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From the enigmatic Easter Island in the East to the dying Aral Sea in the West, Asia is a land of contrasts: two great civilizations – India and China – deserts, hugely populated areas and a great number of indigenous people struggling for their survival.
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Indian PM Narendra Modi & Zionism
A question of ideology
A. G. Noorani ए जी नूरानी
The Hindu right wing’s admiration for Israel and the Zionist ideology is born out of its antipathy to Muslims.
It is perfectly correct for India to have good relations with the state of Israel. It is demeaning for any Indian to endorse the ...
Fear and loathing on the Afghan Silk Road
Pepe Escobar Пепе Эскобар
Anyone attempting to "rebuild" Afghanistan will have their work cut out. The success of China's Belt and Road Initiative hinges on progress being made, however
Will the New Silk Roads, a.k.a. Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) ever manage ...
Xi’s wild geese chase the Silk Road gold
Pepe Escobar Пепе Эскобар
President Xi Jinping invokes Ming dynasty heroes, geopolitical development strategies and wild Asian geese analogies to portray China’s New Silk Roads initiative as the flagship of a trade-focussed new world order
Chinese President Xi Jinping ...
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Belt and Road Forum: China widens its Silk Road to the world
- Pepe Escobar Пепе Эскобар
Beijing hopes its top-level two-day Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, starting this ...
China after the party: an interview with Wang Hui
- En Liang Khong 恩良孔
The luminary of China’s emergent “New Left” speaks to openDemocracy about the lessons ...
Nuclear Threats Against North Korea: Consequences of the 'forgotten' war
- Bruce Cumings
The media claim that North Korea is trying to obtain and use weapons of mass destruction. Yet the United ...
Could Great Wall of Iron become New Silk Roadblock?
- Pepe Escobar Пепе Эскобар
Taking extreme measures to fight Islamic influences in Xinjiang province could hurt the One Road, One ...
Philippine President Duterte: ‘Goodbye US, hello China’
- Alexis Romero
Rody: Separation from US, triumvirate with China, Russia
BEIJING – President Duterte announced ...
Afghanistan; It’s the Heroin, Stupid
- Pepe Escobar Пепе Эскобар
Here we go again. In yet another Pentagon precision strike, a residential building in Achin district ...
Monsanto+Bayer=MoBay, the poisonous cartel of GMOs against India
- Vandana Shiva
India is steeped in a synthesized controversy created by Monsanto on the first GM crop, supposedly approved ...
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