The warmth in Nepal-China ties seems to be dissipating, the recent being the debates surrounding the Pokhara International Airport (PIA). The airport, built by China, is the focal point of recent civil society protests in Nepal. The rallying point is that Beijing may develop an opportunity with the pretext...
The Ministry of National Defense (MND) tracked eight Chinese military aircraft and seven naval vessels around Taiwan between 6 a.m. on Thursday (Feb. 15) and 6 a.m. on Friday (Feb. 16).
Of the eight People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, one entered the southwest corner of Taiwan’s air defense identification zone...
The Myanmar military intensified its bombing campaign on Rakhine State’s Ramree Island this week, carrying out harder strikes, more frequent attacks near Kyaukphyu, the site of multibillion-dollar development projects with heavy foreign investment.
Kyaukphyu, located at the northernmost point of Ramree Island on Rakhine State’s Bay of Bengal coast, is...
MANILA, Philippines- Japan, through its parliamentary vice minister for foreign affairs Masahiro Komura, has again reassured the Philippines of its commitment to a continuing strategic partnership.
Komura relayed his nation’s position to Philippine Navy chief Vice Admiral Toribio Adaci Jr. in Tokyo on Wednesday where they discussed maritime security and...
China secretly building the world's biggest dam over the mighty Brahmaputra River which is likely to jeopardise the ecology, environment and morphology.
If the mega project goes through will immensely cause hardship for several million people in downstream India, and of course Bangladesh.
China's $1.5 billion dam over Brahmaputra, known as...
WASHINGTON: The House of Representatives has passed a bill that will strengthen the efforts of the United States to push the Chinese government to resolve the longstanding Tibet-China dispute through dialogue with Tibetan leaders.
The bipartisan ‘Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act', also known as Resolve Tibet Act,...
China's coercive labor transfer programs are the new detention camps, said Adrian Zenz, a leading academic on repressive policies on Muslim ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
Zenz's latest update on Beijing's so-called employment and "targeted poverty alleviation" schemes, to be published Thursday by the Jamestown Foundation, reveals...
Cambridge students have launched a Uyghur Rights Campaign in response to “silence” within the University toward China’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims.
Human rights groups allege that China has detained more than one million Uyghurs, mostly in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, with the US, among other countries, having accused the...
HSBC Holdings Plc and Standard Chartered Plc may spell out the risks brought on by their China property operations and a Federal Reserve pivot when they report earnings.
Slimmer margins are predicted for HSBC and Singapore lender United Overseas Bank U11 - Ltd., as was on display when peers Commonwealth...
DEHRADUN: Mobile phones will soon be ringing at the India-China international border during the upcoming Chardham Yatra season. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is setting up mobile towers that will allow residents of Nelong and Jadung villages to communicate with their families within the state and across the country...
