Asia Border Country Politics and Who Is Influencing China
September 16th, 2008 - by 2point6billion.comOur sister website, China Briefing, has been running an excellent series over the past few months on China’s relations with its neighbors. While many concentrate on action within Asian nations themselves, there is little commentary about who is influencing who, and where border trade is developing.
The past week has seen two threads go up on that site concerning India and Pakistan which should be of great interest to 2point6billion readers. Links to them and to the complete series are listed below. Enjoy.
Rivals and Partners: India and China Look Forward
China and Pakistan’s Enduring Alliance
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September 16th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Very impressive content as affects China for India and Pakistan. China always supported Pakistan after relations with Russian-influcenced India declined after China’s spat with Moscow in the mid 1960’s. As Russia withdrew from the “Great Game” the relations - just possibly - between Pakistan and India may show signs of improving. I’m reading through the rest of the series also - very excellent work.
September 16th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
The subject of China’s neighbors and how they influence each other would make a great book if someone expanded on it.
September 18th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Hi Mark; You read our mind. There will in fact be a title published by us at the month end: “China’s Neighbor Countries: Who Is Influencing Who”. It will contain updated versions of the series we have written together with new information on each countries bilateral trade, border cities on both sides, and other pertinent information. You’ll be able to acquire it online at http://shopping.china-briefing.com if you check there shortly. It’ll also be announced on this site.
Ravdeep - thanks for your comments.