Gu blows away Olympic rivals in freeski halfpipe qualifiers

Californian-born Chines sensation Eileen Gu topped qualification for the women's freeski halfpipe at the Beijing Olympics on Thursday, as she aims for her third medal of the Games. Gu, who has already bagged one gold and one silver in the Chinese capital, set the standard in qualifying with a first-run score of

Will the US be forced to co-operate?

The US and China are meeting at least after a few months of hostility. US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Chinese Politburo member Yang Ji talked in Zurich hoping for a possible Sino-American summit. While the US is defensive and hoping it satisfies the domestic audience, the Chinese sound

Did Russia and China jointly produce the new Taliban?

The Taliban right now are saying the following: – Women can get an education all the way to college and to continue to work. Wear the hijab-Qatar or Iran style- but no burqa needed. Women’s rights within the limits of “Islamic law.” – No enemies, no threats, no revenge. This is a

Let Afghans decide what they want with Russian-Chinese help

The Taliban are no super power inside Afghanistan before whom everything is crumbling. In many cases, the opponents don’t want to fight because it’s not worth it.   To be specific, there is no united enemy and no united ally so either so it’s all everyone for their own selves situation. 

China a trusted partner of Bangladesh: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stressed the need for exploring more avenues to take the strategic partnership with China to a new height, calling Beijing a trusted partner in socio-economic development of Bangladesh. "We would like to explore more avenues to take the Bangladesh-China strategic partnership to new heights and also work

Never worry about debt trap: Li Jiming

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming has said Bangladesh should never worry about bad debt or so-called debt trap, noting that Bangladesh has managed foreign debt very well with an excellent system in place. "I would say that you've managed foreign debt very, very well, and there's no such bad debt

Bangladesh and the new cold war

That a cold war is on, between the West on one side and China and Russia on the other is no secret. It’s the most evident bit of reality that is shaping the new world. The West is a conglomerate of many countries but all now weaker in comparison to

Engaging US intelligence in virus origins probe unacceptable: Inu

US President Joe Biden's order to engage U.S. intelligence agencies in the investigation of COVID-19 origins is intended to "cover up the country's failures" in controlling the pandemic and is "not acceptable," former Bangladeshi minister Hasanul Haq Inu said. Inu, now chairman of Bangladesh's Parliamentary Standing Committee for Ministry of Information

China’s AI and Western anxiety

China’s tech advances may well end up ending the conventional Western notions of “freedom and democracy” in the world.  Leading Western tech leaders are concerned that the emergence of an AI-powered bloc led by China could completely dominate this century’s geopolitics.  US opinion makers and leaders may know that no