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China Provoked India in latest clash: U.S. Intelligence

29Sep

By Grace TsoiNo Comments

China Provoked India in latest clash: U.S. Intelligence

A United States intelligence assessment has said it has reason to believe that China deliberately provoked India with the latest incursion into the Indian territory at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh towards the end of August.On the intervening night of 29 and 30 August, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops tried to occupy a strategic height at the southern region of the Pangong Tso lake in Eastern Ladakh. However, the Indian Army pre-empted the Chinese move and mobilised its forces to capture the heights near the area where Chinese troops are camped.The US believes that after the failure of the Chinese attempt to capture the territory, Beijing remains enraged that its local commander withdrew forces when a physical conflict appeared imminent.The recent face-off comes month...

Democratic Party platform drops ‘One China’ language on Taiwan

26Sep

By Nectar GanNo Comments

Democratic Party platform drops ‘One China’ language on Taiwan

The Democratic Party platform of the United States dropped any reference to the U.S. policy of recognizing a single China in reference to unofficial American ally Taiwan.The Democratic Party is committed to supporting the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act that states that the US would protect Taiwan from attacks by the Chinese, stated the party platform.The platform then states that Democrats “will continue to support a peaceful resolution of cross-strait issues consistent with the wishes and best interests of the people of Taiwan.”However, the 2016 platform explicitly supported the “One China” policy hammered out in the 1970s, when the U.S. dropped formal diplomatic recognition of Taiwan and shifted recognition to Beijing. The 2016 document said Democrats were “committed to a ‘One China’ policy.”

Chinese researcher arrested in US on charges of stealing trade secrets

20Sep

By Grace TsoiNo Comments

Chinese researcher arrested in US on charges of stealing trade secrets

Amidst worsening relations between the United States and China, the authorities in the US have arrested a Chinese national on charges of theft of trade secrets after he attempted to board a flight to China.Authorities in the US have arrested a Chinese national, a researcher at the University of Virginia on charges of theft of trade secrets after he attempted to board a flight to China.Haizhou Hu, a researcher at the University of Virginia, is charged with accessing a computer without authorization, or exceeding authorization to obtain information from a protected computer and theft of trade secrets, US Justice Department said in a release.“Haizhou Hu, a Chinese national conducting research at the University of Virginia, was arrested and charged via criminal complaint with a pair of federal

U.S. imposes sanctions on Chinese enterprises and executives active in South China Sea

17Sep

By Grace TsoiNo Comments

U.S. imposes sanctions on Chinese enterprises and executives active in South China Sea

Increasing China’s troubles, the United States has imposed a set of visa and export restrictions against Chinese state-owned enterprises and executives involved in advancing Beijing’s territorial claims in the disputed South China Sea.These restrictions by the US Department of State apply to various state-owned firms, including subsidiaries of China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), a leading contractor for Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).“The Department of State will begin imposing visa restrictions on People’s Republic of China (PRC) individuals responsible for, or complicit in, either the large-scale reclamation, construction, or militarization of disputed outposts in the South China Sea, or the PRC’s use of coercion against Southeast Asian claima

India confident in standing solo against China in any border dispute: EFSAS

15Sep

By Grace TsoiNo Comments

India confident in standing solo against China in any border dispute: EFSAS

A Europe-based think tank that India, post the June 15 Galwan valley clash, has shown the confidence of standing solo against China in any future border dispute.Several negotiations have taken place between India and China since the clashes in Eastern Ladakh. Though they have yielded some results as troops of both countries started pulling back, Chinese troops are still present in the Depsang Plains region, Gogra, and the Fingers region along the Pangong Tso.The European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS) said: "In the initial phase of disengagement at Pangong Tso, the Chinese moved back from Finger 4 to Finger 5, but continued with their deployment on the ridge line. India is insisting that China move back from Finger 5 to its old position on the Finger 8 spur. In the face of repe...

China, Russia ‘special’ ties turning weak?

12Sep

By Joanne SerriehNo Comments

China, Russia ‘special’ ties turning weak?

A report has suggested that cracks are appearing in the “special and unprecedented” ties between China and Russia over various issues – the major one being India’s suggestion that Moscow join the US-led Indo-Pacific grouping, which is widely seen as anti-China. Although there are other issues which has China agitated - including differences on Vladivostok, sales of Russian arms to India and delays in the delivery of Russian missiles to Beijing – it now seems Russia’s arms sales to New Delhi has irked Chinese public soon after a deadly stand-off between Chinese and Indian troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).There has also been a suggestion that Washington wants to embrace its old Cold War adversary as a way of countering growing Chinese might.“While fighting your opponent, how wou

Dealing with increasingly assertive China a common challenge for India, US: Biden’s advisor

4Sep

By Joanne SerriehNo Comments

Dealing with increasingly assertive China a common challenge for India, US: Biden’s advisor

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's advisor Antony Blinken, a former deputy secretary of the state said that India and US have a common challenge which has to deal with an increasingly assertive China across the board, including using aggression toward New Delhi at the Line of Actual Control (LAC)."We have a common challenge which has to deal with an increasingly assertive China across the board, including its aggression toward India at the Line of Actual Control but also using its economic might to coerce others and reap unfair advantage. Ignoring international rules to advance its own interests asserting unfounded maritime and territorial claims that threaten freedom of navigation in some of the most important seas in the world," Blinken said during a panel discussion moderated...

Malaysia rejects Beijing’s claims in South China Sea

4Sep

By Grace TsoiNo Comments

Malaysia rejects Beijing’s claims in South China Sea

Following the steps of the United States, now, Malaysia has rejected China’s expansive maritime claims in the South China Sea, saying Beijing’s claims in the waters “have no basis” under international law. “Malaysia opposes China’s claim that they have historic rights over those waters,” Malaysian Foreign Minister Hishammuddin Hussein told the Parliament.“The Malaysian government also considers China’s claims over maritime features in the South China Sea to have no basis whatsoever under international law,” he added while answering questions from Members of Parliament on the status of China’s demands for territory in the South China Sea.This is an unusual move for Malaysia, which in the past had avoided reproaching China openly.A recent Malaysian government report disclosed the Chinese shi

India must balance soft-power, hard-power to deal with China: GKPD

28Aug

By Yusara AskariNo Comments

India must balance soft-power, hard-power to deal with China: GKPD

To deal with China’s expansionist policies, the Global Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora (GKPD) has suggested that India should use a balanced combination of soft power and hard power.The virtual panel discussion titled — ‘Kashmir Today: Geopolitical, International and National Aspects’ — discussed the state of the exiled Kashmiri Hindu, Sikh and Tibetan Buddhist communities and the geopolitical dimensions of the human problem in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh.Rajiv Malhotra, one of the panelists of the discussion and a renowned Indian-born American, urged India to balance the use of soft power by exercising hard-power, especially in the case of China.“India’s attempts to use soft-power must be balanced by the exercise of hard-power. This needs to be done especially in the case of China, whose record ov

New China-Pakistan relationship undermines U.S. in Afghanistan

28Aug

By Grace TsoiNo Comments

New China-Pakistan relationship undermines U.S. in Afghanistan

In an attempt to secure Beijing's influence in Afghanistan, China and Pakistan have begun an unprecedented intelligence-sharing arrangement, designed to help China exploit its economic investments in Afghanistan while also stifling outcry over its persecution of the Uighur population near China's western border with Afghanistan and Pakistan.The timing of the new relationship has become disturbing as President Donald Trump decides to pull out U.S. forces from Afghanistan. Now, American intelligence officials, who believe China will capitalize on ongoing problems in the administration's effort to secure a peace deal with the Taliban, says that Beijing will further expand its influence into other contested parts of the region."The reality is now dawning within the intelligence community," say...