CCP is positioning itself not just as a regional power but as the central player in an emerging new world order. With every move, Beijing is sending a clear signal: the era of Western dominance is drawing to an end, and China's moment has arrived.
The presence of Chinese warships in the Tasman Sea, a relatively rare occurrence, has raised eyebrows in Australia and New Zealand.
In yet another provocative act, China conducted a second live firing exercise on Saturday in the Tasman Sea situated between Australia and New Zealand.
The meeting between External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the G-20 foreign ministers’
US President Donald Trump on Friday announced that he will soon impose reciprocal tariffs on countries like India and China, asserting that the United States will charge the same tariffs these nations impose on American goods.
India is understood to have told the Chinese side that relations between the two sides would not get normal until the border stalemate was brought to an end through peaceful talks.
The backdrop of this Sino-Soviet rift makes the recent Sino-Russian friendship even more intriguing. Ideological differences have taken the back seat. The two have come together with expansionist objectives, the original sin that has always been the underlying factor in their ideological rhetoric. Russia forcibly installed puppet governments in certain East European countries to turn them into their vassals and China pursued a policy of encroaching on neighbour's territories to expand its area of domination in Asia
Those at the helm of affairs in India discounted the British plan of protecting Tibet from foreign interference. It is unlikely that they were not aware of the Chinese Communist Party's intentions. As early as 1922, the Communist Party announced that it would liberate Tibet and unify her with China. Their advance to Indian territories was just a matter of time. We did not choose our options keeping this in view
''We have made it clear to China that peace and tranquility in the border areas is essential for the development of our relationship,'' Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said, two days before the 15th round of military-level talks between the two countries on the stand-off at Eastern Ladakh .
The expanded trade had not helped Nepal not the least because it contended with a huge deficit. China has now restricted the issue of visas to Nepali traders who have been forced to place orders virtually. Many traders have complained that they have been shortchanged in terms of quality as they had to place orders virtually.
