POLITICS: Defiant China Asserts Role in Global Affairs
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Antoaneta Bezlova
BEIJING, Oct 12 (IPS) – The symbolism of Beijing dispatching its second top leader for celebrations with the reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-il almost at the same time as Washington was deciding to break a tradition by refusing the Dalai Lama a meeting [...]
POLITICS: China Resists U.S.’s ‘Covert’ Trade Agenda
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Antoaneta Bezlova
BEIJING, Oct 7 (IPS) – As the United States talks about rebalancing global growth, China sees a covert agenda of trade protectionism. And while Beijing seems to agree that there is a price to pay for its new ascent as a global power, it [...]
CHINESE ECONOMY MONITOR— NOTE NO 8: POLITICAL POWER OF US BONDS
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By B. Raman
(What will be the impact of the global financial and economic melt-down on the Chinese economy? This question should be of interest to the other countries of the South and the South-East Asian region. If the Chinese economy is badly affected, they too are likely [...]
CHINA AS NUCLEAR PROLIFERATOR
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B.RAMAN
It was known in 2004 that A.Q.Khan, Pakistan’s nuclear scientist, who is wanted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, for interrogation in connection with his nuclear proliferation to North Korea, Iran and Libya, had left a letter with his wife Henny of Dutch origin and their daughter [...]
CHINA-INDIA: NON-GOVERNMENTAL HOSTILITY BEHIND FACADE OF GOVERNMENTAL CORDIALITY
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B.RAMAN
The following are my comments in reply to some questions E-mailed to me by a correspondent of the "Washington Post" in Beijing on August 14,2009:
1) It seems that China has gotten some criticism about the border issue talk recently in India. What do these criticisms focus [...]
STRIDE–2009— CHINA’S LARGEST EVER LONG-RANGE MILITARY EXERCISE
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B.RAMAN
Four Divisions of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China with a total strength of about 50,000 troops and drawn from the Shenyang, Lanzhou, Jinan and Guangzhou military regions have embarked on a military exercise code-named Stride— 2009 since August 11,2009. The exercise is due to last [...]
INDIA-CHINA: LOOKING AHEAD
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B.RAMAN
Admiral Sureesh Mehta, who will shortly be retiring as our Chief of the Naval Staff (CONS), made a presentation on "India’s National Security Challenges—An Armed Forces Overview" at the National Maritime Foundation at New Delhi on August 10,2009.
2. During his tenure as the CONS, Admiral Mehta [...]
CONTINUING NERVOUSNESS IN XINJIANG
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B.RAMAN
Evidence of continuing nervousness among the Chinese authorities over the situation in the Xinjiang province was forthcoming on August 9,2009, over a drama surrounding the flight of a plane from Kabul to Urumqi, the Xinjiang capital.
2.The plane involved in the drama ( a Boeing 767) belonged [...]
INDIA: MIXED SIGNALS FROM CHINA
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B.RAMAN
The 13th round of the talks between the Special Representatives of India and China on the long-pending border dispute was held at New Delhi on August 7 and 8,2009. India was represented by M.K.Narayanan, the National Security Adviser, and China by Dai Bingguio, the State Councillor. It [...]
INDIA-CHINA TRUST DEFICIT
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B.RAMAN
These are the comments made by me in response to an E-mailed query from a South-East Asian journalist on the next round of border talks between India and China to be held shortly:
The deadlock in the border talks seems to continue over the issue of Arunachal Pradesh, which the [...]
