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Indian government should make Tibet one of the key issues in its policies on China: Lobsang Sangay

15Jul

By Nectar GanNo Comments

Indian government should make Tibet one of the key issues in its policies on China: Lobsang Sangay

In view of the current situation between India and China, President of the Tibetan government in exile Lobsang Sangay has said that the Indian government should make Tibet one of the core issues in its policies due to its “historical, geopolitical, cultural and ecological” significance.“The issue of Tibet is at the core of ongoing India’s border tensions with China. It was only after Chinese illegal occupation of Tibet in 1959 that India and China came to share the now-disputed border,” said Sangay while explaining the significance of Tibet in the Sino-Indian boundary dispute.He further explained Chairman Mao Zedong’s expansionist strategy from the 1950s and said that China’s aggression along the border in 2020 “is the continuation of its strategy from Mao Zedong’s time to occupy Tibet a

China using covid-19 pandemic to become world’s leading superpower: Veteran journalist

14Jul

By Joanne SerriehNo Comments

China using covid-19 pandemic to become world’s leading superpower: Veteran journalist

Veteran Swedish journalist and Myanmar analyst Bertil Lintner has said that while the rest of the world is preoccupied with the Covid-19 outbreak, China is “taking advantage” of the chaos in the Indo-Pacific region with a new security law in Hong Kong, border clashes with India, confrontations in the South China Sea, and by using the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to become world’s leading superpower.In an interview, Lintner, also the author of several books on Myanmar shared his perspective on Beijing’s ambitions and what they mean for conflict and development in the region.He said that it is now “obvious that China is taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic”.“While the rest of the world is preoccupied with its own, internal problems, China is flexing its muscles in the Indo-Pacific reg

China is so fixed on the US, it may lose India

12Jul

By Stuart WhiteNo Comments

China is so fixed on the US, it may lose India

Mid-June witnessed two significant events related to China's foreign relations: a deadly clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers along the disputed border killing soldiers on both sides, and a special meeting in Hawaii between US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Yang Jiechi, director of the Office of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Foreign Affairs Commission.Indian news and public discussions have been dominated by the border clash since it happened but it barely made headlines in China. Meanwhile, the meeting between Pompeo and Yang garnered significant attention by Chinese official media and social media. This is telling of China’s diplomatic priority.China is obviously of paramount importance to India's foreign policy. China's every move is scrutinized by Indians, and every is

Coronavirus: Pakistani citizens disallowed to enter EU as the continent gears to open up

10Jul

By Grace TsoiNo Comments

Coronavirus: Pakistani citizens disallowed to enter EU as the continent gears to open up

The European Union (EU) has decided that from July, its borders will be reopened to citizens from a draft list of 54 countries barring Pakistan out of it.The countries that made it to the list are -- Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Australia, Bahamas, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Dominica, Egypt, Ethiopia, Georgia, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Mauritius, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Palau, Paraguay, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Serbia, South Korea, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam and Zambia.China is on the list, but subject to

Awareness cum free Immuno-booster distribution camp held in J&K’s Pulwama

9Jul

By Yusara AskariNo Comments

Awareness cum free Immuno-booster distribution camp held in J&K’s Pulwama

AYUSH Department of Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama in collaboration with Kashmakash Trust held an awareness cum Immuno-booster distribution camp in the city.District AYUSH Officer Pulwama on the directions of worthy Director ISM (J&K UT) Dr Mohan Singh, in accordance with Advisory issued by Ministry of AYUSH (Government of India), provided AYUSH Immuno Boosters to general public of Chattapora Pulwama.The camp was organized with the help by volunteers of Kashmakash “Polishing the Unpolished” Trust.The camp was inaugurated by District Ayush Officer Dr. Mir Shafiq, District Co-ordinator AYUSH Dr. Altaf Shah and Chairman Kashmakash Bhat Musaddiq Reyaz along with his team members Danish Mushtaq and Shahid Shabir.Addressing the public, Dr. Shafiq said that in order to combat the COVID-19 pandem

CCP using pandemic as cover for expansionist agenda

8Jul

By Stuart WhiteNo Comments

CCP using pandemic as cover for expansionist agenda

As coronavirus continues to threaten millions of lives across the world, there has been plenty of discussion among China observers about how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has sought to use the pandemic to its advantage.Would the CCP use the country's control of a large proportion of the medical supplies market to hold the world to ransom over personal protective equipment (PPE)? Will it miraculously discover a vaccine sold to the world at a sky-high price, while simultaneously claiming credit for vanquishing the disease?The answer is simple and much more serious. The pandemic has provided the perfect cover for Xi Jinping’s regime to pursue its expansionist agenda more aggressively than ever before.The Communist Party’s National People’s Congress recently passed a controversial piece of

SP Xi failed to promise transparency for China’s role in Covid-19 spread: US State Secy Pompeo

7Jul

By Grace TsoiNo Comments

SP Xi failed to promise transparency for China’s role in Covid-19 spread: US State Secy Pompeo

US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo lashed out at China for making "empty promises" during the China-Africa summit in June and said that Chinese President Xi Jinping "failed to promise real transparency and accountability" for Beijing's role in "unleashing" the deadly coronavirus, which has infected over nine million people globally."At last week's China-Africa Summit, we, unfortunately, saw more empty promises and tired platitudes from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). While President Xi said, 'we must always put our people and their lives front and centre'. He failed to promise real transparency and accountability for China's role in unleashing this deadly virus,” Pompeo said.He added: “He was not putting lives front and centre when the CCP hid the truth about COVID-19 from the world u

Nearly 1.25 lakh Indians returned from overseas under Vande Bharat Mission: Aviation Minister

30Jun

By Yusara AskariNo Comments

Nearly 1.25 lakh Indians returned from overseas under Vande Bharat Mission: Aviation Minister

Under the ‘Vande Bharat Mission’, India has been successful in bringing back home 1, 25,000 of its people from different countries until now, Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on June 24."Vande Bharat continues to be a mission of hope and happiness for stranded and distressed Indians around the world. So far, nearly 125K Indians have come back on these evacuation flights and nearly 43K have flown out of India. On June 23, 6,037 people returned from different countries," Puri said in a tweet.As many as 2,50,087 Indian nationals stranded abroad have been repatriated since the beginning of Vande Bharat Mission last month, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement.The government started the mission on May 6 to help stranded people reach their destinations u

Pakistan Still On FATF Grey List: When Will This ‘Farce’ End?

29Jun

By Stuart WhiteNo Comments

Pakistan Still On FATF Grey List: When Will This ‘Farce’ End?

While the rest of the world was busy dealing with lockdowns and COVID-19 related medical news, Islamabad and its army used this 'suspended' time to ‘clean their house’ and deal with a couple of hot issues. In their own way, of course.And the hottest issue on the table was the FATF meeting. June has come, and again, Pakistan will try and avoid being blacklisted by the FATF. So naturally, Pakistan must keep its house in order.Due to the increasing scrutiny on the activities of the terror groups in Pakistan by the FATF, the the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has, in the last few months, been tirelessly working towards shifting the training camps of groups like the Lashkar-e-Tayyiba and Jaish-e-Muhammad to Afghanistan.Further, with Taliban’s influence growing in Afghanistan, especially afte

Analysts discuss oppression of Pakistan’s indigenous minorities during COVID-19

29Jun

By Yusara AskariNo Comments

Analysts discuss oppression of Pakistan’s indigenous minorities during COVID-19

Senior analysts, academics and experts came together for an online panel discussion titled “Oppression of Pakistan’s Indigenous minorities during COVID-19 “, to contemplate on the challenges, discrimination and religious and cultural ignorance that the minorities in Pakistan have had to face during the coronavirus pandemic.Tariq Fateh, a Pakistani-Canadian journalist and author, well-known for his outspoken views on Pakistan, stated that the people, including the minorities in Pakistan would continue to suffer until the country breaks into contiguous independent parts.“Sooner or later, Pakistan has to collapse and break away. And until Pakistan breaks away into four or five of its contiguous parts, it’s not that the minorities will suffer, it’s the people who will suffer. Their destiny wil