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China Wants “Concrete Actions” From Pakistan on Security Issues, Says Ambassador

China's ambassador to Pakistan invited a small group of local journalists to the embassy on Friday for a rare press conference to deliver a blunt message to the government in Islamabad: the security situation in the country has to improve. Jiang ...

China, India Détente Complicates U.S. Strategy in Asia, Say Analysts

The U.S. State Department has been noticeably quiet in the week since India and China agreed to a partial troop pullback from their contested border in the Himalayas, saying only that they are "closely following these developments." Most likely, the ...

India, China Move Quickly to Pull Back Forces From Border

India and China are moving quickly to disengage their forces from three key sectors along their contentious border known as the Line of Actual Control (LAC). Satellite photos released late last week revealed that Chinese troops removed encampments and other structures ...

Myanmar’s War Approaches Mandalay a Year After Rebel Offensive

On the outskirts of Mandalay, nervous Myanmar soldiers man a checkpoint just kilometers away from rebels who have set their sights on the former royal capital of 1.5 million people. Ethnic minority rebels and "People's Defence Forces" battling to overturn the ...

Indonesia Bets on SE Asia’s First Battery Plant to Become EV Hub

By Marchio Gorbiano Rows of robotic arms move with precision to assemble nickel-based battery cells on the production line at Indonesia's inaugural electric vehicle battery plant, the first in Southeast Asia. After being chosen by ...

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China-Led Study Proposes Global Energy Network

A globally connected network of solar and wind energy could provide three times the global energy demand by 2050 at a lower cost than independent national power systems. This is the finding of a study led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in collaboration with researchers from the United States and Denmark.

The study focused on how areas with high solar and wind capacity (such as deserts) can be linked to ...