Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh failed to realize the main objective of his visit to the United States - the "operationalization" of the US-India civilian nuclear deal. India and the US were more successful in other areas, including on defense

Beijing is actively promoting that the Communist Party should build a "study model of Marxism". Coupled with the visit by a senior party official to Taiwan to discuss - for the first time ever - political models, the signs are

According to data published by the US Defense Department, one in every four combat soldiers quit the Afghan National Army during the year ending in September. This high desertion rate not only flies in the face of US officials' long-time

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's vague response to an alleged attempt to take down a popular anti-corruption body raises fears of a return to Suharto-era impunity for top-level officials. Yudhoyono's belated reaction also leaves unanswered questions about his own possible

First Lady Michelle Obama, and daughters Sasha and Malia, not joining United States President Barack Obama's swing through Asia may have been a mistake. While Obama's town-hall session broke new ground, the beguiling sight of the first family mingling and

The fists are already flying in the lead-up to next year's Philippine presidential vote. According to opinion polls, popularity is now on the side of 49-year-old opposition Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino. His rivals aren't giving up that easily though, and

Negotiating With Iran by John W Limbert The author, the Barack Obama administration's newly-appointed point man on Iran, shares a wealth of insights and recommendations in the cognitive map of Iranian negotiators. A major fault of the book is an

Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's warm embrace of visiting Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad said it all - this is how to make progress between countries. And as Lula made clear his support of Iran's stance over nuclear power,

Russia has made clear that the Nord Stream and South Stream pipelines will not be used to divert gas from Ukraine's transit pipelines to Europe, a change of stance that will be welcomed by Moscow-friendly parties in Ukraine before January's

The United States Congress next week has the opportunity to question the wisdom of President Barack Obama's decision to keep Ben Bernanke - who played a key role in bringing about the global financial crisis - as Federal Reserve chairman

Tibet ranks first in China in the rate of the development of the individual and private sector in 2009. (People's Daily Online Photo)&$&$ Tibet ranks first in China in the rate of the development of the individual and private sector,

China will invest more than1.5 trillion yuan in railway construction and increase the existing operating mileage of railways in its western regions by 20,000 kilometers in the coming 10 years, that's 50,000 kilometers in the region by 2020. China's total

Photo shows przewalski's gazelle playing on a grassland east of the Qinghai Lake, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Oct. 14, 2009. (Xinhua Photo)&$&$ The Qinghai-based Protection Center for Przewalski's Gazelles has raised funds of 1.2 million yuan RMB from government agencies

Not long after China and Australia have passed the bumpy road and come back to "business as usual", both sides set to resume the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations. Why is the FTA so important and urgent to both China

Bathed in the sunshine in early winter, old people were chatting in their home yards; women were learning Tibetan embroidery in a two-story building; and children were having a lot of fun. The scene was spotted in the Guantang New

A blind girl braids the hair of a classmate of hers in the school for the blind in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. (Xinhua Photo)&$&$ For Tsering Dorje, an eight-year-old Tibetan boy, the school for the blind

HONG KONG: A total of 2,416 accredited journalists would cover the 5th East Asian Games in Hong Kong, said the Planning Committee here on Monday at the launching ceremony for the Media Center. The Media Center of EAG, located on

Undated photo shows children playing with the icicles on the branches of a tree in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. (Chinatibetnews Photo)&$&$&$ &$&$

Picture taken on Oct. 25, 2009, shows a Buddhist pagoda in front of the ruins of the Guge Kingdom in Tsada County, Ngari Prefecture, west Tibet. (Xinhua Photo)&$&$ With the development of tourism industry, the ruins of Guge Kingdom in

An increasing number of mainland migrants to Hong Kong are changing the spelling of their surnames to avoid discrimination, a report said Monday. Lawyer Raymond Tang told Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post that his firm was seeing more mainland-born