Pakistan appears to be befriending China – the second largest economy in the world, to a greater extent within just 24 hours of the U.S. President Donald Trump criticized Pakistan on Twitter. It was just one day ago that Pakistan… Read More ›
Geopolitics
Britain eyeing TPP once it leaves the EU in March 31, 2019
EU rules state that Britain cannot join any trade deal before it leaves the bloc. The Financial Times has reported that Britain is interested in joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade bloc once it formally leaves the European Union. Britain has… Read More ›
Britain’s Brexit minister pitches for inclusion of financial services into free trade deal with the EU
Michel Barnier, EU’s Chief Brexit negotiator, had ruled out knowledge of an unfettered access to financial services in any trade deal with Britain. On Tuesday, Britain’s Brexit Minister David Davis stated that its financial services sector wants to be part… Read More ›
Trump Calls On China To Help Resolve North Korea Crisis, Threatens Beijing Over ‘Unfair’ Trade Practices
After multiple reports emerge din the media that China had been providing oil to the rogue state of North Korea, United States President Donald Trump suggested that action could be taken by his administration against China for doing so. He added… Read More ›
South Korea seizes Hong Kong-flagged vessel for supplying oil to North Korean vessels at mid-sea
South Korean officials have seized the vessel Lighthouse Winmore which they say transferred oil to North Korean vessels at mid-sea. An official from South Korea’s foreign ministry stated it has seized a Hong Kong flagged vessel suspected of transferring oil… Read More ›
India-China Rivalry Is Apparently Set To Be Played Out On A New Front
The new communist government in the Himalayan country of Nepal, there are possibilities that it would tilt towards China even as the country has remained a buffer state between India and China. In a vote that is being marked as… Read More ›
China caught supplying oil to North Korean vessels at sea
Despite China’s talk, the South Korean news report reiterates suspicion by Tokyo, Seoul and Washington that China has been actively aiding, bolstering and conducting business with its ally – North Korea. Following a South Korean news report that Chinese vessels… Read More ›
A Reconnaissance Satellite Capable To Transmit Data Back To Earth Potentially Developed By North Korea: Media Reports
North Korea has reportedly been able to develop and a new and sophisticated reconnaissance satellite and might even have the technology to move it on to mobile launcher, according to most recent media reports. An unnamed government source was quoted… Read More ›
An Academic Alleges Debt Trap To ‘Bend Other Countries To Its Will’ Being Used By China
Partner countries of China’s inter-continental Belt and Road Network would be deprived of their valuable natural resources and there is threat that they would be “shackled” by the project, if one of the critics of the project is to be… Read More ›
China allowing tourism in North Korea through its border cities with its ally
Thanks to Chinese tourists North Korea earns $44 million a year in foreign currency. According to tourism sources, Chinese tourists are still visiting Pyongyang from China’s border city Dandong. The development is despite apparent unofficial halting of such tours, just… Read More ›