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...

UK poisonings leave Soviet defector’s family in fear

AFP | The family of a Soviet defector who died in Salisbury in 2001 is living in fear following the recent poisoning of a Russian...

Chinese-American engineer charged with stealing GE technology

AFP | A Chinese-American engineer faces charges of stealing valuable technology from General Electric, sneaking it out hidden in a picture of the sunset to...

China wants military drills with ASEAN in disputed sea, excluding US

AFP | China wants to stage joint military exercises with Southeast Asian nations in disputed waters, according to a draft document but insists other countries...
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