China’s growing footprint in Nepal alarms India
News Analysis | Nepal has traditionally been a key ally for India stretching the cooperation between the two countries in the overlapping domain of economy...
Chinese e-commerce giant to begin services in Pakistan this year
News Analysis | Alipay, the online payment platform owned by the Chinese tech giant Ant Financial and e-commerce leader Alibaba, is set to begin its...
China to send negotiator to US for trade talks this month
AFP | China will send a top negotiator to the United States in late August to resume trade talks, the commerce ministry said Thursday, the...
US defense chief woos Brazil as Chinese influence grows
AFP | US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis urged closer strategic ties with Brazil on Tuesday in what appeared to be part of a concerted pushback...
China denies internment of 1 mn Uighurs
AFP | China vehemently denied Monday allegations that one million of its mostly Muslim Uighur minority are being held in internment camps, insisting all ethnic...
Protests before Hong Kong independence activist talk at press club
AFP | Rival protesters gathered outside Hong Kong's Foreign Correspondents' Club Tuesday as it was set to host a talk by an independence activist, despite...
CPEC provided “favorable financing arrangements”
AFP | Pakistan recently defended its economic partnership with China, amid fears that the terms of opaque multi-billion dollar investments by Beijing could be exacerbating...
What does the future hold for Muslim Uighurs of China?
Simran Shoaib | Dispersed all around the world, millions of Muslims undergo terrible atrocities on account of their religion. Following 9/11 the universal image of...
The Uyghur militant threat: China cracks down and mulls policy changes
James M. Dorsey | China, responding to United Nations criticism, academic and media reports, and an embarrassing court case in Kazakhstan, has come closer to...
Russia, China block US bid to slap North Korea sanctions
AFP | Russia and China on Thursday blocked a US request to add a Russian bank to a UN sanctions blacklist along with a North...
Peaceful neighborhood imperative for prosperity
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | Pakistan has unsettled borders with India and Afghanistan. Its relations with India are warlike and with Afghanistan full of mistrust....
U.S. efforts to counter China’s hegemony has several challenges down the road
News Analysis | The United States of America is mulling over revamping of Indo-Pacific Strategy in a bid to counter the growing influence of China...