Banyan – An Indo-Pacific club builds heft
W HEN AMERICA , Australia, India and Japan met in 2007 for a “quadrilateral dialogue”…
GROOMING “A LIVING BUDDHA” – CHINA, THE PANCHEN LAMA AND TIBETAN BUDDHISM
Jigme Yeshi (yeshijigme@gmail.com) On 20th October 2020, Xinhua which is the official press agency of the…
Historic! Exiled Tibetan Leader Visits White House Amid China’s ‘splittism’ Allegations
In a historic feat, for the first time in six decades, the head of exiled…
To a different tune – Joe Biden’s China policy will be a mix of Trump’s and Obama’s
E ARLY IN HIS campaign for the presidency, Joe Biden rejected the notion that China…
India Stands With Macron – But Not For the Same Things
India came out in support of French President Emmanuel Macron recently, after the latter was…
“We Are the Destiny You Cannot Avoid”: Thailand’s Prospects for Political Change
In his speech to the protesters occupying the streets around Government House in Bangkok on…
Chaguan – No American election will change China’s mind
S HORTLY BEFORE election day in America, Chaguan spent an instructive morning in central Beijing…
What Does a Biden Presidency Mean to Hong Kong’s Democratic Movement?
The world is now imagining a Joe Biden presidency. While this victory brings optimism to…
Did China Join COVAX to Counter or Promote Vaccine Nationalism?
On October 9, China’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying announced that China has formally joined…
What’s behind China’s Big Tech crackdown and what does it mean?
New draft rules could affect some of China’s most popular e-commerce firms, including Alibaba and…
