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Modi to open India’s longest bridge in Assam today, mark shift in China strategy
Live Mint, 26 May 2017 New Delhi: For more than five decades, India ignored the roads along its 4,056-km long (2,520 mile) disputed border with China. The logic was simple: the South Asian nation didn’t want to give Chinese troops an easy path if Beijing ever tried to repeat the read more →
‘India, China differences in RCEP offer opportunities for US’
By Press Trust of India, Washington, May 26 2017, 9:32 IST, The differences between India and China inside the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) offer opportunities for the US which has withdrawn itself from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership, American lawmakers have been told. Reuters file photo The differences between India read more →
China activists fear increased surveillance with new security law
By Reuters, DNA, Chinese activists say they fear intensified state surveillance after a draft law seeking to legitimise monitoring of suspects and raid premises was announced last week, the latest step to strengthen Beijing’s security apparatus. Half a dozen activists contacted by Reuters say they already face extensive surveillance by read more →
China could not succeed in destroying Buddhism in Tibet: Sangay
The Tribune, 25 May 2017 Washington, May 25 Tibetans have foiled China’s attempts to “destroy” Buddhism in the remote Himalayan region with the help of nearly 30,000 monks and nuns “educated” in India who “sneaked” back to revive their culture, the leader of the Tibetan government-in-exile has said. Lobsang Sangay, the read more →
‘Only logical’ for Trump to meet Dalai Lama: Tibetan leader
By David Brunnstrom | WASHINGTON FILE PHOTO: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama watches a dance performance on the last day of his teachings in Tawang in the northeastern Indian state of Arunchal Pradesh November 11, 2009. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo The head of Tibet’s government in exile said on read more →
China’s silent debt bomb for Pakistan
By Minhaz Merchant, DNA, Excessive liquidity making its way from Chinese banks to Pakistan does not bode well for its modest economy History shows that when a country’s debt-to-GDP ratio climbs above 200 per cent, a red flag goes up. China’s total debt at $27 trillion is now 277 per read more →
President Trump, meet the Dalai Lama
© Getty Images Dr Lobsang Sangay, 23 May 2017 On his first foreign trip, President Trump has met with King Salman in Saudi Arabia, the home of Mecca and Medina, the holiest shrines of Islam. He met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel and visited the Western Wall, all that read more →
China’s Rights Abuses Infect UN
Expand Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech during a high-level event in the Assembly Hall at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, January 18, 2017. © 2017 Reuters Sophie Richarson, Human Rights Watch, 24 May 2017 “A disease that is spreading – north, south, east, and west.” read more →
Senate confirms Terry Branstad as U.S. Ambassador to China as he commits to “urge Chinese authorities to engage in meaningful and direct dialogue with the Dalai Lama”
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad at his Senate confirmation hearing on May, 2, 2017. International Campaign for Tibet, 22 May 2017 On May 22, 2017, Mr. Terry Branstad was confirmed by the Senate to be the U.S. Ambassador to China. During the confirmation hearing before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee read more →
China makes mandatory for nationals to use IDs for air travel
By PTI, DNA, Chinese passengers can now use only their ID cards when taking domestic flights at some airports, while previously they could use a passport to check in, according to a new rule. It remains unknown whether overseas passengers will also face any limitations on identification documents for check-in, read more →
China stocks mixed, concerns over policy tightening linger; Hong Kong up
By Reuters, DNA, China’s main stock indexes were mixed on Tuesday morning, with gains in financials only partially soothing lingering concerns over policy tightening steps. The CSI300 index rose 0.4 percent, to 3,423.26 points at the end of the morning session, while the Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.1 percent, to read more →
Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea
By Louise Watt, Associated Press, Philippines Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano addresses staff of the foreign affairs department during the flag-raising ceremony Monday, May 22, 2017 in suburban Pasay city, south of Manila, Philippines. Cayetano has sought to downplay President Rodrigo Duterte’s pronouncement that Chinese President Xi Jinping told read more →
Philippine minister starts damage control after Duterte’s China war remark
MANILA (Reuters) – Talks last week between leaders of China and the Philippines were frank and friendly, with no threats or bullying, Manila’s foreign minister said on Monday, after his president said he was warned of war if he drills for oil in the South China Sea. Foreign Secretary Alan read more →
China’s favoured trade deal in focus at Asian meeting
By Reuters, DNA, Asian trade ministers met on Monday to discuss a proposed free trade deal that is backed by China and has been given new impetus by the U.S. withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) would create a free trade area of more read more →
Hopeful of meeting between Trump, Dalai Lama: Lobsang Sangay
Business Standard. 20 May 2017 Tibet’s Prime Minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay on Thursday expressed hope that U.S. President Donald Trump might continue to support the Tibetan cause and meet Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. Sangay said, “After US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson’s assurance, we Tibetans remain hopeful that President read more →