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Executions in Myanmar Disturbing News for the Region and the World

The execution of four democracy activists on 25 July 2022 by Myanmar’s military junta accused of helping to carry out “terrorist acts” sparked widespread condemnation and outrage. The four were sentenced to death in closed-door trials in Januar....

August 04, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Article , ASEAN , Wang Yi , junta , NUG , execution , democratic activists , porous border , 5PC

Third C+C5 Meeting: Reinforcing Chinese Influence in Central Asia

Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Background

The third meeting of the Foreign Ministers (FMs) of China and five Central Asian countries within the framework of China+ C5 took place in Nur Sultan on June 8, 2022. Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi along w....

June 21, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , US , China , Central Asia , Afghanistan , BRI , energy , Transportation , Gas pipeline , Uyghurs , Wang Yi , C+C5 , Ukraine Crisis

China: Daily Scan, May 24, 2022

China's biodiversity push and its broader ecological ambition: Xinhuanet

May 23, 2022

Sunday marks the International Day for Biological Diversity 2022. As one of the 17 mega biodiversity countries, China has achieved steady progre....

May 24, 2022 Pakistan , Taiwan , BRICS , Japan , Beijing , Qingdao , COVID-19 , China Daily Digest , Wang Yi , Tencent , Omicron

Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in Nepal: Facts, Disputes, and the US-China Contest

In the past two months, Nepal’s political space had been marred by upheavals and doubts over the future of the ruling alliance between the Nepali Congress, Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Center)/Maoist Party, and Communist Party of Nepal (Unified....

April 19, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , India , India-Nepal , KP Oli , Tibet , US-China , Wang Yi , Indo-Pacific Strategy , Prachanda , Nepal Communist Party , Sher Bahadur Deuba , Millennium Challenge Corporation , MCC , MCC in Nepal , 12-Point Interpretive Declaration , Intellectual Property Rights , UML , MCC Ratification , Three Supports , Hydropowe

China: Daily Scan, March 28, 2022

5,800 cases of Party conduct violation investigated in Feb: Xinhuanet

March 27, 2022

More than 5,800 cases involving violations of the Communist Party of China (CPC) code on improving Party conduct were investigated in February,....

March 28, 2022 India , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Ukraine , COVID-19 , Shanghai , China Daily Digest , Wang Yi , Hualong One reactor , Sinopec

Views of Chinese Experts on Sino-US Relations

Jayadeva Ranade Article

As China’s economic situation becomes more difficult and its aggressive policies increase tensions in its neighbourhood, the Chinese leadership is concerned at the turn that its relations with the US are taking. This has generated renewed discuss....

January 12, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China , Article , Xi , CCP , Biden , Wang Yi , CICIR , Cui Tiankai , Yuan Peng , Zhang Baijian

China Raises its strategic profile in Horn of Africa and IOR

Amb Gurjit Singh Article

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi kept up the tradition of Chinese leaders visiting Africa at the beginning of the year. For 32 years, this tradition has been in vogue and the Chinese FM, between 4 and 7 January, visited Eritrea, Kenya and Comoros in ....

January 11, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Africa , Article , China , BRI , Wang Yi , IUU , Special Envoy , Horn of Africa

China: Daily Scan, December 31, 2021

China's Chongqing appoints acting mayor: Xinhuanet

December 30, 2021

Hu Henghua was appointed deputy mayor and acting mayor of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Thursday. The appointment was made at the 30th session of....

December 31, 2021 Huawei , China Daily Digest , Wang Yi , Liaoning , high-speed rail , Chongqing

China: Daily Scan, December 7, 2021

CPC leadership holds meeting on 2022 economic work, anti-corruption, party discipline inspection: Xinhunaet

December 6, 2021

The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on Monday held a meeting t....

December 07, 2021 Xi Jinping , Djibouti , Weibo , China Daily Digest , Wang Yi , Alibaba , Beijing Olympics , Solomon Islands

The Quad: Is Security the Galvanizer?

Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The significance of the Quad Foreign Ministers meeting in Tokyo on 6 October 2020 lies in the fact that it happened in person despite the pandemic – last year the Quad foreign ministers had met on the margins of the UNGA. The level of this annual m....

October 26, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , China , ASEAN , Quad Plus , Australia , LAC , Wang Yi , Blue Dot Initiative , Free and open Indo-Pacific , Malabar exercises , PM Suga , Resilient Supply Chains