Why China has the political upper hand in the Trade War

The raging trade war between China and the US is the culmination of a decade-long phase of speculation and rumour-mongering about the possibility of some kind...

Japan’s elusive World War II apology continues to trouble Asia

More than 70 years have passed since Emperor Hirohito announced Japan’s surrender in World War II on 15 August  1945. The Nazi surrender had come  in the...

Pakistan-China: A Science & Technology Based Comparison

On 25th September, 2019 Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan (Sinologist, ex-Diplomat) wrote an article, China-India: A comparison the article he proclaimed, the Western world is supporting India...

China-India: A comparison

West have been pushing and supporting India to counter China and projecting India as competitor to China. In this regard, the US led the western world...

U.S. and China Gear Up for Ideological Warfare

Within light of growing US-China competition and problems surrounding Anaklia, Georgia's positioning as the US key strategic partner in the region might come under question. Any...

President Xi Jinping’s diplomacy doctrine

After a long preparatory work and thanks to the strong mindedness that we already recognize to him, on March 10, 2018 Xi Jinping succeeded in imposing...

The rebellion in Hong Kong and its geopolitical effects

The rebellion in Hong Kong is more complex and politically relevant than we may think, both nationally and internationally. In the elections held on last September in the...

Deeper meanings of the Hong Kong protests: Is China a gamechanger or yet another winner?

Does our history only appear overheated, while it is essentially calmly predetermined? Is it directional or conceivable, dialectic and eclectic or cyclical, and therefore cynical? Surely,...

Uyghur asylum seeker puts international community on the spot

Ablikim Yusuf, a 53-year old Uyghur Muslim seeking a safe haven from potential Chinese persecution, landed this week in the United States, his new home. But Mr....

China’s risky bets

China’s infrastructure and energy driven US$1 trillion Belt and Road initiative involves risky bets across a swath of land populated by often illiberal or autocratic governments...

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