Muhammad Asif Noor
Muhammad Asif Noor is the Founder of the Friends of BRI Forum and Advisor to Pakistan Research Center, Hebei Normal University, China & Co-Founder, Alliance of China-Pakistan Research Centres. He is also Secretary General of the Pakistan-Shanghai Cooperation Organization Friendship Forum.
By Muhammad Asif Noor China’s recent decision to introduce special port dues on U.S.-linked vessels from October 2025 has been read by some as a direct escalation in its trade tensions with Washington. Yet this development is better understood as a sign of how…
By Muhammad Asif Noor The long-running dispute over TikTok in the United States has now reached its decisive stage. With the September 26 executive order approving a new operating plan, Washington has conveyed that the platform will remain available to American users, but…
By Muhammad Asif Noor The latest employment data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, released on Friday, September 19, 2025, paints a sobering picture of a labor market losing steam at an alarming pace. August’s nonfarm payrolls added a mere 22,000 jobs,…
By Muhammad Asif Noor President Xi Jinping proposed a new reformative initiative for equitable global governance at SCO Tianjin Summit 2025. This agenda, Global Governance Initiative (GGI), will potentially take the world towards shared development, multilateralism and sustainable peace. President Xi announced GGI…
By Muhammad Asif Noor As the world navigates a complex geopolitical landscape with rise of wars, conflict and proxy tensions, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and its foundational ethos, the Shanghai Spirit, emerge as vital instruments for fostering stability and collaboration at the global…
By Muhammad Asif Noor In a world increasingly divided by technological walls, where knowledge is guarded as proprietary treasure and digital tools are packaged for the privileged few, China has chosen a markedly different path in the realm of artificial intelligence. Its open-source…
By Muhammad Asif Noor In a global environment increasingly marked by turbulence, China’s economic performance in the first half of 2025 stands as a signal of resilience and strategic calibration. Against the backdrop of U.S. tariffs and defying the pessimistic forecasts, China’s GDP…
By Muhammad Asif Noor The sharp decline in the US dollar in the first half of 2025 has triggered concern across global financial markets and policymaking circles. This year’s 10.8 percent drop in the dollar index, the worst start to a year since…