Category: Asia

Timeline: U.S.-China relations (1949-2020)

October 1949 – People’s Republic of China Established Chinese Communist Party leader Mao Zedong establishes the People’s Republic of China in Beijing on October 1 after peasant-backed Communists defeat the Nationalist government of Chiang...

The end of Hong Kong as we know it

Beijing is killing the goose that laid the golden egg, as it imposes its own national security law on Hong Kong, writes John West. From British to Chinese colonialism Hong Kong is basically a...

This week in Indian Diplomacy

Ministry of External Affairs issued a press brief yesterday as their official spokesperson, Anurag Srivastava gave an update on the “Vande Bharat” mission and answered questions on Nepal, China, desert locusts and so on....

Is Australia over-reliant on China?

Introduction Australia’s call for an investigation into China’s role as the origin of the Covid-19 pandemic is quickly morphing into a trade war, one that could have unhealthy impacts on both sides. China has...