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Project Syndicate July 21, 2020 China’s Five-Finger Punch Tibet is the key to China’s territorial claims in the Himalayan region – and not only because of geography. As long as the Communist Party of China – and especially China's revisionist president, Xi Jinping – holds a monopoly on power, none of the country’s neighbors will be safe. NEW DELHI – As the world struggles to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, which first emerged in China, Chinese President Xi Jinping is pursuing his quest for regional dominance more aggressively than ever. From the Himalayas to Hong Kong and Tibet to the South and East China Seas, Xi seems to be picking up where Mao Zedong left off, with little fear of international retribution. The parallels between Xi and the despots of the past are obvious. He has overseen a brutal crackdown on dissent, engineered the effective demise of the “one country, two systems” arrangement with Hong Kong, filled concentration camps and detention centers...

The Indian Express July 21, 2020 India must formally revive Quad, seek its expansion The time for ambivalence is over and while India will have to fight its own t erritorial battle s with determination, this is the moment to seek external balancing. It is also time to seek an enlargement of this grouping into a partnership of the like-minded. When America first reached out to India in the early 1990s to offer military-to-military cooperation, the Indian Navy (IN), keen to shed its Cold War insularity, responded eagerly. The recent re-emergence of terms like “Malabar” and “Quad” in the media, as well as in the national security discourse should be music to the ears of India’s small but diehard band of “navalists” (advocates of maritime power), who had not long ago heard disheartening public pronouncements that since the Indian armed forces were not “expeditionary forces” — for global deployment — they must confine themselves to “guard and fight” only along national ...

The Hindu July 21, 2020 China repeats claim on Bhutan’s east China said that it has offered Bhutan a “package solution” to its boundary dispute, reviving a reference to its 1996 proposal for a territory swap to give Bhutan the disputed areas in its north in exchange for the disputed western areas, including Doklam. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) also repeated its claim on Bhutan’s eastern boundary at Sakteng, which experts warn, maybe a new pressure tactic by Beijing to push Thimphu into concluding a boundary deal. “The boundary between China and Bhutan is yet to be demarcated, and the middle, eastern and western sections of the border are disputed. China has proposed a package solution to these disputes,” said Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Tuesday, when asked about the Sakteng claim. During a meeting of the UNDP-led Global Environment Facility on June 2-3 this year, the Chinese representative had tried, unsuccessfully...

South China Morning Post July 21, 2020 China bought more US debt in May despite talk of financial war amid rising trans-Pacific tensions China added US$10.9 billion of the US Treasury securities in May, the first purchase since February, although the US$1.08 trillion total is slightly down from 12 months earlier Tensions have been rising between Beijing and Washington over the coronavirus, Hong Kong and Xinjiang, with questions raised over China’s access to the US dollar Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest military contractor, is the first American company that the Chinese government has targeted for punishment during the Trump administration. Photo: Reuters Chinese officials are considering the possibility that Washington could cut off China’s access to the Swift international payment system. Photo: Shutterstock President Xi Jinping has called on Chinese business entrepreneurs to be patriotic and innovative while the country grapples with the coronavirus and moun...

Voz Wire March 20, 2020 Jacqueline Bowser Larry Klayman co-founder of  Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch has filed a $20 trillion dollar class-action lawsuit against China’s government for the COVID-19 global pandemic. Klayman is alleging that the coronavirus COVID-19 globally pandemic is a result of a Chinese bioweapon that spread worldwide. The lawsuit filed on Tuesday is seeking that the People’s Republic of China is held responsible for damages to Americans and he believes other countries will join the lawsuit.  The class-action lawsuit has named the Wuhan Institute of Virology located in Wuhan, China, the institute’s director, Shi Zhengli, the Liberation Army and Major General and virologist  Chen Wei of China’s Liberation Army as defendants. Klayman filed the lawsuit on behalf of Freedom Watch and Buzz Photos. Buzz Photos a photography company located in Texas that specializes in youth sports has claimed that due to school closures the company is now ...

Great Game India March 24, 2020 China’s Biological Warfare Program is believed to be in an advanced stage that includes research and development, production and weaponization capabilities. Its current inventory is believed to include the full range of traditional chemical and biological agents with a wide variety of delivery systems including artillery rockets, aerial bombs, sprayers, and short-range ballistic missiles. History A combination of past and present geostrategic factors distinctly affect the Chinese approaches and outlooks with regard to Biological Warfare. The first major factor is the relapsing Japanese Biological Warfare attacks against and human Biological Warfare experimenting on Chinese populations, which took place from 1933 to 1945, killing and injuring tens of thousands, without the Chinese being able to cope or retaliate. The employment of Biological Warfare against the Chinese by the Japanese military had a long-lasting impact in China. The Chi...

India Today March 23, 2020 Vidya Researchers all over the world are working to develop a vaccine for the deadly coronavirus that has already claimed more than 14,000 people and infected over 3 lakh globally. However, if some social media users are to be believed, American scientists have already developed a cure for Covid-19. Facebook user " Tooro Television " posted a photo of a few sachets on which is written SGTI-flex COVID-19 IgM/IgG. The claim along with the picture says, "#Great news! Carona virus vaccine ready. Able to cure patient within 3 hours after injection. Hats off to US Scientists. Trump announced that Roche Medical Company will launch the vaccine next Sunday, and millions of doses are ready from it!" India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found that the claim is misleading and the photo being shared is not a vaccine to cure Covid-19, but a testing kit developed by South Korea. A few days ago, many social media users claimed th...

Hindustan Times  Published By: Rahul Singh The sales fell during the one-year period because of fewer orders from the Indian armed forces, showed the figures published on Monday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri). The combined sales of three Indian companies that figure among the world’s 100 top arms suppliers stood at $5.9 billion in 2018, a drop of 6.9% compared to the previous year, according to the latest data released by a leading Stockholm-based think-tank that tracks the weapons industry. The sales fell during the one-year period because of fewer orders from the Indian armed forces, showed the figures published on Monday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri). The three Indian companies on Sipri’s list of top 100 global arms firms are Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), the Indian Ordnance Factories and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL); their global ranks last year stood at 38, 56 and 62 respectivel...