Election Commission of India has decided to deploy at least 480 companies of Central Forces in various troubled parts of West Bengal from March 1
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China not against India’s entry in NSG: Envoy
— November 4, 2016China today sought to dispel the view that it was against India’s entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). “The notion that China is against India’s entry into NSG is not right. India and China are working together in this regard,” Consul General of China in Kolkata, Zhanwu Ma said. “Entry of any country into…
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Attack on temples planned to grab Hindu land: Bangladesh NHRC
— November 3, 2016The attacks on several Hindu temples in Bangladesh were carried out under a well-orchestrated plan aimed at grabbing lands of the minority community, the country’s top rights body said today. The statutory National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said their initial investigation into the attacks on several Hindu temples and households in the central Brahmanbaria districts…
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Expect a power struggle at China’s next party plenum
— October 23, 2016FRANCESCO SISCI Clearly the big prize is to dominate the Politburo and the Central Committee at the Party Congress next year, and thus to have the votes to push through the changes and the reforms he deems necessary to move the country forward. “He” is Xi Jinping, head of the party, the government, and the…
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Duterte’s war on drugs winning praise from China
— October 21, 2016Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, currently on a state visit to Beijing, has made clear that he admires many things about China, and has even gone so far as to say “I am Chinese” (referring to his grandfather apparently coming from Xiamen). But perhaps what he appreciates most about China is that it doesn’t criticize the way…
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Philippine president arrives in Beijing
— October 19, 2016Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte arrived in Beijing Tuesday evening, beginning his four-day visit to China. Choosing China as the first country outside the ASEAN since taking office in June, Duterte makes the visit amid a backdrop of deteriorating China-Philippines ties, due to the unilateral filing of the South China Sea arbitration case initiated by his predecessor Benigno…
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Death, drugs and diplomacy
— October 18, 2016It’s been about 100 days into the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte. Since he took power, the Philippine president has overseen the killing of more than 3,500 people in his war on drugs, offended world leaders and strained relations with the US. In an interview since he was sworn in, we talk to Duterte about his…
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Pakistan-trained rebels behind Myanmar border raids !
— October 17, 2016LOOKEAST REPORT Myanmar says a Pakistani Taliban-trained militant leader masterminded the deadly attacks in its Rakhine state recently. A statement from the office of Myanmar’s president Htin Kyaw on Friday said a rebel group called Aqa Mul Mujahideen was behind the raids on three outposts on Myanmar-Bangladesh border, in which 9 policemen were killed. It…
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Where Has Myanmar’s Peace Money Gone ?
— October 13, 2016SAW YAN NAING / LAWI WENG | UNDER former President Thein Sein’s government, over US$100 million poured into Burma’s peace programs by foreign governments and institutions. As the military-backed administration has given way to a National League for Democracy (NLD)-led government, questions linger about the transparency and influence of international funds on the peace process—critics argue that…
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The Chinese Connection
— October 13, 2016EDMUND DOWNIE Evidence points to Chinese involvement in rebel movements in India’s northeast, but this should not be a major roadblock in India-China relations. On June 4th of this year, rebels from northeast India killed at least 20 Indian soldiers and injured 11 in an ambush in the Indian state of Manipur, near the India-Myanmar…
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