Author: Yusara Askari

China blocking our deal with BioNTech: Taiwan
31May By Yusara AskariNo Comments

China blocking our deal with BioNTech: Taiwan

Taipei, Taiwan: China has been accused by Taiwan for blocking the covid-19 vaccine deal with German company Firm BioNTech."Taiwan was close to sealing the deal with the German plant, but because of China's intervention, we still can't sign the contract," the island's President Tsai Ing-wen said in a meeting of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party.Taipei had previously "smoothly" ordered shots from AstraZeneca in Britain and Moderna in the United States, Ing-wen said.According to South China Morning Post, this is the first time Taiwan has directly accused Beijing of blocking a deal with BioNTech.Beijing claims full sovereignty over Taiwan, a democracy of almost 24 million people located off the southeastern coast of mainland China, despite the fact that the two sides have been governed ...
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Chinese military’s now beyond South China sea
27May By Yusara AskariNo Comments

Chinese military’s now beyond South China sea

Hong Kong: China is now proceeding to Djibouti to establish the first overseas military base. The journey was first started in 2008 when Chinese military dispatched a naval task force to the Gulf of Aden.Indeed, the PLA, at the behest of the Chinese government, is seeking to establish a global presence. By 2035, Chairman Xi Jinping wants the PLA to have basically completed its modernization. Certainly, one quality of a modern military, with the PLA being the world's largest, is the ability to efficiently deploy worldwide.As part of that process, China will move from a mere regional power to one with a global military reach. Whereas China's hitherto aim has been to deter adversaries or to fight a high-intensity but short-duration battle on its periphery, now it is seeking the ability to co...
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Kiribati airstrip again led China in objection.
23May By Yusara AskariNo Comments

Kiribati airstrip again led China in objection.

Beijing, China: A China was involved in upgrading an airstrip in Kiribati, which got in intense political discussions among Pacific Island nations, which led many questions on China regarding the purpose of project.The revamp comes amid heightened scrutiny of Beijing's outreach efforts to strategically located Pacific Island nations, which are entangled in a growing competition for influence between China and the US and its Pacific allies, reported South China Morning Post (SCMP).Kiribati's 33 islands, scattered around resource-rich waters, make up one of the world's largest exclusive economic zones. The government had insisted that the planned upgrade of facilities on the island of Kanton is for purely civil purposes and aim to boost transport links and tourism.Despite China's foreign mi...
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Coronavirus originated from Wuhan lab, says Pompeo
19May By Yusara AskariNo Comments

Coronavirus originated from Wuhan lab, says Pompeo

Washington, US: Former US Secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, on Sunday said the evidences suggests the coronavirus came from the lab of Wuhan city in China. He further added that the risk of bioweapons and bioterror arising from the region is "very real".Pompeo told Fox News that the Chinese Communist Party "covered up" the origins of COVID-19 and that evidence continues to mount despite their efforts to deny access to the Wuhan Institute of Virology."We worked to get every bit of evidence that we could, we tried to deliver this to the CDC, tried to work with the Chinese. They covered it up terribly," Pompeo said.He said the combination of circumstantial evidence and China's intense effort to deny any information relating to the lab suggests to him that the virus originated in that lab."I h...
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Sri Lanka faces debit crises.
13May By Yusara AskariNo Comments

Sri Lanka faces debit crises.

Sri Lanka is going through a debit crisis regarding which they took a loan from China earlier and on Monday the island said they have secured a $500 million loan from South Korea after a month.The government said South Korea agreed to provide the loan at a concessional interest rate of 0.15 to 0.20 percent, repayable over 40 years with a 10-year grace period."The framework arrangement was signed today," the finance ministry said in a statement.Last month Colombo raised another $500 million loan from Beijing in a desperate bid to shore up its dwindling foreign reserves and ease pressure on the local currency.The People's Bank of China also granted a $1.5 billion currency swap to finance imports from China in February as the rupee hit a record low of 202.73 to the dollar.At the end of April...
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Jaishankar says, India has limitless possibilities and uncountable challenges.
10May By Yusara AskariNo Comments

Jaishankar says, India has limitless possibilities and uncountable challenges.

London, UK: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said we have enormous possibilities with China but we have challenges as well.Speaking at an event 'Policy Exchange' in London, he said: "Our relation with China has enormous possibilities, it also has significant challenges. I am afraid some of those challenges are on display right now. It is common sense that you can develop a relationship if it is free of tension and friction, if not actually coercion and conflict."He pointed out that at this time, a very large Chinese military massing of forces close to border areas of India, which has impacted growth of the relationship between the two countries."At this time, we have a very large Chinese military massing of forces close to our border areas. That has impacted growth of th...
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Japan expresses objection over China at G7
8May By Yusara AskariNo Comments

Japan expresses objection over China at G7

London, UK: Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi expressed growing concerns over a number of issues related to China. On the second day of Group of Seven (G7) ministerial meetings in London.Motegi stressed on China's attempts to change the status quo in the East China and South China seas, the situation around Taiwan and Hong Kong, the Kyodo news agency reported on Wednesday.Tokyo also raked up Beijing's handling of human rights of the Muslim Uyghur minority in the Xinjiang province, which it said has caused "grave concerns". Motegi also discussed regional issues at the meeting.The meeting lays the groundwork for the summit among world leaders in June.On Monday, Motegi had agreed with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to step up cooperation to deal with China and promised to fur...
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in safeguards in EU-China investment deal Civil society calls for rights
8May By Yusara AskariNo Comments

in safeguards in EU-China investment deal Civil society calls for rights

An appeal has been launched to European Institutions calling for the inclusion of enforceable human rights clauses in the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI). In view of the upcoming Plenary session of the European Parliament, the CSOs in the letter expressed "grave concern" at the omission of a human rights clause from the discussion about the agreement and its final text, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) said in a statement. They state that the omission of rights clause "sends a signal that the European Union will push for closer cooperation [with China] regardless of the scale and severity of human rights abuses carried out by the Chinese Communist Party, even when Beijing is in direct and open violation of international treaties and ...
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India saw hope in Japan-US meet.
6May By Yusara AskariNo Comments

India saw hope in Japan-US meet.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on his visit to the United States last month has set the agenda for the wider Indo-Pacific engagement of Tokyo and its evolving priorities went other way as people were not expecting to be.Focus on ChinaRight at the outset, it was clear that the crux of the discussions during this first in-person meeting between the newly anointed President of the United States, Joe Biden, and Mr. Suga would revolve around China. To begin with, Tokyo and Washington drilled down to brass tacks on their joint security partnership given the need to address China’s recent belligerence in territorial disputes in the South and East China Seas as well as in the Taiwan Strait. Both sides affirmed the centrality of their treaty alliance, for long a source of stability in East
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Bhutan rejects the suggestion of boundary talks by China
5May By Yusara AskariNo Comments

Bhutan rejects the suggestion of boundary talks by China

NEW DELHI: Bhutan has rejected the offer of chines to alter the terms related to the China and Thimpu talksThe 10th Expert Group Meeting (EGM) between China and Bhutan, held in Kunming from 6 and 9 April, was marked by Chinese assertiveness and impatience because of Bhutan’s insistence on sticking to the existing framework on boundary talks instead of adopting a new formula, informed sources have revealed.For instance, China wants Bhutan to amend the clause in the ‘Guiding Principles’ that mandates both sides to maintain the status quo on the boundary as it existed in March 1959. The Bhutanese delegation, however, pointed out to their Chinese counterparts that the clause about maintaining status quo was included in the existing framework on boundary talks at the insistence of the then Chi
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