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INDIA CHINA

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 11, 2022
Making the case for NATO Indo-Pacific cooperation
Shifts in the balance of power from the U.S. to China, slowing world growth and increasing income inequality have changed the calculus of war and peace.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 26, 2022
Big grocery shock looms as food giants face cooking oil risk
The world's biggest shipper, Indonesia, will halt some cooking oil exports from April 28 after a domestic shortage led to street protests over high food costs.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 12, 2022
India hopes ‘Pharma City’ will break China’s grip on industry
It's a vast project that shows how governments are growing increasingly concerned about China's stranglehold over drug supplies — as well as the challenges they face in loosening it.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 5, 2022
Who does the U.S. think it is, telling India how to respond to Ukraine?
All countries act according to their own geopolitical calculations and none is immune from making mistakes, including the U.S.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 4, 2022
Growing ties between Pakistan and China raise concern in Washington and New Delhi
China's supply of advanced military equipment to Pakistan is part of an intensifying military and intelligence cooperation that reflects the growing level of trust between the two sides.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 4, 2022
What political upheaval in Pakistan means for rest of the world
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's actions have created huge uncertainty in Islamabad, fueling anger among the opposition and deepening the country's political crisis.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 1, 2022
The new global Cold War clouds India’s tightrope walk
India's solo struggle to rein in an expansionist China in the icy Himalayan region has helped influence its measured response to the Russian aggression against Ukraine.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 15, 2021
Beijing turns to hybrid 'lawfare' to expand its borders
China has become quite adept at waging “lawfare” — the misuse and abuse of law for political and strategic ends.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Nov 18, 2021
Asia’s three largest economies and polluters face tough road toward ditching coal
For Japan, China and India, promises to further reduce emissions by phasing out coal run straight into domestic political roadblocks and social realities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 18, 2021
U.S. asks Japan, China and others to consider tapping oil reserves, sources say
The unusual request comes as Biden fends off political pressure over rising pump prices and other consumer costs driven by a rebound in economic activity.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Nov 15, 2021
How a dispute over coal nearly sank the Glasgow Climate Pact
As envoys prepared to take their seats to adopt the accord on Saturday night, an unresolved dispute over coal threatened to derail it, and most of the people in the room had no idea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 10, 2021
Dalai Lama says China's leaders 'don't understand variety of cultures'
Tibet's spiritual leader criticized the leaders of China on Wednesday, saying there is too much control by the main Han ethnic group.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 7, 2021
Energy crisis that revived coal in India and China is easing, for now
Officials pressed miners to rapidly boost output and lifted imports, allowing power plants and major industrial consumers to start rebuilding stockpiles.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Oct 31, 2021
COP26 aims to banish coal. Asia is building hundreds of power plants to burn it.
In Asia, home to 60% of the world's population, coal's use is growing rather than shrinking as rapidly developing countries seek to meet booming demand for power.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 29, 2021
After worst fighting in decades, India bolsters disputed China border with U.S. weapons
Chinook helicopters, ultralight towed howitzers and rifles, supersonic cruise missiles and a cutting-edge surveillance system will support troops in the Himalayas.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 25, 2021
La Nina threatens to worsen energy crisis with colder winter
Northeastern Asia is expected to be particularly hard hit, at a time when China and other nations are grappling with surging fuel prices.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 18, 2021
India and China deadlocked over troops near key Himalayan pass
The two nations have made some progress in disengagement talks, but are now stuck in a deadlock on how best to pull back troops from a strategic point in the Himalayas.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2021
Coal crisis leaves India with few options to avoid power crunch
While shortages of coal in China and their own power crunch have commanded most recent attention, it's India that's facing a potentially worsening scenario.

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