TAIPEI: China’s method of invading in India has been revealed by a Indian think tank. The 76-page report, “Mapping Chinese Footprints and Influence Operations in India” was released on Friday (Sept. 3) by New Delhi-based think tank the Law and Society Alliance, which held a webinar the same day […]
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China’s Economy Is Heading Toward Stagnation, Not Collapse
The reality is far more complex, and the stakes are growing ever higher. China’s success over the past 40 years—rising to become the world’s second largest economy, and top trading partner of multiple nations—should not be belittled. But nor can it be taken for granted that Beijing will continue delivering […]
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Xi Jinping Has Transformed China’s Middle East Policy
Traditionally, Beijing had been wary of getting embroiled in a region that a Chinese scholar once described as a “chaotic and dangerous graveyard burying empires.” But in 2014, Xi vowed to more than double trade with the region by 2023. China has become the biggest importer of crude, with almost […]
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China Can’t Silence Olympic Athletes
A move also was impractical, with little time, few possible sites, and a global pandemic further limiting options. Only a country willing to bear Beijing’s displeasure could step in, leaving just the United States and Canada as plausible substitutes among post-2002 hosts. Nor was the highly political International Olympic Committee […]
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China lashes out at US for mulling departure of embassy officials from Beijing over COVID
China has expressed concerns over reports stating that the US is considering authorising departures of American diplomats in Beijing over COVID-19 rules in the Asian country. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said at a regular press briefing on Wednesday that China is “ undoubtedly the safest country at present” […]
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India and China’s Border Conundrum
If you would like to receive South Asia Brief in your inbox every Thursday, please sign up here . The highlights this week: New Delhi and Beijing conclude their 14th round of talks in an ongoing border crisis , India announces the official dates for state elections in the coming […]
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Belgium: Activists Hold Protest Against China’s Anti-human Policy Ahead Of Winter Olympics
Nearly five days before the Winter Olympics scheduled to be held in China’s national capital, Bejing, protests were organised in Belgium on Saturday. According to news agency ANI, protests was held at the historic Ijzertoren tower in Belgium, Diksmuide city against China’s human rights violations. During the rally, the protestors […]
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Beijing Winter Olympics Sponsors In Difficult Situation As US-China Tensions Continue
As the Beijing Winter Olympics approaches and geopolitical tensions between China and the US continue to rise, the sponsors of the Games are “walking a tightrope.” As per a report by ANI, Mark DiMassimo, the founder and creative chief of DiGo, an advertising agency in New York stated that sponsors […]
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China’s ‘Wolf Warriors’ Are Having a Field Day With the Russia-Ukraine Crisis
China’s army of so-called wolf warrior diplomats and state media personalities, who aggressively promote Beijing’s objectives online, have taken to Twitter to highlight schisms within Europe, NATO, and the trans-Atlantic alliance, painting the U.S. response as ineffective, its people unsophisticated, and its cities violent. And they are dismissing critical Western […]
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China’s Two-Ocean Strategy Puts India in a Pincer
If New Delhi theoretically benefits from geographic proximity, Beijing brings a lot more resources—economic and military—into play and exploits the natural tendency of small nations to seek to balance a dominant neighbor. What’s more, India’s proximity comes with its own problems: Close neighbors often have multiple disputes while a distant […]