The Kalchakra Pooja at Bodh Gaya: Spiritualism and Nationalism
The Kalchakra Pooja is supposed to be the most advanced form of Vajrayana practice and is one of the most complex systems in Tantric Buddhism. The present Dalai Lama, the...
A Case Study of China’s Membership of the World Trade Organization: Implications on Sovereignty
Widely called mainland China, The Peoples Republic of China is the oldest civilization, and the largest country in the world in terms of population.[1] Since 1980, China has become the...
Japan’s December 2012 General Election: Some Notes And Observations
Japan’s 47th General Election, held on 16 December 2012, was a landslide victory for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), triumphantly returned from three years in the political wilderness of Opposition, and...
The US 2012 Election and China: Why a Real Dialogue about Human Rights will never Happen
Despite a prominent presence in the campaign, US policy towards China is very unlikely to change - especially on the hyper-sensitive topic of human rights. BY ANTONY OU | November...
A Case Study of China’s Membership of the World Trade Organization: Implications on Sovereignty
Widely called mainland China, The Peoples Republic of China is the oldest civilization, and the largest country in the world in terms of population. Since 1980, China has become the...
The Secretive World of the Communist Party
The lack of transparency surrounding the appointment of China’s new Communist Party government later this year extends to basic political and economic philosophy BY MARTINE BULARD | SEPTEMBER 06, 2012...
The Needs of Further Development for Pearl River Delta
The main objective of this article is to examine the needs for further development in Pearl River Delta and how the policies of the Hong Kong and other local governments...
Agni-5: The National Firework of India
India's successful launch of a long range inter-continental ballistic missile has led to hyper-nationalist posturing and antagonism with China, of a kind disappointingly reminiscent of Cold War hubris. The bombastic...
China’s Attitude May Hinder its Quest for Africa’s Natural Resources
China’s willingness to invest in Africa has brought benefits to both that continent and the Chinese people. But if Chinese leaders do not quickly respond to the growing mass political...
New Challenges, Old Recipes: Communist Propaganda for China’s Youth
Since the Communist Youth League (CYL) became a mass organization in its present form after the 1949 communist victory in China, it has been at the forefront of the Chinese...
Hong Kong Democracy: A Pessimistic Review
“Newlonkong” is a neologism referring to the three international economic centres namely New York, London and Hong Kong. However, among the three places, Hong Kong might be regarded as the...
Grievance, Mobilisation and State Response: An examination of the Naxalite Insurgency in India
In the decades following the end of the Cold War, civil and ethnic wars have become more prevalent than traditional inter-state war. The motivations for and the methods used to...
The Impact of Renminbi (Rmb) Appreciation on The Hong Kong Property Market
In this article, I will point out and discuss the effect of the reform of exchange rate institution on the real estate market, and the discussion suggests that the appreciation...
The Cosmopolitanisation of Cartography Raising The Specter of Legitimacy in Geography
This work is about arguing that the maps of the world should be reconsidered in a global dialogue: in a process that opens the dispute of boundaries between union-states, regions,...
Return to Countryside: a New Attempt of Rural Financial Transformation
In July 2009, the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) issued a three-year plan on the development of New Rural Financial Institutions. The plan proposed to set up 1294 New Rural Financial...