With Shenzhen poised in the wings, is Hong Kong’s time in the sun over after protests, Covid-19 pandemic and US-China row?
Just a year ago, the Surfwheel looked poised to catch on, after winning innovation awards and going on sale in toy stores across the United States for US$399 (HK$3,092). The company behind t... Read more
Beijing slams foreign ‘interference’, ‘malicious slander’ after UN rights experts’ letter of concern on Hong Kong national security law
Beijing has hit out at foreign “interference and malicious slander” after a group of UN human rights experts wrote to express concern that Hong Kong’s new national security law could infring... Read more
A Biden-Harris Administration Would Mean a Harder Eye on Kashmir
Kamala Harris isn’t especially known for foreign policy. The first-term U.S. senator from California and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s running mate doesn’t serve on the Senate... Read more
A 29% Non-Govt GDP Fall is Behind Abysmal Growth
The collapse of GDP growth by 23.9% for the Apr to Jun period isn’t a surprise. The economy was under a strict lockdown for most of the time to contain the pandemic. Nevertheless, a little d... Read more
A New Middle Eastern Order is Falling into Position
When the United Arab Emirates and Israel signed their historic agreement to normalize relations, they were formalizing a shift in Middle Eastern geopolitics that has been in motion for years... Read more
UAE May Get the Sultan of Stealth, the F-35, as the Peace Deal with Israel Settles
According to a report by AP, a US-brokered deal that saw Israel and the United Arab Emirates begin to open diplomatic ties may end up with Abu Dhabi purchasing advanced American weaponry, po... Read more
75 years later, can Asia shake off shackles of the past?
The bombs stopped falling 75 years ago, but it is entirely possible — crucial even, some argue — to view the region’s world-beating economies, its massive cultural and political reach and it... Read more
ATMA-NIRBHAR IN DEFENCE PRODUCTION: A PARADOX By Maj Gen Nitin Gadkari (Retd)
There has been a clamour for becoming Atma-nirbhar (Self-reliant) in all manufacturing disciplines starting with the auto industry, telecom, medicine and even defence. The ‘Made in Ind... Read more
America’s Conflict with China is Ideological and So Much More
A number of political analysts have recently stated that they do not believe that America’s conflict with China need be an ideological one or that guarding the West’s interests need not impl... Read more
Defence Ministry Removes Report of Chinese Intrusion from Website, Looks at Prolonged Standoff at Pangong Tso
Describing the Chinese aggression in Ladakh as “transgressions”, India has said the standoff is likely to be “prolonged” amid China’s demand for India to move back further in the region alon... Read more