China will soon become “the most powerful and influential country in the world,” says celebrated journalist Martin Jacques. It is predicted that by 2050, China’s economy will be twice that of the United States. What will Beijing do with all that power and influence?
PART 1: A Chinese Primacy in the Making
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All the narcissism the Bharat has been bragging thereon has not been Hindus heritage exclusively save some portion thereof. ‘Ashoka the great’ has added some portion to this heritage but he was a Buddhist. Finally British Empire has also a share in contributing to Indian heritage but the 1000 years Muslim Rule has a lion’s [...]
Maldives is a small country comprising of 1191 tiny islands in the Indian Ocean. The population of Maldives is around 300,000 excluding 100,000 workers who are not Maldivians. The Maldivian people are predominately Sunni Muslims.
US interests in Maldives has brought the country in the limelight. US Ambassador to Maldives, Robert Blake who is presently doing [...]
Sharing a 4000 kilometre-long disputed border with China and having suffered a military attack from China in 1962, India cannot but be highly concerned about the aggressive military development in its immediate environment. China Defence White Paper – 2008 (hereafter referred to as Paper – 08) have some grave messages for its Asian neighbours which [...]
Though the Western media is having a blow at the China in the backdrop of the grandeur of Olympics, the fact is that China has arranged the most tech-savvy and modern Olympics ever this world has seen. China has spent a whooping $40 billion on the Olympics and intends to spend more if needed and [...]
As the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India runs the anti-China riots in the Tibet region of China with the full support of India, China becomes more apprehensive and angry over the role of India in the region to destabilize its’ neighbours.
Pakistan, Srilanka and China all the neighbours are wary of Indian role in creating restive [...]
