Protests before Hong Kong independence activist talk at press club

AFP | Rival protesters gathered outside Hong Kong's Foreign Correspondents' Club Tuesday as it was set to host a talk by an independence activist, despite...

CPEC provided “favorable financing arrangements”

AFP | Pakistan recently defended its economic partnership with China, amid fears that the terms of opaque multi-billion dollar investments by Beijing could be exacerbating...

What does the future hold for Muslim Uighurs of China?

Simran Shoaib | Dispersed all around the world, millions of Muslims undergo terrible atrocities on account of their religion. Following 9/11 the universal image of...

The Uyghur militant threat: China cracks down and mulls policy changes

James M. Dorsey | China, responding to United Nations criticism, academic and media reports, and an embarrassing court case in Kazakhstan, has come closer to...

Caspian Sea nations sign landmark deal

AFP | The leaders of the five states bordering the resource-rich Caspian Sea signed a landmark deal Sunday on the legal status of the inland...

Peaceful neighborhood imperative for prosperity

Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | Pakistan has unsettled borders with India and Afghanistan. Its relations with India are warlike and with Afghanistan full of mistrust....

Russia, China block US bid to slap North Korea sanctions

AFP | Russia and China on Thursday blocked a US request to add a Russian bank to a UN sanctions blacklist along with a North...

U.S. efforts to counter China’s hegemony has several challenges down the road

News Analysis | The United States of America is mulling over revamping of Indo-Pacific Strategy in a bid to counter the growing influence of China...

Soviet army nearly ‘battled’ US filmmakers in Prague Spring

AFP | Propaganda-fuelled Soviet soldiers were ready to take on American and German armies during the 1968 invasion of former Czechoslovakia -- before they realized...

10 years after war, Georgia condemns Russia’s ongoing ‘occupation’

AFP | Georgia on Tuesday condemned Russia's continued "occupation" of its territory, a decade after the two countries went to war over the Kremlin-backed separatist regions...

China deploys huge police force to prevent fraud protest

AFP | Hundreds of police patrolled the streets of Beijing's financial district Monday as Chinese authorities thwarted a planned protest against money lost in risky...

A decade on, Olympics changed China, but not how many hoped

AFP | A decade after Beijing hosted the 2008 Olympics, its legacy remains unmistakable from the smallest alleyways in the Chinese capital to the country's...
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