Geography Archives: Asia

The Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Nicaragua, Qu Yuhui, expressed his hope that this Peace Ship would serve as a vehicle for the friendship between the two countries to take deep root.

According to a report in the Times of India (November 23), the United States has asked European countries to restrict immigration in order to preserve “Western Civilization.” Many in the Third World would find the term “Western Civilization” laughable, especially if it is used in the sense of denoting something precious and worth preserving. The atrocities […]

Setting aside concerns of various kind on the resilience of the Chinese economy, foreign financial investors are rushing into the country’s financial markets.

It may be thought that just as any tendency towards a financial outflow causes a squeeze on the living conditions of the working people via an exchange rate depreciation, any opposite tendency, towards an inflow of finance (in excess of the autonomously determined current account deficit in any period) should have the opposite effect of appreciating the exchange rate and hence lowering the cost of living, to the benefit of the working masses.

China’s zero-tariff policy for African countries is also part of its socialist internationalist commitment to strengthening economic ties and promoting industrial investment that supports local production in Africa.

A conference in Shanghai brings together perspectives from across the Global South regarding the World War Against Fascism, challenging western narratives.

The point here is not to criticise the GST rate cut as such; but to underscore the fact that any such rate cut, must be accompanied by an equivalent increase in resource mobilization at the expense of the rich, a matter that is squarely within the domain of the central government.

It is a historic victory for Zohran Mamdani as he won the New York City mayoral race, defeating the former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.

Prison mirrors society in its hierarchies. Its walls replicate the structures of caste, class, and privilege with cruel precision. This book joins a growing canon of India’s prison literature.

The U.S. has tried to use economic and military pressure to maintain a dominant position in Asia, but the rise of China and the region’s agenda have made it increasingly difficult.

Lei said at the press conference that achieving this goal will be a marked step in meeting the people’s growing expectations for a healthy and fulfilling life, and it will also reflect the comprehensive outcomes of China’s high-quality economic and social development. 

On November 1, 2025, Kerala would have achieved a milestone that no other state in the country has achieved, by implementing a comprehensive programme that no other government in India ever had the courage or vision to conceptualise.

Global supply chains (GSCs)—which account for around 70 percent of international trade—are often referred to as the backbone of the world economy.

From Toshiba to Huawei: America’s Long War on Superior Competitors.

Mao Zedong said in 1956 that, by the beginning of the 21st century, China would have become “a powerful socialist industrial country” and that “she ought to have made a greater contribution to humanity.”

ON October 11 in New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi advised Indian farmers to grow more “export-oriented crops”.

Students say they simply gathered on campus yesterday and held up posters of Saibaba, who died last year after a decade of wrongful incarceration.

One of the major criticisms of China’s breakneck development in recent decades has been the impact on nature—returning after 15 years away, BEN CHACKO assessed whether the government’s recent turn to environmentalism has yielded results

In 2009, scientists from Bicol and Kochi universities in the Philippines and Japan, respectively reported their study on the overfishing of three Siganid species in Lagonoy Gulf. These species belong to the same family as “Bataway.”  In fact,  one of the three is considered synonymous to the “Bataway” species.  

The immediate cause of the Gen-Z protest was the Oli Government’s announcement of its intention to ban social media apps in case they fail to register themselves under regulations within the stipulated time frame.