According to the official recognition, there are 56 ethnic groups (or nationalities) in contemporary China. There are also several other minority groups left as “un-recognized groups" in China. They are called “people” with the local names they called themselves such as “Deng People” in Tibet region. By the cultural tradition, we call these ethnic groups “Chinese ethnic family” as a united whol...

Timor-Leste has made rapid progress in its first decade as a new state, casting aside the instability that blighted its early years and achieving strong economic growth and institutional development. During 2012, the nation experienced peaceful presidential and parliamentary elections, the winding-up of the Australia-led International Stabilisation Force, and the completion of the United Nation...

Government-Opposition relations is an important area of study to understand the political development in any country but in Pakistan it has not yet caught the attention of historians and writers. Most of the scholars are focusing on the behavior of government or political parties, which gives only a partial picture of the real situation. Both government and opposition as contenders of power pla...