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.
Prime Minister Nehru was hardly worried about the protection of our borders that depended on Tibets independence. He did not want to intervene in the internal affairs of another country because he accepted Tibet as part of China. His attitude was exposed in his meeting with the Dalai Lama in 1956. The Dalai Lamas escape to India in 1959 and his asylum are usually highlighted. Rarely does the Dalai Lamas first meeting with Nehru come into the public domain
The two sides will consider how they could deescalate the situation at the remaining friction points in Eastern Ladakh where they have been involved in the face-off since April-May 2020.
It is entirely in Beijing’s interest that the US-led West, which had disentangled itself from West Asia and the Afghanistan-Pakistan theatre to focus its strategic energies on the Indo-Pacific to counter the threat of a rampant China, be waylaid in Europe. That is a huge relief for Beijing which was getting cornered in the Asia-Pacific.
China is going to increase its military budget to USD 229.5 billion in 2022, according to the draft budgetary proposals released on Saturday.
Ba'imhan, who underwent treatment post her release in 2019, was rearrested in 2020 and sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment.
