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• China & South Asia

  Two decades after 9/11, China is more concerned than ever about Afghanistan

  9 September 2021, by ZHANG Rachel

  • The Taliban’s victory could give rise to bolder attacks by other extremist groups, threatening China’s economic interests
  • There is also a fear that counterterrorism efforts in Xinjiang could be endangered by a resurgence in extremism
  The deadly terrorist attacks against the United (...)

• China & South Asia

  China’s new fence on Myanmar border shows shift in strategy along complex frontier

  12 January 2021, by Asean Today

  China’s construction of a fence along parts of its varied border with Myanmar has prompted questions about Beijing’s changing approach to the frontier.
  Editorial
  The land border between China and Myanmar stretches for 2,227 kilometers, through the steep mountains in Myanmar’s Kachin State, past (...)

• China & South Asia

  China-India Border: Why Tensions are Rising Between the Neighbours

  June 2020, by ETHIRAJAN Anbarasan, PANDEY Vikas

  The armies of the world’s two most populous nations are locked in a tense face-off high in the Himalayas, which has the potential to escalate as they seek to further their strategic goals.
  Officials quoted by the Indian media say thousands of Chinese troops have forced their way into the Galwan (...)

• China & South Asia

  An introduction to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor – The CPEC became a flagship OBOR project

  16 August 2017, by LEE Robin

  While initial plans for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) predate those of OBOR it has been given renewed impetus under it and has come to be described as a flagship OBOR [One Belt One Road] project. Along with the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor, the CPEC receives (...)