Category: China related

Would our comrades care to look “eastwards”?

In yesterday’s (1st Nov) International Herald Tribune (IHT), I picked up a piece of news related to executions in China (“High Court in China to rule on all executions”). The news-story mentioned that “China’s...

Tibet Railway to extend to Nepal

News reports from earlier this week re. China’s plans to extend the Tibetan railway all te way to Nepal. Worrying. The same story on Sina. Excerpts: “China’s newly-built railway to Tibet will be extended...

India-China-Japan-US and the politics of energy

Dear friend Ashutosh alerted me to this snippet. Here are his accompanying comments:  ****** Just to give you some more factoids about the geo-politics of energy between China and Japan. Expect this to become a full...

China’s investments and expansion in Africa…

Good article from the Sunday Times on China’s activities in Africa and how they are perciveved by the local populations. **** The Sunday Times July 16, 2006 RW JOHNSON, CAPE TOWN  IN the past...

While on China…

While we are on China, came across this very well-researched post on China’s stance towards Sikkim: “Has China recognised Sikkim as Part of India?” Apollo has also commented on the recently inaugurated Qinghai-Tibet railway line...