Silk Road Arsenals – Part 1

Silk Road Arsenals – Part 1

China conquers the world with cheap weapons State-of-the-art samples of Chinese military products (MP) presented to the public at the international salon “Airshow China 2018”, suggest that the strategy of the national defence industry development sets the pace to ensure the advance of the leading countries of the West and Russia. Beijing’s policy of priority…

Expect Counter-Intel and BRI-Aid Developments After Pakistan’s INGO Regulations

Expect Counter-Intel and BRI-Aid Developments After Pakistan’s INGO Regulations

Pakistan’s recent regulation of International NGOs (INGOs) must be followed up by additional security measures by the counter-intelligence services in order to root out the rest of the foreign intelligence agents that have embedded themselves inside the country, but any possible gains on this front won’t be sustainable unless Islamabad properly addresses the socio-economic issues…

Why Does China Love Electric Cars? Beijing, Washington & The Fall of Rome

Why Does China Love Electric Cars? Beijing, Washington & The Fall of Rome

The numbers speak for themselves. 746,000 New Energy passenger cars were sold in China between January and October. By the end of 2018, all buses and taxis in the vital tech hub city of Shenzen will be electric. The central borough of the city of Dalian is expected to reach this benchmark by 2020. Chinese…

EU Event Chastises China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

EU Event Chastises China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

The European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS) put together a day-long seminar chastising the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Organised by Jonathan Bullock, a UK Independence Party (UKIP) Member of the European Parliament (MEP), it gathered European critics of China’s rise upon the global stage along with US and European-funded agitators active in undermining Chinese-Pakistani relations. The CPEC is…

Washington’s Dirty Fight Against China’s OBOR

Washington’s Dirty Fight Against China’s OBOR

Five years into China’s ambitious One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative sees analysts and political circles around the globe taking stock of Beijing’s progress. This includes the Wall Street Journal in its article, “U.S. Fights China for Influence, One Project at a Time: Washington prods private sector and focuses on financing as Beijing’s ‘Belt and Road’…