How India Is Maintaining a Delicate Balancing Act in a Multipolar World
The country is walking a diplomatic tightrope between its Western trading partners and Russia, which supplies almost half of India's military equipment. ...
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A Look at How Hindu Extremists Have Persecuted Indian Christians
India ranks 10th on Open Doors' World Watch List of countries where it is most challenging to be a Christian. Hindus comprise 79.8...
Read moreDoes the Marcos-Xi Meeting Bode Well for China-Philippine Ties?
In light of political and economic pressure from both China and the U.S., the diplomatic tightrope that President Marcos intends to walk is...
Read moreEU’s Climate Action Tax Will Impact India’s Steel Exports
India claims that the developed nations are not fulfilling their commitment to support low- and middle-income countries in their transition to renewables. ...
Read moreA Glimpse Into the De-dollarization Trend in Asia
Demand for the dollar has been decreasing over the last 20 years, and is expected to further diminish as the U.S. uses it...
Read moreNew Nepalese Prime Minister Praises Mao Zedong After Assuming Power
Pushpa Kamal Dahal, a former Maoist guerrilla who was appointed on December 25 as prime minister of Nepal for a third time, tweeted...
Read moreChina Lambastes U.S. for Twisting Facts After Aircraft Clash
Though China blames the confrontation on the United States, the American military asserts that China is responsible for endangering both planes. ...
Read moreChina’s Suppression of the Internet Industry
To keep the internet industry in its place as well as to assert its monopoly on power in the country, the central leadership...
Read moreMyanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi Likely to Spend Life in Prison
The 77-year-old winner of the Nobel Peace Prize has already begun her 26-year prison sentence due to over a dozen charges she has...
Read moreChina Grants Hong Kong Power to Ban Foreign Lawyers From National Security Cases
China’s top lawmaking body granted Hong Kong leader John Lee the authority to ban foreign lawyers from national security trials, taking away the...
Read moreAmericans Sanctioned by China Over Human Rights Issues in Tibet Say They Don’t Care
Two American citizens who were sanctioned by China in a reprisal for U.S. sanctions imposed over rights abuses in Tibet have said that...
Read moreAmid Food Shortage, North Koreans Mandated to Donate ‘Patriotic Rice’
Notwithstanding wide-ranging food shortages in North Korea, the government is forcing its people to donate several kilograms of “patriotic rice” for use by the...
Read moreChina Persists in Detaining Dissidents in Psychiatric Facilities
Victims at these facilities are beaten, tied up, forced to undergo electroshock therapy, and kept incommunicado. ...
Read moreChina’s ByteDance Admits It Spied on U.S. Journalists
Employees of Chinese technology behemoth ByteDance inappropriately retrieved data from social media platform TikTok to monitor American journalists in an attempt to trace...
Read moreChina, Philippines Try to Prevent ‘Miscalculation’ in Disputed Waters
The Philippines and China will set up direct communication between their foreign ministries to prevent "miscalculation and miscommunication" in the fiercely contested South...
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