East Asia
India-Indonesia: Emerging Strategic Confluence in the Indian Ocean Region
India and Indonesia, the two major regional powers, have in the recent past initiated intimate bilateral relations.
A Test for Democracy in Zimbabwe
“There will never ever be change in Zimbabwe. We shall never reverse the gains of the liberation struggle. Zimbabwe will never be a colony again.” – Robert Mugabe (2008).
Taiwan Elections Vindicate the Status Quo
The KMT’s victory in the March 2008 presidential elections can be essentially attributed to the promises it made to improve economic ties with Mainland China and assure good governance.
Musharraf in China: Economic benefits of an “all weather friendship”
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s recent visit to China from April 10-16 revealed the depth and confidence that highlight Pakistan-China relations.
Ma, KMT and the new Cross-strait Policy
In a development that is expected to ease tensions across the Taiwan Strait, Taiwanese voted in favour of the Kuomintang (KMT, Nationalist Party) candidate Ma Ying-jeou in the March 22 presidential el
India Should Revisit its Tibet Policy
The Indian government’s response to the ongoing protests in Tibet has been to merely state its “distress” about the situation and reaffirm its position that Tibet is an “internal” affair of China.
Continuity and Change at the 11th National People’s Congress in China
The recently concluded 11th National People’s Congress (NPC) held in Beijing from March 5-18 was noteworthy for two significant features – administrative restructuring of the government and introducti
The Sealed Fate of the Tibetan Unrest
Ongoing protests in Tibet, coinciding with the commemoration of the 49th anniversary of the 1959 March Uprising, was not unexpected given that China is only a few months away from the Beijing Olympics
Protests in Tibet
Tibet has been an important and controversial issue for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since it came to power in 1949. The CCP “liberated” Tibet in 1950 and began its official rule in 1951.
