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China’s access to the sea through Pakistan Posted on 30 April 2010 There is a huge advantage to Pakistan because of its geographic location and its ability to harness the energy of powers who do not have access to the warm waters of the Arabian Sea. There is a a lot of discussion of...

China's aircraft carrier renewed turmoil, real strong or a paper tiger posted by wuxinghongqi China has to build aircraft carriers? This issue has been quiet for a moment, but during "two sessions" refloated. Recently a National People's Congress, National Defense University...

China protesters block railway, fight police Sat May 1, 2010 8:22am IST BEIJING (Reuters) - About 500 villagers in northeastern China blocked a highway and a railway line and fought with police in a dispute about land, state news agency Xinhua said. The stability-obsessed Chinese...

China revises state secrets law to include Internet China on Thursday adopted a revised law on state secrets, designed to adapt authorities' wide-ranging powers to officially include telecoms and online communications. The new law retained a broad definition of what constitutes a secret...

Taiwan workers protest against planned China deal 2010-05-01 16:34 TAIPEI, May 1 (AFP) -- Thousands of Taiwanese people took to the streets of the capital on Saturday for a labour day protest against a planned trade pact with China that they say will threaten the island's workforce...

44 school kids stabbed in China in two days Beijing: Twenty-eight children were stabbed on Thursday by a 47-year-old man at a kindergarten in China's Jiangsu province, a day after 16 primary school students were attacked by a mentally-unstable man in Guangdong province. An unemployed man...

China deploys additional troops on Burmese border - website Text of report in English by Thailand-based Burmese publication Irrawaddy website on 30 April [Report by Wai Moe: "PLA Deploys More Troops at Burma Border"] China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) has recently deployed more...

Pakistan’s military delegation visits Sri Lanka Updated on Saturday, May 01, 2010, 16:20 IST Colombo: Faced with Taliban militancy, Pakistan has shown its keenness in learning about the anti-insurgency operations conducted by the Sri Lankan Army against the LTTE which ended with killing of...

Indonesia to ratify nuclear test ban treaty IANS, May 1, 2010, 07.54am IST NEW YORK: Indonesia said Friday it will soon ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, a step hailed by disarmament advocates as helping the treaty to enter into force. "I warmly welcome the statement made...

CFL bulb scheme will be world's biggest carbon credit project NEW DELHI: India has bagged the world's largest carbon credit project that will help replace 400 million incandescent light bulbs with energy saving CFL bulbs at dirt-cheap prices in a year while preventing 40 million tonnes of...

Indian named UN assistant secretary-general for peacekeeping UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Atul Khare, a former Indian Foreign Service officer, as Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations. Khare, a former Secretary-General's Special...

India, Pakistan troops exchange fire, infiltration bid foiled Indian troops exchanged heavy gunfire with Pakistani forces overnight on Saturday and foiled an infiltration bid by militants trying to cross the Line of Control (LoC) that divides Jammu and Kashmir between the two countries...

UK Polls: Labour promises UNSC seat for India London: In the run up to the United Kingdom Elections, the ruling Labour Party is trying to woo the Indian community. The party now promises a better chance for India to get a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) seat if it wins the elections...

No dilution of NPT in India nuclear deal: US WASHINGTON: The landmark India-US civil nuclear deal giving New Delhi access to nuclear technology despite its refusal to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) would not weaken the pact, says a top US official. "We don't believe we...