Cherry picking: China looks to replace US farm goods in trade war

AFP | American cherries are tantalisingly sweet. They are so loaded with sugar and low on water that China's home-grown cherries cannot compete on taste...

Pak-Sino “Talent Corridor” to offer 1000 Scholarships

News Analysis | The CPEC Cultural Communication Centre, under its ‘Talent Corridor’ scheme will offer scholarships to 1000 Pakistani students for  "one year vocational trainings"....

Book Review: The China Pakistan Axis

News Desk | Andrew Small is a senior transatlantic fellow with the Asia program at the German Marshal Fund of the United States. He is...

EU ‘possibly as bad as China’ on trade: Trump

AFP | Europe is "possibly as bad as China" on trade, US President Donald Trump said in an interview broadcast Sunday, with trade wars emerging...

Third generation EPR nuclear reactor in China starts providing power to consumers

AFP | A third generation EPR nuclear reactor in China started providing power to the grid on Friday, a first for the new-generation technology, joint...

Trump’s breakthrough with Putin: Summit announced

News Desk | Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to a summit with Donald Trump in a third country at talks Wednesday with the US leader's...

China refuses to budge on South China Sea in talks with US

AFP | Chinese President Xi Jinping stiffly defended his country's claim to disputed islands in the South China Sea after US Defense Secretary James Mattis...

US restrictions on Chinese investment next front in trade dispute

AFP | President Donald Trump this week is due to launch the next phase of his economic confrontation with Beijing, with new restrictions possible on...

Russia military ‘will stay’ in Syria – but not long-term: Putin

News Analysis | President Vladimir Putin says Russia has no plans to pull its military out of Syria, but isn't building permanent facilities there. The troops "will...

Good news for China aspirants: Chinese Embassy steps up visa facilitation

News Analysis | Owing to the need of the hour, the Chinese Embassy in Islamabad has hired two female Pakistani employees to facilitate the Urdu-speaking...

CPEC: Pakistan’s ‘Chinanization’ or Colonization?

Adnan Qaiser | It is said that in 1960 when Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong sent off General Gengbiao, his second ambassador to Pakistan, he advised...

National interests and geopolitical factors in Russia-Pakistan Relations

Leonid Savin | Presentation text read at the international conference “The Seventy-year Jubilee of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the USSR/Russia and Pakistan”, Russian...