Eight BRI countries, which attended Trump’s 'Board of Peace' ceremony, had taken part in China's military parade, highlighting Asia’s balancing act between Washington and Beijing.
Confronting only secular insurgents in Pakistan, while overlooking jihadist groups operating from Iran, will do little to change the broader strategic equilibrium. History underlines this point.
In May, Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi met with his Chinese & Pakistani counterparts in Beijing, marking the restart of China-Afghanistan-Pakistan trilateral diplomacy.
Ties are ‘extractive’ given vast cobalt reserves in DRC and China’s bid to leverage its ability to fund infra in one of world’s least developed countries, says analyst.
After 4 yrs of negotiations on investment modalities, local reports suggest Nepal Foreign Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha will sign agreement on his China visit & a draft is almost ready.
The upgrade in Delhi-Athens ties could help in the full utilisation of Greece’s strategic location as a gateway to Europe for India and the Gulf countries.
Agreements signed during Maldivian President Muizzu’s maiden visit to China covered areas of tourism, disaster risk reduction, agriculture, housing & blue economy cooperation.
Six years on, it seems that the Nepal govt has understood the basic fact of BRI—it's essentially about taking loans from Chinese banks and repaying the amount in due time.
Racism is a problem for privileged mainlanders only when it's meted out to them abroad. In their own backyard, it's normalised as 'I was just kidding. Chill yaar'.
The 7 February incident involving Tejas aircraft caused severe damage to its frame. IAF and HAL are working together as part of the Board of Inquiry (BoI) to probe the incident.
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