Posts by Aritra Banerjee
09
Oct
Somalia’s Seas, China’s Shadow: How Pakistan Extends Beijing’s Reach in Africa
Somalia's latest naval partnership with Pakistan, formalised through a five-year defence cooperation agreement in August 2025, appears ...
06
Oct
The Chinese Invasion of Tibet That Changed Asia’s Map
On 7 October 1950, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) crossed the upper reaches of the Jinsha River and entered Tibet’s eastern provinc...
05
Oct
The 17 Points of Betrayal: How China Legalised an Occupation
When the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) entered Tibet in October 1950, China justified its invasion as a “liberation from feudalism.” Y...
05
Oct
The Uprising and the Exodus: How the Dalai Lama’s Flight Redefined Asia
By early 1959, the simmering resentment in Tibet had reached a breaking point. Nearly a decade had passed since the signing of the Seve...
04
Oct
How Pakistan’s Navy Converted Coastal Land into a Parallel Real-Estate Economy
Along Pakistan’s coastline, a quiet yet sweeping transformation of public land into elite residential and commercial enclaves has unfol...
04
Oct
Tibet: A Frozen Conflict at the Roof of the World
Seventy-five years after the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) crossed the Jinsha River and occupied Tibet, the region remains one of the ...
03
Oct
75 Years in Exile: Dharamshala and the Global Struggle for Tibet’s Soul
Seventy-five years ago, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) marched into Tibet under Mao Zedong’s orders. In the seven decades since, Ch...
02
Oct
Islamabad’s Colonial Grip on Pakistan-Occupied Jammu & Kashmir Is Fraying
The eruption of mass protests in Pakistan-Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (POJK) has once again laid bare the structural fragility of Isla...
02
Oct
Inside China’s ‘Re-education’ of Tibetan Children: The System That Breaks Families and Identities
Chinese government-run boarding schools in Tibet are systematically eroding the Tibetan identity by forcibly separating nearly one mill...