Myanmar: Muslims Back Monks, Warn China
The Muslims in the Arakan (now called Rakhine) State of Myanmar have strongly come out in support of the uprising against the military...
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Sep 20, 20073 min read
Myanmar Unrest Not Only Anti-Junta, But Also Anti-Chinese
The protest demonstrations by students and monks, which have been sweeping across lower and central Myanmar since August 19,2007, are not...
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Sep 19, 20077 min read
Normalisation of China-Japan Ties: Historical Bonds and Limitations of their Roles
It cannot be denied that following the ‘ice-breaking’ visit of the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the People’s Republic of China...
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Sep 19, 20076 min read
Myanmar Army Jittery As Unrest Persists
The ruling military junta in Myanmar is showing signs of nervousness as the unrest of the students and monks is not only persisting, but...
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Aug 4, 20076 min read
The American Hug and The Chinese Frown
The US uses countries and leaders when it suits it and when it feels that such use is in its national interest. If a situation arises...
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Jul 20, 20074 min read
Pakistan: Iraq In The Making?
Eight suicide bombings since the raid by the Pakistani Army commandoes into the Lal Masjid campus on July 10 to neutralise a group of...
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Jul 19, 20074 min read
Musharraf Faces Pashtun Mutiny
In the wake of the bloody military operation to neutralise the jihadi elements, which had taken control of the Lal Masjid in Islamabad,...
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Jul 14, 20076 min read
Lal Masjid Operation: The Aftermath
The reactions to the raid of the Pakistani security forces into the Lal Masjid complex in Islamabad have been violent in the Pashtun belt...
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Jul 4, 20078 min read
How Chinese Anger Forced Musharraf To Act Against Lal Masjid
(To be read in continuation of my earlier article titled “Musharraf’s Bhindranwale“ at the SAAG website.) January 22,2007: Female...
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Jun 26, 20075 min read
Myanmar: Search For New Strategy
(Based on the writer’s observations during a visit to Malaysia and Thailand) The National Convention of Myanmar, set up by its military...
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May 26, 20077 min read
Changing Inter-Korean Ties: China's Views
Signs indicating a definite forward movement in the relations between the two Koreas have appeared of late; the process, when gets...
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May 22, 20074 min read
A US-Friendly "Tiger" As Chinese Foreign Minister
As the head of the US Liaison Office in Beijing between 1974 and 1976, Mr.George H.W. Bush, the father of the present US President, had a...
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May 19, 20074 min read
Darfur Shadow Over Beijing Olympics
Addressing a joint press conference with visiting British Foreign Secretary Ms. Margaret Beckett at Beijing on May 18,2007, Mr.Yang...
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May 12, 20073 min read
Myanmar Gas:The Pipeline Psywar
In a despatch of April 21,2007, China’s official Hsinhua news agency has quoted the SINOPEC, the state-owned Chinese oil company, as...
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Apr 16, 20074 min read
Confusion Over Myanmar-China Gas Supply Talks
As appeared in www.saag.org Has the Government of Myanmar declined to sell gas from its Arakan reserves to and decided to sell it to...
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Apr 15, 20075 min read
Chinese Quest for Soft Power
As appeared in www.saag.org Mao Zedong taught the Chinese people that power comes out of the barrel of a gun. Military strength was his...
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Mar 6, 20077 min read
Gwadar, Hambantota and Sitwe: China's Strategic Triangle
As appeared in www.saag.org Very few would have heard of Gwadar in Pakistan, Hambantota in Sri Lanka and Sitwe (Akyab) in Myanmar before...
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Feb 11, 20076 min read
Chinese to Construct Civil-Military Airport at Gwadar
As appeared in www.saag.org In my earlier article titled “Gwadar: Balochs Blast Deal With Singapore Company”, I had mentioned as follows:...
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Jan 21, 20075 min read
China: Suspicions of an ‘Asian Nato’ in the Four-Nation Dialogue
As appeared in www.saag.org Prior to analysing the significance of the revelations (The Hindu, January 17,2007) about the ongoing...
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Dec 25, 20065 min read
China In Africa: A Muslim Point Of View
As appeared in www.saag.org How do Islamic analysts view China? Till now, there has been a reluctance on their part to say or write...
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