest and prevented from read more →
Tibetan activist gets home arrest as Kerry arrives
July 9, 2014In this June 23, 2014 photo released by Tsering Woeser, well-known Tibetan writer Tsering Woeser poses for a photo in Inner Mongolia in northern China. She said Wednesday, July 9, 2014 that she and her husband have been placed under house arrest in Beijing as China plays host to U.S. read more →
Beijing is threatening the future of its golden goose
July 7, 2014[The Financial Times] By Jonathan Fenby If troops go to deal with Hong Kong protests it could get out of control, says Jonathan Fenby At the end of the last century, as Indonesia held its democratic presidential election following the fall of the Suharto dictatorship, a colleague at Hong Kong’s read more →
Brace for more tensions in Asia: Chinese analyst
July 7, 2014by John Garnaut, Sydney Morning Herald A leading Chinese analyst says political leaders in Beijing are committed to a strategy that will cause territorial disputes to get worse. His comments are significant because Chinese officials have repeatedly absolved themselves from responsibility for dangerous territorial disputes that have flared with Japan, read more →
Taiwan and China: Say cheese
July 5, 2014[The Economist] The first island visit from a Chinese minister since 1949 Chen Chu’s cap fits Mr Zhang SINCE the People’s Republic of China was founded in 1949, no ministerial-level Communist official has set foot in Taiwan. That changed on June 25th when Zhang Zhijun, head of China’s Taiwan Affairs read more →
Establishing Quid Pro Quo on the India-China Border
July 4, 2014By Abanti Bhattacharya The Diplomat, June 14, 2014 Establishing Indian sovereignty in Arunachal Pradesh could solidify Chinese claims in Tibet. Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s June 8 visit to New Delhi has brought up the stapled visa issue again, but with a new twist. The Chinese now argue that the stapled read more →
India agrees deal with China for flood data on Brahmaputra
July 2, 2014[PTI] New Delhi: India will pay China over Rs 82 lakh annually for crucial flood data of the Brahmaputra to improve flood forecasting even as the two sides agreed to allow their water experts to conduct study tours on both sides of the river which originates in Tibet. The agreement was read more →