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China and India Reach Border Patrolling Deal
India and China reached an agreement about military patrols along their disputed border, according to a senior Indian official. It could pave the way for the easing of tensions between the two powers. Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri announced on Monday: ...
Development Finance at a Crossroads: BRICS Challenge to Western-led Economic Order
We're going to see two starkly contrasting visions of the current international economic order this week when leaders from nearly two dozen developing countries gather in Russia for a BRICS summit while the development finance elite meet in Washington for the IMF-World Bank's annual meeting.
The Man Who Coined the BRICS Moniker Remains Its Most Vocal Critic
It's been 13 years since Jim O'Neil came up with the BRICS name back when he was an analyst at Goldman Sachs in 2011. Since then, as the bloc has become considerably more prominent, O'Neil has ironically emerged as the group's most outspoken critic. ...
Forget About the BRICS; the Most Important Summit in Russia This Week Could Be Between Xi and Modi
There is mounting speculation in the Indian media this week that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS summit that will begin on Tuesday in Kazan, Russia. The buzz began last ...
India Says Agreement With China on Contested Border Patrols: Foreign Ministry
India said that on Monday, it struck an agreement with neighbor China for military patrols in highly contested border zones, aiming to resolve issues that flared when their rival armies clashed in 2020. The announcement comes a day before Indian Prime ...
Letter From Taipei: Why Taiwan Remains Such a Surreal Place
I’ve been in Taipei for the past week, reacquainting myself with a city that I first fell in love with back in 1989 when I came here right out of high school to study Mandarin. Living in Taipei back then was a somewhat surreal experience. People were ...
WEEK IN REVIEW: Wang Yi’s Phone Call With Israeli FM Israel Katz
China’s Hithium Energy Storage Technology Co signed a joint venture agreement with the Saudi Arabian company MANAT to build a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) factory in the kingdom. The facility will have an annual capacity of 5GWh (gigawatt-hour). (ZAWYA) China and ...
Indonesia Is a Battlefield for China and Western Countries Over Energy Transition
The climate crisis is already happening. It has caused disasters in various parts of the world. A report published by the national news network KOMPAS in early October sounded the alarm over the accelerating damage climate change has on developing countries. The news revealed that river ...
U.S., Philippines Launch War Games After China’s Taiwan Drills, Ship Collision
Thousands of US and Filipino troops launched joint exercises in the northern and western Philippines on Tuesday after China held huge drills around Taiwan and a Chinese vessel collided with a Filipino patrol boat. The annual Kamandag, or Venom, exercises are ...
China Insists Won’t Renounce ‘Use of Force’ to Take Taiwan as Drills End
By Amber Wang with Sam Davies in Pingtan China insisted on Monday it would never renounce the "use of force" to take control of Taiwan after ending a day of military drills around the self-ruled island that Beijing said was a ...
U.S. Official Says China and Russia Blocked ASEAN Summit Statement
An unnamed U.S. official told Reuters that China and Russia rejected a joint statement of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at its East Asia summit in Vientiane, Laos. The summit was dominated by tensions resulting from territorial disputes in ...
Pakistan Frets Over Security Ahead of SCO Summit
Pakistan authorities were preparing on Sunday to shut down the capital ahead of a Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, overshadowed by recent militant violence and political unrest. The Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, and Chinese Premier Li ...