China promoting Taliban 2.0 for better business deals in Afghan
China is currently engaged in pampering the Taliban, which finds itself in a state of diplomatic isolation. Its focus is on business with hopes of a better deal. It is…
Xi’s visit to SCO Summit will be China’s most important diplomatic event ahead of the crucial 20th party congress, says Chinese MFA
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will hold its 22nd summit in the historic Uzbek city of Samarkand from Sep 15-16. At the upcoming event, the leaders of the SCO countries…
Chinese Drones: The Latest Irritant Buzzing Taiwan’s Defenses
At first the Taiwanese soldiers ignored the drones flying from China. Then, as the flights increased, they fired warning shots. Finally, the soldiers shot one into the sea. In the past month,…
China: Covid lockdown forces Xinjiang residents to depend just on bread and noodles
China’s Xinjiang province is hit with limited options due to a gruelling and week-long COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. Chris Buckley, writing in The New York Times (NYT) said that Yining, a…
China’s provocations near Senkaku Islands have become the norm
Sunday marked 10 years since the Japanese government nationalized the Senkaku Islands in 2012. Over that time, China has been accelerating its maritime advances, with provocative acts by China Coast…
China is Using Commerce to Conquer Gilgit-Baltistan
The Great Game as we know it today began around the early 1800s when in 1801 Russian Tsar Paul, I sent Napoleon Bonaparte a secret letter proposing a joint invasion…
Defending the rights of Uyghurs in China
In her report on human rights in China’s Xinjiang region, outgoing United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said the Chinese regime has committed “serious human rights violations”…
China trying to influence media in Kuwait, making attempt to improve its image in Gulf region
China is once again trying to influence the media in Kuwait to improve its image and build closer affiliations with the Gulf region which is of higher strategic value to…
Does China believe its own propaganda on Uyghurs?
The US has welcomed a long-awaited report by the UN Human Rights Commissioner, Michelle Bachelet, which concludes that China’s policies in Xinjiang may constitute crimes against humanity. The BBC’s John…
China’s campaign to obliterate Uyghurs is sowing seeds for generations of hate & conflict
Each spring, as the figs ripened, a small army of gamblers, thieves, kings, sex workers, fruit-sellers, bakers and cooks emerged out of the enormous emptiness of the Taklamakan desert. “Whoever…