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Central Asia
The National Heritage of Kyrgyzstan: Manas
The brightest pearl in Kyrgyz literature is the national epic “Manas,” and its eponymous main character – the hero who united the Kyrgyz. “Manas” is listed as the intangible cultural heritage of humanity by UNESCO. This epic consists of over half a million lines of poetry and is the longest…
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Central Asia
Turkey’s Choice between Shanghai and EU
Turkey, located between Europe and Asia, faces several conflicts due to recent political tension. Its geographical location provides significant opportunities as well as vital threats. The current Turkish government is trying to eliminate dangers and puts forth great efforts to create sustainable security in the region. But it seems that…
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East Asia
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South Asia
YPF invites participants of Int. Seminar on Kashmir in Jan 2017
Nazir Siyal – ISLAMABAD: A Young Parliamentarians’ Forum (YPF) of around 80 young elected members of National Assembly of Pakistan and the scholars of various countries will attend 2-Day “International Seminar on Kashmir issues” is being held on 5 – 6 January 2017. The YPF International Seminar is being assisted…
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South Asia
Present mainstream of CPEC must to protect fragile Environment of Pakistan
Nazir Siyal – ISLAMABAD: IUCN in partnership with Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) organized a panel discussion on Mainstreaming Environment in China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) during the 32ndAnnual General Meeting of Pakistan Society of Development Economics (PSDE)on the theme of “China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and Regional Integration”. Abu Ahmad…
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South Asia
Completion of Hoshab-Sorab highway a milestone for Pakistan
Nazir Siyal – Gwadar/Turbat Director General Frontier Works Organization (FWO) Lieutenant General Muhammed Afzal highlighted that it was another landmark in the history of Pakistan that under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) objectives they have completed major portions of road communication in Baluchistan to connect western route via different national arteries…
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East Asia
Experts rebuke Beijing government plan to list smog as meteorological disaster
The decision of Beijing authorities to list smog as a meteorological disaster has sparked strong disapproval among Chinese scholars, who believe that such a move could offer polluters a legal basis to avoid punishment. According to the second version of the draft of the Beijing Meteorological Disasters Prevention and Control…
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East Asia
Trump questions US commitment to ‘one-China’ policy
US President-elect Donald Trump has questioned America’s commitment to the “one-China” principle in the China-Taiwan row, saying Washington should only side with Beijing on certain conditions. Trump made the remarks in an interview with Fox News on Sunday, about a week after angering China with a controversial phone conversation with…
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East Asia
Reporter/Correspondent Position at Asia Journalist Association
Asia Journalist Association (AJA) publishes a monthly journal in South Korea as “MagazineN” in addition to the existing on-line media, THE AsiaN (http://theasian.asia/) serving in English, Arabic and Korean. Job Description: Asia Journalist Association is seeking an opportunity to hire one (1) correspondent/reporter with its newsroom team based in Seoul.…
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East Asia
Should the U.S., Europe and Japan recognize China as a country of market economy?
Mei Xinyu (People’s Daily Online) There is a simple and clear answer to this question. In Article 15 of the Protocol on the Accession of the People’s Republic of China to the WTO, subparagraph (a) and subparagraph (b) make it clear that “in any event, the provisions of subparagraph (a)…
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