Geography Archives: Asia

It is clearly not a political agitation; it clearly has no “leaders”. The Bharatiya Janata Party is adept at dealing with “leaders”, by dividing them, by defaming them, by corrupting them, by buying them up, and by threatening them with the Enforcement Directorate and the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act; had this agitation been led by “leaders” it would not have gone as far as it did.

The immediate demands of the recent student-youth rallies in Delhi and elsewhere related to the incessant leaks of examination papers.

The Delhi police had controversially barged into the CPI(M)’s headquarters in pursuit of this old warrant.

In July, free software from China set off the worst week for U.S. chip stocks in over a year and briefly cost Nvidia its place as the world’s most valuable company. Wall Street panicked because Chinese firms had matched the leading U.S. artificial intelligence systems. But the selloff exposed something deeper. The AI boom rests […]

The release of two Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) models ranking with the most advanced American systems, timed to coincide with the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, has provoked panic in Washington and Silicon Valley, exposing the fragility of the speculative bubble on which the entire American stock market now rests.

China’s Marxist economic policy was developed to deal with a specific country at a specific stage of development. But this does not mean that it is not relevant to other countries.

Can all the people be fooled all the time? Can a country with a population of a billion-and-a-half be dragged around like a corpse forever? It cannot. The Cockroaches are out and about.

The conference in Lahore centered on the principal contradictions of our time: world capitalism, neocolonialism, and imperialism on the one hand, and the forces resisting them on the other. It is rare for seminars like these to have such clarity of purpose.

“China is ready to be more open, take more practical actions, and assume a more visionary perspective. We are ready to work with all parties to seize the opportunities of AI development and meet the challenges, and join hands to create a brighter future for humanity.” – Xi Jinping

China’s second quarter GDP growth saw a significant deceleration, down to 4.3% year over year from 5.0% in the first quarter and weaker than forecast.

Fifty-one years after victory over Washington’s war machine, Vietnam faces a subtler assault – sanctions, debt, and covert subversion – and answers with a commitment to peace and development.

An amendment to the National Food Security Act (NFSA) under which the AAY operates is about to be enacted under which instead of 35 kilogrammes per household per month, 7 kilogrammes per person per month would henceforth be distributed, up to a maximum of 35 kilogrammes per household per month.

Apolinario Mabini is the most neglected or ignored figure in the pantheon of heroes of the revolution against Spain and the United States.

These two conflicts, the aerial and the environmental, are interconnected. Both reflect a struggle for survival shaped by a Pakistani state that has prioritized military spending over water security, geopolitical interests over ecological planning, and the interests of large landowners over those of small farmers.

What is true of the world economy as a whole holds true for countries like India which have enormous labour reserves inherited from the colonial times, reserves hidden away in particular in vast agrarian sectors.

When the last U.S. soldier left Taiwan in 1979, Washington’s grip did not loosen–it simply changed shape, shifting from barracks and warships to classrooms, newsrooms, and the minds of a generation.

The objective of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is to establish a Hindu state (“Hindu Rashtra”) in India.

A profound contradiction confronts East Asia: the region drives global development, yet U.S. imperialism seeks to transform it into a frontline of the New Cold War. The region’s future depends on ordinary people, not war planners.

A global survey found people in most countries see the United States as the biggest threat to the world, and prefer China over the U.S. These are the results of the EU-backed Democracy Perception Index.

India’s citizens are witnessing a remarkable inversion of democracy: a government choosing its voters rather than the other way around.