The Pathfinder Foundation and the China Center for South Asian Studies (CCSAS) at Sichuan University launched the Colombo Maritime Dialogue 2026 Report at a virtual ceremony on 28 September, bringing together the
China’s Indian Ocean priorities The month had been a busy one for President Ranil Wickremesinghe. He probably clocked more air mileage during October than any other president did before him. He travelled
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by Misbah Saba Malik Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province has the potential to become a hub of domestic and international tourism after the inauguration of the New Gwadar International Airport, a donation by
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The 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Beijing on October 18, 2023, witnessed the usual smiles and handshakes. But China’s economic landscape, dependent on robust supply chain networks, is facing
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The just-concluded third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) has injected new vitality into the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). With eight major steps and 458 outcomes announced at the
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Beijing, October 20, 2023 1. At the invitation of H.E. Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, H.E. Ranil Wickremesinghe, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, attended the
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While the world is focused on Israel and the Gaza war, the war in Ukraine continues. Vladimir Putin, Russia’s leader, gave a brief press conference during his China trip, and from that
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Class struggles interact with but are different from power struggles. The ancient conflicts between city-states Athens and Sparta were power struggles, while within each, slaves and enslavers engaged in class struggles. Britain
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In the waning days of August 2023, closely following a BRICS summit and mere days ahead of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and G20 meetings, Beijing revealed its latest seemingly innocuous “standard”
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On October 21st, 1973 during the Yom Kippur War, Henry Kissinger flew to Moscow. I remember his arrival there very well because I was with the US embassy’s Charge d’Affaires Adolph Dubs in his office
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On October 14, 2023, at least six non-local labourers, working on a private site, were killed, and another two were injured, by Baloch militants in the Satellite Town area of Turbat city
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by Jude Amory In the heart of the ever-shifting geopolitical terrain of the Middle East, the Israel-Hamas conflict has emerged as a crucible of power dynamics, revealing the intricate interplay of global
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by Yang Ran Journalists should strive to be bridges between civilizations to promote peace and development and be good narrators of stories related to the Belt and Road Initiative, officials and representatives
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One of the challenges of reporting on China, for the media and intelligence agencies alike, is sifting through the constant river of mis- and disinformation stimulated by the habitual secrecy of the Chinese Communist
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by Yi Fan More than 600 years ago, a large fleet of hundreds of ships from China’s Ming Dynasty traversed the Indian Ocean. The man at the helm was Zheng He, Asia’s
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by Jose Gabriel Martinez The China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ) is a great institutional innovation that has played an important role in global trade and development over the last decade,
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