A Pakistani student’s reflection on Conference on Dialogue for Asian Civilizations that held in Beijing May 13-15, 2019. By Ahsamullah Najib It was a memorable event of my life to participate in a mega event that featured world leaders, scholars, artists, and celebrities. The Asian Civilization Parade, Asian Cultural Festival, Asian Civilization Joint Exhibition, Asian Film and TV Week, Asian …
Displaced from their land by multinational mining companies, nomadic herders defied the odds to preserve their heritage for future generations by Rod Austin Just 10 years ago, the district of Khanbogd, in southern Mongolia’s Omnogovi province, was a barely known region of eastern Asia. That changed with the discovery of gold and copper deposits below the seemingly endless Gobi desert, home to a …
Mushahid Hussain showers praise on Chinese people, students for transformation Herald Report Islamabad: China and Pakistan have shared dreams of prosperity, peace, co-existence and development in the region and for the world. These views were shared by Chinese ambassador Yao Jing and Pakistani Senator Mushahid Hussain at a degree awarding ceremony held at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts …
Members of Uighur Muslim community say Islamabad is not fighting for their rights as it keeps close ties with China. By Maija Liuhto Rawalpindi On a cold winter evening, Mohammad Hassan Abdul Hameed, 34, walks towards his restaurant, past silk stores in the busy China Market in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. He, like many others here, belongs to the persecuted Uighur community …
By Gerry Shih NEAR SHAYMAK, Tajikistan — Two miles above sea level in the inhospitable highlands of Central Asia, there’s a new power watching over an old passage into Afghanistan: China. For at least three years, Chinese troops have quietly monitored this choke point in Tajikistan just beyond China’s western frontier, according to interviews, analysis of satellite images and photographs, …
Maria Dombrov Collapsing Glaciers in The Himalaya–Hindu Kush mountain ranges & the Tibetan Plateau From Nature: “Tibetan communities are dealing with the impacts of collapsing glaciers. In October 2018, debris dammed the Yarlung Tsangpo River, which forms the headwater of the Brahmaputra, threatening areas as far afield as Bangladesh with flooding.” Read more about how collapsing glaciers are affecting Asian communities and …
In this presentation, Daniyar Kosnazarov analyzes the projection of China’s soft power in Kazakhstan, and draws attention to the barriers that limit Chinese public and cultural diplomacy in Central Asia. Daniyar Kosnazarov Back in 2014, I was part of a team that established a new government think tank in Astana. At our meeting with president of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, we …
Should the world worry? A HUNDRED YEARS ago a wave of student protests broke over China’s great cities. Desperate to reverse a century of decline, the leaders of the May Fourth Movement wanted to jettison Confucianism and import the dynamism of the West. The creation of a modern China would come about, they argued, by recruiting “Mr Science” and “Mr …
Reuters BEIJING: A Chinese man attacked at least 20 young children at a Beijing primary school with a hammer on Tuesday, state television reported, in a rare act of violence in the capital. A 49-year-old man, a former maintenance worker at the school, was detained after venting his anger on the children after his work contract was not renewed, state …
AFP China said on Monday it would welcome UN officials to the restive western region of Xinjiang with the condition that they stay out of the country’s internal affairs. This comes after UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said in December that her office was seeking access to the region to verify reports of re-education camps holding Muslim minorities. Reports …
