Xi Jinping plays the nationalism card — it’s nothing new
China is seeking to co-opt its citizens, what with unemployment, low growth, thin fiscal stimulus and uncertain global conditions, under the garb of aggressive nationalism where the enemy is not within, but external.
Coronavirus outbreak: Taiwan shows China, WHO how it’s done
With WHO on shaky empirical and moral ground in its handling of Covid-19 information, Taiwan has taken off as the political whistle-blower
Covid-19 lessons from South Korea: Between trust and surveillance
While South Korea has achieved exemplary success, it may have come at the cost of infringement of privacy—phone trails and CCTV cameras to track almost every citizen
Why Malaysian politics matters
Despite the beguiling tagline of Malaysia as ‘Simply Asia', Malaysia’s political landscape sidelines Malaysian Indians and Malaysian Chinese. Malaysian politics morphing as ‘Malay first’ (Muslim first) is a familiar s
Coronavirus lessons from Singapore: Citizens before political stability and economic costs
Singapore, until now, has been successfully addressing the COVID-19 outbreak. It placed ‘citizens first’ ahead of political stability and economic costs. Despite it being a city state, China is taking a lot of interest in
Wuhan impact on China: With a formidable GDP of $14.37 trillion, the country will recover and bounce back in business
Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, was long known for its car factories and the Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation (WISCO). Today, Wuhan has come to be known as the epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Tough times for China Model: Chinese Year of the Rat begins with metaphorical ‘plague’
China’s crisis illustrates that ‘top down’ is not a one-way street of fairy break-neck development but comes at a huge cost
Behind Myanmar -China pauk phaw relations
Irrespective of India’s Look East, US sanctions or UK sanctions in Myanmar, China has been out there in Myanmar, parked with a consistent policy and focus—and backed by economic muscle.
US-China trade deal: A win-win for the US and President Trump, not for China; Here’s why
China’s manufactures will benefit, as will consumers reeling from high prices of pork, milk powder and supplements.
Taiwan’s presidential elections: Electorate have spoken! Not just on Hong Kong but also on China
Taiwan’s electorate have spoken—not just on Hong Kong but also on China, and going forward, their own future.
Hong Kong—A revolution is rewritten
It is not too late for China to reflect and understand the sanctity of the electoral process. Hongkongers have through the ballot box brought the Goliath down, a revolution rewritten
Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act complete China’s annus horribilis
The Sino-US trade war, Xinjiang leak, Hong Kong turmoil, Hong Kong election results, and on top of that both Houses of the US passing the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act complete China’s, and Xi’s, annus horribil
How is TikTok outpacing Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat on social media platform
TikTok has been downloaded 1.5 billion times globally on the App Store and Google Play, including 122 million times in America, where it is popular with a younger demographic profile.
RCEP: Malaysia negotiates better terms from China
Mahathir has used the electoral mandate and the pro-Mahathir wave to keel predecessor Najib’s pro-China policy into a more centrist one, opening the doors to the possibility of dialogue and renegotiation with China
Hong Kong protests go beyond just democratisation
Hong Kong protests run deep and go beyond just democratisation—a manifestation of the latent social and economic undercurrents
Modi-Xi Meet: How India-China ties are underscored by economic asymmetry
President Xi Jinping and Prime minister Narendra Modi have much in common—pragmatism, nationalism and marked shifts in foreign policy, but Sino-Indian relations are underscored by economic asymmetry.
Seventy years of revolution: Unprecedented backlash marks China’s rise
…With USS Ronald Reagan in the South China Sea, and Japan’s Defense White Paper 2019 calling out China as the main security threat to Japan
US-China trade war: Stakes high for Washington, higher for Beijing
The trade war, while economic in intent, has strong political undertones, and while the stakes are high for America, they are much higher for China.
How China does a volte-face in Hong Kong
China’s step down is a mystery. Is it because China cannot attempt a Tiananmen 2019 fearing global backlash? Has China been cornered because of the Reuters leaks? Is truce in Hong Kong tied to the impeding trade talks with
China’s double-barrel gun in Hong Kong backfires
Overt action of amassing armoured carriers and paramilitary forces in Shenzhen, and covertly running a social media disinformation campaign have failed to quell protests in Hong Kong.
Trade dispute: Japan seeks to emerge from the shadow of history
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s attempts to amend the Constitution and the current trade skirmish between Japan and South Korea can be traced back to history—a history that Japan seeks to put behind, but so far with little su
North Korea walks diplomatic tightrope
North Korea is seemingly being wooed by two great powers, but in reality is caught in the middle. Between a social-media savvy President Trump manoeuvring his presidential re-election campaign 2020, and the expiry of the Nort
Why did China back down in Hong Kong?
One of the key factors behind China withdrawing is Taiwan, what with China still hopeful and dangling the reunification carrot.
Indo-Pacific is ‘priority theatre’ for the US
The new American vision, marked by clarity and simplicity, reiterates that the US is a Pacific power, a resident Asian power, and that the US ‘pivot’ is here in Asia to stay—with the Indo-Pacific identified as the ‘pr
US moves against Huawei’s real owner?
It appears the American move is directed less against Huawei and more against Chinese state. The thinking is that the US is the hand that feeds China and contributes to its surplus.
The many facets of Sino-US trade dispute
While it is a forgone conclusion that both the US and China will be affected by tariffs, China will be more so. In the US, the load of tariffs will impact US importers and indirectly impact consumers who now have to pay more
How US steadily upping the game to counter China
The US has claimed that China’s coast guard and fishing boats are not harmless, benign entities, but de facto maritime militia expanding China’s presence in the seas.
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