China ramps up pressure on TNLA to stop fighting junta
Yangon, May 6 (The Irrawaddy) -The ethnic Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF) and its armed wing the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) are coming under increasing pressure from the Chinese government to stop fighting the junta, the PSLF revealed during a press conference on Sunday....
Bangladesh on the edge-Should it march into conflict in Rakhine?
By Josim Ahmed/Times of Bangladesh Dhaka, April 24- As the long-simmering conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine State threatens to escalate into a new dimension, Bangladesh finds itself uncomfortably close to a geopolitical fault line. While the US reportedly eyes the region for strategic recalibration—proposing ethnically autonomous...
India-China Economic Interdependence: Collaboration Amid Rivalry in Global Supply Chains
By Dr Seema Khan/Australian Institute of International Affairs Ottawa, Dec 18, 2024 – Despite escalating geopolitical tensions, India and China maintain a paradoxical relationship of economic interdependence. This dynamic reveals a delicate balance where strategic competition coexists with pragmatic cooperation, driving global supply chains and...
Significance of Galle Trilingual Inscription’s inclusion in the World Heritage List
The inscription shows Sri Lanka’s mercantile and political links with China in the pre-European era
China-built airport in Nepal was littered with corruption, inquiry finds
A Nepali investigation blamed lawmakers and officials for looking the other way. The $216 million airport receives only one international flight a week
China’s humanoid robots go head-to-head with humans in half-marathon
21 robots raced with humans for the first time in Beijing
Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs and China-US rivalry
By B. R. Deepak/The Sunday Guardian New Delhi, April 13 – The 2 April 2025 announcement triggered a geopolitical firestorm, significantly straining US relations with both allies and rivals. Fulfilling a key campaign promise to impose “reciprocal” tariffs, President Donald Trump on “Liberation Day” (2...
Trump salivates over prospect of mining minerals in Pakistan
Pakistan is said to have minerals valued at US$ 8 trillion
Chinese team’s drone show dazzles Dhaka sky on Pahela Baishakh
A six-member Chinese expert team worked on the show from February, with 13 Chinese drone specialists piloting the display
Donkey meat exports to China from Gwadar port in Balochistan
Islamabad, April 14 (Business Recorder) -Federal Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain has announced that Pakistan’s exports will increase through the commercial export of donkey meat to China from Gwadar farms. The minister met with a high-level Chinese delegation led by Zaho Fei, Vice President of China’s...
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