Tag Archives: Politics

• India rejects China’s opposition to the creation of Union Territory of Ladakh 7 August 2019 This post has one comment

  India on Tuesday rejected China’s objection to its move to create a separate Union Territory of Ladakh, terming it an internal matter of the country. ...

• China warns outsiders not to ‘sow distrust’ in South China Sea 1 August 2019 | Cate Cadell This post has no comments yet

  China’s top diplomat on Wednesday warned outside countries not to amplify disputes in the South China Sea, where Chinese maneuvering in the energy-rich waters has rattled regional states. ...

• Li Peng, Chinese premier during Tiananmen crackdown, dies 25 July 2019 | Ken Moritsugu This post has no comments yet

  Li, who died Monday at 90, warned Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protesters in May 1989 that “the situation will not develop as you wish” a day before he announced martial law. ...

• China says it will choose the next Dalai Lama, India shouldn’t Interfere 14 July 2019 This post has 9 comments

  The successor of the Dalai Lama has to be decided within China and any interference by India on the issue will impact bilateral ties, Chinese authorities have said. ...

• Commentary: 14th Dalai Lama’s ebbing influence in Tibet 7 July 2019 This post has 3 comments

  Sixty years after the 14th Dalai Lama, who fled China in the wake of a failed coup to resist the slave abolition reform, his following among people in Tibet is waning. ...

• Nancy Pelosi wants Trump ‘in prison’: report 8 June 2019 This post has one comment

  Donald Trump should be sent to "prison," US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told fellow Democrats in a closed-door meeting about whether to launch impeachment proceedings against the president. ...

• Indian prime minister Modi names Cabinet after decisive election 31 May 2019 This post has no comments yet

  India's newly sworn in Prime Minister Narendra Modi named a Cabinet on Friday, handing the powerful home affairs portfolio to the president Amit Shah of his Hindu nationalist party. ...

• Stop interfering in Tibet: China tells US 28 May 2019 This post has one comment

  China on Tuesday told the US to stop interfering in Tibet after the American envoy advised Beijing to hold talks with Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama who is living in India. ...

• China bridles at rare meeting between Taiwan and US security officials 27 May 2019 This post has one comment

  China responded angrily on Monday as Taiwan confirmed the first meeting in more than four decades between senior US and Taiwanese security officials. ...

• India’s president appoints Modi as prime minister for 2nd term 26 May 2019 This post has no comments yet

  India's president on Saturday appointed Narendra Modi as the prime minister, soon after newly elected lawmakers led by Modi's Hindu nationalist BJP chose him as their leader. ...