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East Asia
Monks have lesson at Qinghai Tibetan Buddhism college in China
Monks have a lesson at Qinghai Tibetan Buddhism college in Guide County, northwest China’s Qinghai Province, Nov. 16, 2016. The first batch of 120 monks has started their four-year full-time studies at the newly-opened Tibetan Buddhism college recently. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)
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Central Asia
Russian helicopters to display Mi-171A2 and Ka-226T at air show in Iran
The Russian Helicopters Corporation (a subsidiary of Rostec) will exhibit several of its latest light and medium multirole commercial helicopters at the 8th international air show in the Iranian city of Kish on Nov. 16-19, according to the corporation’s press office. The visitors will see models of the Mil Mi-172A2…
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Central Asia
Yildirim to visit Russia in December
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım will pay a visit to Russia in the first week of December in a bid to accelerate the ongoing normalization process between Ankara and Moscow. Yıldırım and Russian Prime Minister Dimitry Medvedev will chair the meetings in Moscow, Hurriyet reports. According to sources, the main…
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East Asia
Bridge to nowhere?
The New Yalu Bridge separates the twin cities of Sinuiju and Dandong, lying opposite each other on the Chinese and North Korean sides of the Yalu River respectively. The very existence of the bridge, however, is nowhere to be found in local Chinese media. State censors do not want a…
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East Asia
Historians Search the Turkish and Korean Brotherhood
Turkey launches praiseworthy scientific works on history. These works include both Turkish and the world history. Turkish History Foundation (Turk Tarih Kurumu) started to explore the roots of Turkish history in the East and Central Asia under the presidency of Prof. Refik Turan. Recently, one of the most prominent steps…
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East Asia
What Trump’s rise to power means for the future of China-U.S. relations?
Curtis Stone (People’s Daily Online) The rise of Donald Trump has plunged the world into a period of deep uncertainty about the policies and impact of the next U.S. administration. For China, the big question is what U.S foreign policy will look like with the next administration. Nobody knows what…
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East Asia
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Central Asia
Iran’s Rouhani to visit Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
President of Iran Hassan Rouhani will visit Armenia at the invitation of President Serzh Sargsyan. After his trip to Armenia, Rouhani is expected to travel to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. During his meetings with the three leaders, IRI President will discuss bilateral cooperation and will exchange views on regional and international…
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Central Asia
Russia and Iran may cancel visa requirements in 2017
Visa requirements for visiting Russia and Iran soon may be dropped, the speaker of Russia’s Federation Council upper parliament house, Valentina Matviyenko, said. She mentioned a recent agreement, which suggested easier visa formalities for certain categories of travelers, and thus the number of trips from Iran to Russia doubled in…
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West Asia
Aliyev: “April battles should go into military textbooks”
In April, Armenia committed yet another armed provocation against Azerbaijan and its people, and Azerbaijan’s army of heroes – soldiers and officers – gave an adequate response to that provocation, said Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliyev. “By conducting a successful counterattack operation, the Azerbaijani army inflicted a crushing blow to the…
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