Myanmar’s unfolding reality demands a fundamental shift in how it is perceived and addressed by the international community. Treating the country as a unified state under a single authority is no longer tenable, and policies built on that assumption will continue to fall short. The challenge now lies in adapting to a fragmented political order while seeking pathways toward stability and eventual reconciliation.
The external support by China and Russia lent support to the Tatmadaw, especially during the elections, and while ASEAN and western powers have refused to accept the legitimacy of the election, many of the immediate neighbours like India, Bangladesh, and Thailand prefer what they see as stability under the military, given their cross-border concerns.
At a time when global consumers are increasingly drawn to wellness-oriented and sustainable diets, South Asian culinary traditions, particularly those rooted in India’s Ayurveda, offer significant potential. However, without institutional backing, this remains diffused cultural capital rather than strategic influence.
The China tale offers important lessons. China’s rise in the renewable sector is not just fuelled by demand for clean energy, but by a broader strategy, linking energy policy with manufacturing, technology development and global trade. India now seems to have begun taking steps in this direction. Policy measures such as the production-linked incentives scheme for solar manufacturing and efforts to expand domestic battery production are intended to strengthen the country’s clean energy ecosystem.
A controversy erupted in Sri Lanka over the alleged differential pricing of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines that the Sri Lankan government has been procuring from China, with authorities facing the allegation of signing the deal at a relatively higher price
Sri Lanka has officially told a state enterprise of China investing in the island nation’s language policy in the Colombo Port City following controversy over a name board, a minister said
A Chinese national hacked and injured two Bangladeshi youths working on the Dhaka-Mawa railway project in Keraniganj near capital Dhaka
There seems to be no end to the Sino-Indian border standoff as Beijing is trying to equip its Western high-altitude plateau regions with new weapons systems, said reports quoting Chinese Communist Party-run media
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) fits perfectly with “Pakistan’s geo-economic paradigm that is now the vision of the government”, a top official said
China has so far donated around 1.8 million Sinopharm vaccines to Nepal, and the latter is now looking for a commercial agreement to seek more vaccines
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Authority Chairman Lt Gen (retd.) Asim Saleem Bajwa has termed an export-oriented textile factory, established by a Chinese investor in the country’s most fashionable city Lahore, as a role model for new special economic zones
Bangladesh will purchase 15 million vaccines from China at $10 per dose rate, reported Daily Star. As per the plan, 5 million doses will be supplied to Dhaka every month from June to August
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has called for forging energies to jointly build a closer China-Pakistan community of shared future in the emerging era, adding that the ties between the two countries have transformed into an ‘All-weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership’ after seven decades
China will provide one million Covid vaccines to Nepal under grant assistance, Chinese ambassador to Kathmandu Hou Yanki announced after Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari had a telephonic conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping
Pakistani singer Ali Zafar has released a short music video in collaboration with Chinese singer Xiang Minqi to commemorate 70 years of Pakistan-China diplomatic relations
Ever since the Rajapaksa brothers came to power in Sri Lanka, China has steadily been increasing its footprints in the island nation
Sri Lanka has awarded a contract to build an important expressway in its capital Colombo to a Chinese firm, China Harbor Engineering Cooperation, the same firm which is set to build the controversial Port City Colombo
Sri Lanka will buy 14 million Sinpharm vaccines from China as the government aims to fast-track vaccines drive in the country amid worsening Covid-19 situation, reported Colombopage
New research shows that China has quietly been invading its Himalayan neighbour Bhutan for years, media reports said
