Geopolitics
Pyongyang: Following umpteen nuclear tests, which threatened the initiation of a war with the United States of America, Kim Jong-un's North Korea is finally settling down and is ready to lay down its nuclear weapons, according to South Korean delegates who visited Pyongyang on Monday for a two-day high level North-South dialogue.  more
India denies media report that it is changing position on Dalai Lama to mend ties with China

New Delhi: India has categorically said that there is no change in its position on the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, who lives in exile in India, in the wake of a newspaper report ...

Xi extension: Critic says a farce in China's history

Beijing: In a rare show of dissent against the Chinese government, former state newspaper editor Li Datong has said that abolishing Presidency term limit to facilitate Xi Jingping, would ...

Xi Jingping's term limit 'up to Beijing', says Donald Trump

Washington: China on Sunday announced that it is mulling to abolish the Presidential term limit to facilitate Xi Jingping to remain in power for life, thus giving his growing cult a boost ...

Is Australia, India, USA and Japan forming a nexus to tackle Beijing's growing influence?

London: If reports are to be believed, Australia is mulling a nexus with allies India, the USA and Japan in order to tackle China's growing influence in the world stage.

China wary of Indian role in restoring democracy in Maldives, draws flak for its veiled warning

Male/Beijing: While Maldives is roiled by a political crisis with the imposition of Emergency by President Yameen amid desperate requests of the island nation's opposition leaders for ...

Trump and co. slap new sanctions against North Korea, Chinese companies

Washington/Pyongyang/Beijing, Nov 22 (JEN): In a bid to tighten grip on North Korea and stop its nuclear programme, the United States has slapped new sanctions on Tuesday, a day after ret ...

China: Communist Party meeting begins in Beijing, Xi expected to retain post

Beijing, Oct 18 (JEN): The political fest has begun in the Chinese capital, Beijing, on Wednesday morning.

China blocks WhatsApp, beefs up surveillance ahead of Communist Party gathering

Beijing, Sep 26 (JEN): Beijing has blocked instant messaging app WhatsApp in order to bolster online surveillance ahead of the upcoming Communist Party meeting, reports said.

RTHK replaces BBC World Service with China National Radio, subscribers see red

Victoria, Sep 4 (JEN): Hong Kong's public broadcaster Radio Television Hong Kong has scraped BBC World Service channel from its air wave on Monday, replacing it with Chinese state-run China ...