South Asia

Three decades ago, the two countries reached an understanding not to fight. But Beijing is now a much stronger power.

As the pandemic threatens livelihoods, the country’s poor are relying almost exclusively on the charity of fellow citizens.

The Islamist group is using the coronavirus crisis for propaganda—with potentially dire consequences for those living under its control.

Islamophobia is undoing years of New Delhi’s diplomatic gains in the Middle East.

Rather than relying on mass infection to build resistance to the coronavirus, the country needs a long-term, data-driven, decentralized approach.

Electrifying rural health care facilities would burnish Beijing’s reputation in poor countries throughout Africa and Asia and cost next to nothing.

Hundreds of Nepalis and others have been deported under cover of the pandemic.

Trump’s pressure led India to reverse an export ban on an unproven treatment for COVID-19. The incident reveals flaws in how medical provisions are traded.

New Delhi’s lockdown has stalled the spread of the pandemic but a lack of planning has led to hunger, uncertainty, and panic.

Policies imposed in rich countries to fight the coronavirus could have adverse effects in low-income nations—potentially endangering more lives than they save.

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