https://www.scmp.com/rss/324831/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com On February 16, 1768, the Court of Directors of the East India Company in London wrote to Warren Hastings: “we desire you to obtain the best intelligence you can whether cloth and other European commodities may not find their way to Tibet, Lhasa and the Western parts of China.” This spurred the British exploration of the Himalayas, an effort that has led today to the face-off between the two giant armies of India and China, who now stand on the brink of war. During the 18th century, chambers of... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2107365/doklam-then-and-now-british-chinese-interests-follow-money?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2107365/doklam-then-and-now-british-chinese-interests-follow-money?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 19 Aug 2017 05:16:43 +0000 The tiny Himalayan state of Bhutan, portrayed as the happiest place in the world, is now caught in the middle between two Asian giants as Chinese and Indian soldiers stand eyeball-to-eyeball on a narrow, barren patch high up on the mountainous borders where Bhutan and China meet. Rhetoric has been flying thick and fast on both sides, with Beijing reminding India about the “lesson” of 1962 and New Delhi retorting that it is not the same India that lost poorly to China in that short border war 55... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2103601/bhutan-can-solve-its-border-problem-china-if-india-lets-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2103601/bhutan-can-solve-its-border-problem-china-if-india-lets-it?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Jul 2017 02:30:15 +0000