China has made no secret that it will one day enforce its claims on much of Eastern Russia, which it sees as rightfully belonging to China. With Russia fast becoming the weaker partner in the alliance formed after the west… Read More ›
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Modi to visit China for peaceful solution of border dispute
Last September, Chinese President Xi Jinping conducted his peace offensive at India by promising $30 billion in investment and raising the prospects of growth of trade between China and India. Xi has been conducting such peace offensives all over the… Read More ›
China working hard to woo India; Russia sees chance for new cold war with America
Chinese President Xi Jinping is showing China’s goodwill in India, especially China’s desire to resolve its border dispute with India peacefully and maintain peace along the disputed border so the dispute can be solved. Russia wants a Russia-China-India alliance to… Read More ›
Why China will “reclaim” Siberia
China has made no secret that it will one day enforce its claims on much of Eastern Russia, which it sees as rightfully belonging to China. With Russia fast becoming the weaker partner in the alliance formed after the west… Read More ›
China looks west as it bolsters regional ties
President Xi Jinping of China, evoking the camel caravans of the old Silk Road that traversed the ancient plains of Kazakhstan on their way from China to Europe, said Saturday that he wanted to create a contemporary version that would bind together… Read More ›
China’s rotational political succession system
The only system that can be described as similar to the Chinese “once-in-a-decade transition of power” practice in the 21st century is Plato’s rotational ruler model proposed in The Republic— “those who have come through all our practical and intellectual… Read More ›
Turkey becomes partner of security bloc led by China and Russia
NATO member Turkey signed up on Friday to became a “dialogue partner” of a security bloc dominated by China and Russia, and declared that its destiny is in Asia. “This is really a historic day for us,” Turkish Foreign Minister… Read More ›
China’s Central Asia problem
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, China and its Central Asian neighbours have developed a close relationship, initially economic but increasingly also political. Energy, precious metals, and other natural resources flow into China from the region. Investment flows the… Read More ›
China: The world through the eyes of the dragon
While climbing the steps of global prominence, the new Chinese leadership will have to deal with various challenges in its foreign policy, including contentious issues about security. Still great ambiguity. The gigantic economy of the rising country dazzles the rest… Read More ›
Can China extend its colonisation to Africa?
It seems that no Western power has succeeded in their colonisation in the past, and their influence in their previous colonised countries is limited now. However, Chinese people were extraordinarily successful in their colonisation in South East Asia when China… Read More ›
The new cold war: the democracy camp
In the new cold war, it could be seen that there are two groups: the autocracy camp, centring around China, Russia and the SCO, and the democracy camp, centring around most western democracies in Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia,… Read More ›
The new cold war: the autocracy camp
In the new cold war, it could be seen that there are two groups: the autocracy camp, centring around China, Russia and the SCO, and the democracy camp, centring around most western democracies in Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia,… Read More ›
New Cold War: Sino-Russian bloc more active and expanding
At its recent summit meeting, China and Russia’s major bloc, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, was more active and expanding. More active China provides USD10 billion loan to other 5 members and member states have vowed to intensify their economic cooperation;… Read More ›
China invites Afghanistan to join Shanghai bloc as observer
The Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) – a bloc comprising China, Russia and four Central Asia countries – accepted Afghanistan as an observer yesterday as it ended two days of talks in Beijing. Member states also jointly criticised Nato for establishing… Read More ›
Expansion of Shanghai Cooperation Organization
China’s official Xinhua News Agency says that the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a press conference on May 23 to reveal information on the coming June summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Beijing. In my Jan. 19… Read More ›
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