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The Anti-Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama has announced his succession, setting alarm bells ringing in Beijing. Read to find out why the next Dalai Lama may face his very own Chinese duplicate.

China has crushed Tibetan media, free speech: reports

China has come down hard on Tibetan journalists and social media as part of the Tibetan genocide. India gives exiled journalists hope, but is the government doing enough?

Nuclear Pakistan: The house that China built

China spoon-fed the Pakistanis blueprints and technical training leading up to Pakistan's first nuclear weapons tests, largely with an eye to putting India in a chokehold within the region. In strategic, hard-power terms, when the CCP began building up its criminal nuclear regime all those decades ago, it could not have conceived of a better outcome.

A third force in Nepal politics

The Rastriya Swatantra Party has positioned itself as a strong alternative to Nepal’s established political parties, which have long been criticized for failing to deliver on promises and addressing the needs of the people.

The new scramble for the Arctic

Russia and China have been cooperating to develop Arctic shipping routes, with Russia aiming to boost oil and gas exports to China amid Western sanctions, and China seeking an alternative route to reduce its reliance on the Strait of Malacca.

China Still Eating Up Bhutanese Lands

On Thursday, October 31, in an oddly lighthearted scene, Chinese and Indian soldiers, having been stationed in a tense standoff in the Himalayas for the past four years, exchanged candy at several points along the border in celebration of Diwali. This demonstration of friendliness followed the border agreement announced by India on October 2.

NDRF wins hearts as Turkey rescue operations wind down

With a magnitude of 7.8, and its aftershocks reaching 7.5, the quake has claimed at least 35,000 lives and laid waste to urban settlements and heritage sites alike, with many thousands still trapped under the rubble.

Chinese spy balloon over India?

A Chinese spy balloon, so-called because it was capable of collecting communications signals according to the US State Department, was shot down by a United States Air Force F-22 fi ghter jet on February 4 over the Atlantic Ocean.