China refuses to budge on South China Sea in talks with US
AFP | Chinese President Xi Jinping stiffly defended his country's claim to disputed islands in the South China Sea after US Defense Secretary James Mattis...
US restrictions on Chinese investment next front in trade dispute
AFP | President Donald Trump this week is due to launch the next phase of his economic confrontation with Beijing, with new restrictions possible on...
Good news for China aspirants: Chinese Embassy steps up visa facilitation
News Analysis | Owing to the need of the hour, the Chinese Embassy in Islamabad has hired two female Pakistani employees to facilitate the Urdu-speaking...
CPEC: Pakistan’s ‘Chinanization’ or Colonization?
Adnan Qaiser | It is said that in 1960 when Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong sent off General Gengbiao, his second ambassador to Pakistan, he advised...
Geopolitics and geo-economics of belt and road
Babar Zehri | The key Chinese foreign policy-makers, including the whole standing committee of the politburo, summoned a landmark conference dedicated to ‘Peripheral Diplomacy’. It...
Great Powers strategic competition in Indo-Pacific region
Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The convergence of Americans and Indians strategic interest not only endure Washington’s decisive role in the Indo-Pacific region but also strengthen...
China’s Xi backs nuclear deal in talks with Iran leader
AFP | Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for the Iran nuclear deal to be "earnestly" implemented as he met the country's president following the US...
Rise of the Quad: India, US, Japan and Australia hold meetings and war exercises
News Analysis | On Thursday, foreign ministry officials from India, Australia, Japan and the U.S. met in Singapore and reaffirmed their support for a free,...
China’s ZTE vows to clean up its act following US deal
AFP | China's ZTE has pledged to dish out internal punishments and address flaws in its corporate culture after Washington and Beijing reached a deal...
China’s gateway to N. Korea pins hopes on Kim-Trump summit
AFP | After a sanctions-driven hiatus, dozens of North Korean women are again cutting cloth, pedalling sewing machines and manning production lines at a garment...
G7 ministers criticize US tariffs and warn of trade war
News Analysis | Last week, Trump was told that the U.S. was playing a ‘dangerous game by slapping tariffs on European steel and aluminum. Therefore,...
US to keep confronting Beijing in S. China Sea: Mattis
AFP | Defense Secretary Jim Mattis vowed Tuesday that the US would keep confronting China over its territorial claims in the South China Sea, where...