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Amid US-China confrontation, Pakistan faces strategic geopolitical dilemma
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 18 (ANI): Pakistan faces a strategic dilemma as it has no role in Biden's alliance-building against China and the US is looking to end its "endless war" in Afghanistan, reported Asia Times.
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International airline industry initiates trial of COVID-19 travel pass
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], March 17 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Monday started the trial of a travel pass designed for the pandemic era, reported Asia Times.
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Gen Z protests outmanoeuvre, expose old-fashioned coup makers in Myanmar
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Chiang Mai [Thailand], February 13 (ANI): The Generation Z-led street demonstrations across Myanmar have outmanoeuvred and exposed old-fashioned coup makers. It exposed how out of touch is Myanmar's military leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing with the country's youth, reported Asia Times.
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France joins US to mount multilateral challenge on China in South China Se
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, February 12 (ANI): France on Friday deployed a nuclear attack submarine in the South China Sea, in line with US President Joe Biden's call to mount a multilateral challenge to China, reported Asia Times.
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China likely to retaliate against UK's citizenship offer for Hong Kong res
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, February 7 (ANI): China is expected to step up retaliation in March against the UK's scheme to offer citizenship to millions of Hong Kong people through British National (Overseas) (BNO) passport, reported Asia Times.
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Myanmar's coup reveals cracks in divided region
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, February 6 (ANI): The Myanmar military's brazen coup against Aung San Suu Kyi's democratically-elected government has sent shockwaves across Southeast Asia and revealed new cracks in their increasingly trade-driven collective bloc, reported Asia Times.
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How the saga of financial interest, Myanmar's military domination resulted
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], February 6 (ANI): The military coup of Myanmar on February 1 is the saga of General Min Aung Hlaing financial interests and the military's unscrutinised economic domination, reported Asia Times.
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China making cautious moves to save its investments in Myanmar after coup
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Chiang Mai [Myanmar], February 5 (ANI): After a military coup in Myanmar on February 1, China is again poised to be the "friend in need" it has always been in times of crisis for the country, reported Asia Times.
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China's dam-building over Brahmaputra risks water war with India
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 24 (ANI): China's plan to dam the Yarlung Zangbao, the world's highest river, threatens to spark conflict with downstream India, reported Asia Times.
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China's illegal 'profiteering' in power sector leads to massive blackouts
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], January 22 (ANI): China has invested billions in Pakistan's power sector but all the deals made with Pakistan are tainted that contributed to the recent nationwide blackout, which is likely to return in future, reported Asia Times.
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Seoul hopes appointment of new foreign minister will persuade Biden to eng
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], January 21 (ANI): South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday named Chung Eui-yong, a key player behind North Korean-US summits (denuclearization talks), as his new foreign minister only hours before the Joe Biden administration took office, reported Asia Times.
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Another Wuhan awaits China at Hebei following surge in COVID-19 infections
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 8 (ANI): Amid the Chinese claims of COVID-19 containment, another Wuhan awaits in Hebei province, a geographical buffer zone around the capital Beijing, reported Asia Times.
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