Special Issue | East Asia Digest by Ambassador Gautam Bambawale | INDIA – CHINA BORDER STANDOFF AND ITS IMPLICATIONS | July 2020
SPECIAL ISSUE • INDIA – CHINA BORDER STANDOFF AND ITS IMPLICATIONS What is happening in Eastern Ladakh? In early May 2020, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) moved several divisions of its troops to the area, under the pretense of conducting exercises there. Since there were large numbers of troops involved along several locations of a stretch […]
East Asia Digest by Ambassador Gautam Bambawale | July 2020
I Overview China:• Chinese Economy posts positive growth in Q2• China undertakes Phase – 2 trials of an anti Covid-19 vaccine• China launches its first Mars mission• China told to close its Consulate General in Houston, retaliates by shutting US Consulate General in Chengdu Japan:• Covid cases spike in Japan• Japan’s H-2A Rocket launches UAE […]
East Asia Digest by Ambassador Gautam Bambawale | August 2020
I Overview China:• Industrial output rises in July• India – China border situation continues to fester• Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign against the police in China• Pakistan FM Qureshi visits counterpart Wang Yi in China Japan:• Japan is warned by China not to ban TikTok• Japan marks 75th Anniversary of atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki• Japanese shipping firm considers compensation for Mauritius […]
