Venu Naturopathy

 

The Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama's Declaration A Turning Point For Tibetans

The Tibetan diaspora must now take the lead in mobilizing global opinion. The Dalai Lama has issued a clarion call — not only to uphold Tibet’s spiritual and cultural values, but to defend the right of a people to decide their own destiny.

Why is India equivocating on the Dalai Lama's succession?

There are multiple reasons why the MEA doesn’t dare to say “no one except Dalai Lama can decide his successor”, some of which could include External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar fears getting snubbed during his coming visit to Beijing

China’s Deepening Strategic Engagement In Central Asia Has Global Implications

China’s strategy for building a regional order in Central Asia converges with its playbook in sub-regions across the Global South, like Latin America, Africa and South Asia. The substance and optics of its Latin America Summit and Xi Jinping’s tour of Southeast Asia in the last few months reflect this strategy.

Dalai Lama's much-anticipated announcement throws a challenge to China

Contrary to the longstanding popular expectation that the Dalai Lama could announce an interim successor until a reincarnation is determined after his death, he has chosen the option that sets the stage for a long-term conflict between Beijing and the institution of the Dalai Lama. It is clear now that the next Dalai Lama will be from outside China and Tibet.

More on Indo Pacific - China Watch

Pakistan accepts China's version on Xinjiang's Uighurs, finds merit in its 'alternative model': PM Imran Khan

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said his country accepted Beijing's version regarding the treatment of Uighur Muslims in China's Xinjiang province

Bangladesh, China should explore more avenues, says Bangladesh PM on occasion of CPC’s 100th anniversary

Describing China as a trusted partner in the socio-economic development of Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stressed the need for exploring more avenues to take the bilateral strategic partnership to a new height

China gives 200 mobile oxygen concentrators to Pakistan

China has given over 200 mobile oxygen concentrators to Pakistan, amidst fears that Covid-19 cases could rise during the Eidul Azha holidays later this month

Pakistan Army inducts first batch of China-made main battle tank VT4

Pakistan Army has inducted the first batch of the China North Industries Corporation (Norinco) VT4 main battle tank (MBT) into service, the military's media wing said

The China factor in Iran: China-Pakistan strategic nexus should not be overlooked

Biden would do well to recall Chinese assistance to Pakistan’s nuclear program and China recently replicating Wuhan’s P-4 virology research laboratory in Pakistan, writes Lt Gen P. C. Katoch (Retd) for South Asia Monitor

China never considers India as a strategic rival: Ambassador Li

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming has claimed that China never takes India as a "strategic rival"; rather they consider India to be a good neighbor

Activists from 21 nations ask China to end financing Bangladesh coal power project

Activists from 21 countries have shot a letter to China and asked the nation to end the financing of a coal-fired power plant in Bangladesh

China prepares for security vacuum as US troops exit war-ravaged Afghanistan

China is feeling concerned that the exit of American troops from Afghanistan might create a security vacuum in the war-ravaged nation and pose a threat to its Belt and Road Initiative

China to Bangladesh: Don’t worry about debt-trap

A senior Chinese envoy has said Bangladesh should never worry about bad debt or the so-called debt trap, noting that Dhaka has managed foreign debt very well with an excellent system in place

Pakistan sets up Pak-China Relations Steering Committee to give a push to CPEC projects

The Pakistan government has set up Pak-China Relations Steering Committee to remove hurdles in the execution of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects, in a bid to give a push to the multibillion-dollar strategic initiative

Presence of Chinese workers in PLA uniform in Sri Lanka questioned

Questions have been raised in the Sri Lankan media about the presence of Chinese individuals in uniform similar to those worn by soldiers in the People’s Liberation Army at a local development project in the southern part of the island nation

Pakistan prime minister’s expedient silence over the plight of Uyghur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang

Prime Minister Khan insists that when it comes the Uyghurs, “We speak to them (China) behind closed doors.”   If the Chinese do not let the Pakistani leadership talk about the Uyghurs in public, are we being told that they would indulge them privately? It is laughable.

Pakistan-China border closed over 20 months: Traders demonstrate in Islamabad

Traders recently demonstrated against the decision taken by the administration to keep the Pakistan-China border closed for the past 20 months

Take a hard line on China, reduce trade, economic and technological dependence: EICC tells EU

The Brussels-based Europe India Chamber of Commerce (EICC) has urged the European Union to fundamentally revisit its China policy keeping in mind long-term strategic interests and substantially reduce trade, economic and technological dependence on the Communist nation

An alternative to China’s BRI? But G7’s B3W needs backing of big business, US allies

Several BRI-related projects in developing countries in Asia and Africa have drawn criticism for lacking transparency, and not being economically sustainable, leading to debts that make countries dependent upon China or leads to a 'debt Trap', writes Tridivesh Singh Maini for South Asia Monitor