Tag: BRICS

Contents: Chinese and Indian behavior: A study in contrasts during Doklam crisis; Analysts draw lessons from the China vs. India Doklam border standoff.

Pakistan has rebuked a declaration by the BRICS nations, supported the Muslim-majority country’s ally China, that denounces Islamabad-affiliated terrorist groups as a threat, bringing the alliance of deveoloping countries closer in line with positions of the United States and its allies.

The BRICS coalition of nations has officially denounced various Islamic terrorist groups affiliated with Pakistan without naming the country, marking a significant victory for India while hinting that China might be changing its position towards its ally Islamabad.

China increases its funding for the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) international alliance to fight the “protectionism” espoused by U.S. President Donald Trump.

China’s state-run Xinhua news service reports that Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin met at the BRICS economic summit on Sunday and “agreed to appropriately deal with the latest nuclear test conducted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.” For the moment, the nature of that appropriate response can only be left to the imagination.

This story originally appeared in The Guardian: A dark shadow is looming over the world after more than half a century of peace, the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, has said after North Korea’s sixth nuclear test. Xi made no direct reference

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has agreed to attend an international summit in Beijing early next month at the behest of his Chinese counterpart, according to the presidential office in Cairo.