Dhaka, June 14: China has indicated to Bangladesh that it would like to convert a part of the soft loans it had given to Bangladesh to be converted into commercial loans, which means that Bangladesh will have to pay a higher interest, BDNews24 reports. Bangladesh signed $25 billion deals with China for nearly two and […]
Kolkata, June 11 (newsin.asia): Columbia and Karachi university political economist S Akbar Zaidi has said that one of the “dangerous consequences” of the Chinese-funded China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is that Pakistan’s foreign policy, especially in regard to India, will be determined by China as per its interests “Pakistan’s obsession with China and CPEC will prevent […]
Astana, June 9 (newsin.asia): The Chinese President Xi Jinping told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he watched Aamir Khan- starrer sports drama Bollywood film Dangal and liked it. The two leaders met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s summit here in Kazakhstan. Xi said Dangal is doing well in China and he […]
Colombo, June 8 (www.southasianmonitor.com): India is mulling greater deployment of armor and Special Forces on its borders with Pakistan and China in view of the sustained threat from those two countries, the Indian defense journal Bharat Shakti reports. According to the journal, this was among other ideas, discussed at a conference of Indian Army top […]
By P.K.Balachandran/www.southasianmonitor.com Colombo, June 4: Having completed 60% of his five-year term in May this year, it is time Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was assessed both by the people of India and the regime itself. To win the next elections in May 2019, just two years down the line, Modi should have begun delivering […]
New Delhi, June 2 (newin.asia): China supports Pakistan’s case that Kulbhushan Jadhav, the alleged Indian spy, was on a mission to create trouble in Balochistan to thwart the China-funded China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and that his code name was “monkey”. A report compiled by scholars from Renmin University also says that India is recruiting poor […]
Beijing. June 2 (Hindustan Times): The economy might be slowing but cash-rich China is offering its citizens up to a healthy $73,000 for spotting foreign spies in Beijing, state media reported quoting a government circular. Since spies in real life aren’t usually as conspicuous as certain fictional ones, the government is attempting to rope in […]
Colombo, June 1 (NIA) – Three Chinese navy ships arrived in the Port of Colombo on Wednesday, to assist in the ongoing relief operations after major floods and landslides caused by severe rains killed over 200 people in Sri Lanka, the Navy said in a statement here Thursday. The ships which were initially on a goodwill […]
P.K.Balachandran/Daily Express Colombo, May 31 (Daily Express): India- China relations have taken a turn for the worse as a result of New Delhi’s boycott of the One Belt One Road (OBOR) summit in Beijing earlier this month. But all is not lost. There is a way of reversing the trend, which is suggested by Shivshanka […]
Colombo, May 30 (NIA) – The Red Cross Society of China, on Tuesday, donated US 100,000 dollars to the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) supporting Sri Lanka’s relief and rebuilding efforts on the present disaster of flooding and landslides. A statement by the Chinese Embassy in Colombo said that Chinese Ambassador Yi Xianliang, on behalf […]