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Two super power diverted world attention this week. America voted for continuity to its existing leadership while China is going through sweeping leadership reshuffle. And these two leaders have immense responsibilities to ensure a better economic picture the world is expecting. American economy performed well below expectation during the...

Rajeev Sharma Introduction This article seeks to examine the growing strategic and diplomatic importance of Bhutan for its big neighbours: China and India. China has recently intensified its efforts to woo Bhutan and engage with it directly, despite the lack of diplomatic ties between them. To improve relations with...

GROWING economic prosperity in China has given opportunity for the Chinese political elite to earn black money with political corruption believed to be slowly cracking through the walls of the tough and closed communist regime. Though slowly, the communist party has started acting. This action is likely to send...

The meeting between Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley of Bhutan and Premier Wen Jiabao of China on 21 June 2012, on the sidelines of the Rio+20 Summit in Brazil, sprung a surprise for most India-Bhutan-China watchers. It stirred the calm waters of Bhutan-India relations. With headlines like ‘China’s coziness...

By Dr. S. Chandrasekharan It is no surprise that Bhutan has been named as the most peaceful and stable country in the South Asian region by one of the NGOs. It is no surprise either that Nepal was placed next to Bhutan in that index. One would have expected...

ECONOMISTS predict China will overtake the US to become the world’s largest economy by mid this century, if its unprecedented growth continues with the same pace as in last few decades. Alongside the economic boom, questions have also been raised as to whether this prosperity has reached the citizens...