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‘Proud as punch to share values with world’s largest democracy: Taiwan on India’s 72nd Republic Day
Business, China, World

‘Proud as punch to share values with world’s largest democracy: Taiwan on India’s 72nd Republic Day

On India’s 72nd Republic Day on January 26, Taiwan said that it is “proud as punch” to share values making both countries great.“Our turn to say happy Republic Day to Indian friends far and wide. India is the largest democracy in the world and Taiwan is proud as punch to share those values making our countries great. We’re Better Together! JW”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROC (Taiwan), said in a tweet.Due to China’s actions in the Indo-Pacific, India, Taiwan and the United States have been growing closer.Last year, Taipei Times quoted Taiwan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Tien Chung-kwang as saying, “With the government’s New Southbound Policy, India is a good place for Taiwanese businesses to build production bases, given its democracy, ample human resources and strategically important lo
US stealth bombers in Diego Garcia, warships in South China Sea, boost morale from Ladakh to Taiwan
Politics, World

US stealth bombers in Diego Garcia, warships in South China Sea, boost morale from Ladakh to Taiwan

With the deployment of three B-2 stealth bombers, capable of carrying nuclear weapons in the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia, the United States has given a clear message to China to deter from starting a war in the India-Pacific.In Ladakh on the Indo-China border and in Taiwan, military tensions are showing no signs of abating.The three radar-evading bombers, widely recognised as the most advanced in the world, arrived at Diego Garcia on August 12.By deploying at the Indian Ocean island, which falls under the US Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), China was being sent an unambiguous signal - that Washington was committed to safeguard the sea lanes of the Indian Ocean, South China Sea and the Pacific Ocean, under well-defined rules.Because of their ultra-long-range endurance, and freedom ...
Xi’s intellectual warriors are outgunning “realists” of Deng Xiaoping era
Opinion, Politics

Xi’s intellectual warriors are outgunning “realists” of Deng Xiaoping era

Chinese leader Xi Jinping's legion of intellectual warriors are on a high, trying to fish out from the mainstream "realists" – people who have followed former leader Deng Xiaoping's pragmatism to spur Beijing's rise. The "China Dream" project, of railing the "civilisation state" on a path, which would lead to the recovery of China's glorious past is apparently at the heart of Xi's aggressive Wolf Warrior diplomacy.It is the idea of the "Middle Kingdom," where China and its people are at the centre of a global system, of which a number of semi-independent "tributary states" are the moving parts, which appears to fire Xi's worldview."The fact that the Chinese regard themselves as superior to the rest of the human race, and that this belief has a racial component, will confront the rest of th
Former CIA officer charged with spying for China: US Justice Department
World

Former CIA officer charged with spying for China: US Justice Department

A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer have been arrested by the United States’ prosecutors for allegedly spying for the Chinese government."Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, 67, a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer, was arrested on Aug. 14, 2020, on a charge that he conspired with a relative of his who also was a former CIA officer to communicate classified information up to the Top Secret level to intelligence officials of the People's Republic of China (PRC)," the Justice Department said in a press release.The release said 12 years after Ma retired in 1989, he and his relative met with at least five officers of China's Ministry of State Security in Hong Kong, where they disclosed highly classified national defence information. “There is a part of the meeting captured on
Chinese Communist Party more assertive, demanding: Report
Politics, World

Chinese Communist Party more assertive, demanding: Report

Top US and European think tanks has cautioned that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has emerged more “assertive, demanding, unyielding, confrontational, and punitive” in its international posture.A report titled ‘Dealing with the Dragon: China as a Transatlantic Challenge’, has summarized changing U.S. and European views of, and relations with, China.The contents of report is based on a symposium convened in Berlin, Germany in February 2020, which brought together 43 strategists and China specialists from the United States and 11 European countries for intensive discussions over three days.The first half of the Symposium was structured to probe the debates on both sides of the Atlantic, while the second half was dedicated to “deep dives” into seven specific dimensions of China’s behavior
China’s expansionist policies irks Russia; Moscow issues warning
China

China’s expansionist policies irks Russia; Moscow issues warning

Irked by China’s aggressive expansionist policies, Russia has issued a warning to the former saying that it will perceive any ballistic missile launched at its territory as a nuclear attack that warrants a nuclear retaliation.Experts believe this reaction is a result of China eating into Russia’s sphere of influence. Beijing’s political and economic rise has irked Moscow at many levels. While others believe that this warning was aimed at Moscow’s rival - the United States.According to reports, the harsh warning came in the official military newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda (Red Star).China’s attempts to undermine Russian influence in the Arctic and Central Asia and its claims in the Russian Far East strongly has angered the Vladimir Putin administration. Russia had also accused China of copying i
Five Eyes alliance question postponement of Hong Kong Legislative Council elections
World

Five Eyes alliance question postponement of Hong Kong Legislative Council elections

The Five Eyes alliance have expressed concern after the Hong Kong government disqualified candidates and postponed elections of Legislative Council.In a joint statement, the foreign secretaries of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the United States (the Five Eyes), said that the Hong Kong government’s decision have undermined the democratic process that has been fundamental to the city’s stability and prosperity.“We the Foreign Ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, and the United States Secretary of State are gravely concerned by the Hong Kong government’s unjust disqualification of candidates and disproportionate postponement of Legislative Council elections,” the statement read.“We express deep concern at Beijing’s imposition of the new Nat
Indian Americans protestors urge global powers to economically decouple from Beijing
World

Indian Americans protestors urge global powers to economically decouple from Beijing

Dozens of demonstrators from the Indian American community on July 19 took to the streets in Washington and called out Beijing’s acts of aggression to dominate the region and urged global powers, including the United States as well as India to economically decouple from China.Wearing face masks, demonstrators stood outside the Chinese Embassy in Washington holding placards which read: "China=#Bullying #Debt Trap Diplomacy #Human Rights Violation #Colonialism #Animal Cruelty #Virus".Some of them were also heard shouting "Communist party! Down down! Chinese aggression! Down down".Manoj Srinarayan, one among the protestors and president of local Keralite group, said, "China has been perpetrating these acts of aggression against the Indian troops on the border for a while now. In the short ter
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam accuses US of ‘double standards’ over protests
Business, China

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam accuses US of ‘double standards’ over protests

Carrie Lam, the chief executive of Hong Kong, has accused the United States of applying "double standards" in its response to violent protests and new national security laws planned for the territory as she warned Washington's plan to place trade restrictions on the financial hub would "only hurt themselves"."We have seen most clearly in recent weeks the double standards that are around," Lam, who was selected as city leader by a pro-Beijing committee, said on Tuesday."You know there are riots in the United States and we see how local governments reacted. And then in Hong Kong, when we had similar riots, we saw what position they adopted then," she added.Hong Kong has been rocked by months of huge and often violent protests over the past year, which riot police have stamped out with more t...