China will jail people who eat rare animals for 10 years or more under a new interpretation of the criminal law, state media reported, as the government seeks to close a legal loophole and better protect the natural environment. China lists 420 species as rare or endangered, including the Continue Reading
President Xi Jinping gave a strong signal that Beijing is not about to back away from its growing assertiveness in Asia, especially in disputed waters as China announces its biggest rise in military spending in three years. The government has stated that it would increase the defense budget by 12.2 percent this year to 808.23 […]Continue Reading
NarendraModi, the leading candidate to be India’s next prime minister after a forthcoming election, declared the disputed territory of Arunachal Pradesh an integral part of India on Saturday and urged China to abandon its “mindset of expansion”.India and China fought a brief border war in 1962. The nuclear-armed neighbours signed a pact in October to […]Continue Reading