New Delhi: With the military standoff in eastern Ladakh running into the eighth month, India reiterated on Thursday that the “core problem” with China remained that troops should not be accumulated in the Royal Line of Action (LAC), nor should they be take unilateral measures to alter the situation in …
Read More »China buys Indian rice for the first time in decades amid border tensions
By: PTI | New Delhi | Updated: December 2, 2020 8:27:30 pm A farmer harvests rice by hand in a field in Gaya district, Bihar, India, on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020 (Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan / Bloomberg). China has started importing Indian rice after a two-year gap and has placed orders …
Read More »China accuses India of “national security excuse” to block its apps
India blocked 43 more mobile apps on Tuesday. New Delhi: China said today that it “resolutely opposed” India’s decision to block more of its apps and its “repeated use of national security” while doing so. On Tuesday, the government blocked 43 more mobile apps, mostly Chinese, citing activities “detrimental to …
Read More »India-China escalation “may be misused by other players”: Russia
India and China are locked in a bitter border confrontation in eastern Ladakh for more than six months. New Delhi: Russia said on Thursday that any escalation in border tension between India and China amid global turbulence and unpredictability would further trigger regional instability in Eurasia, and the friction may …
Read More »Twitter lands in hot water after JK is listed as China territory
Twitter was caught in a storm on Sunday after Jammu and Kashmir was shown as part of China during a live broadcast by a journalist at a war memorial in Leh, the capital of Ladakh. Nitin Gokhale, author and national security analyst, kicked off the live Twitter feed from the …
Read More »India builds border infrastructure and unfolds the cause of military tension: China
India’s decision to develop infrastructure and the deployment of troops along the border with China are the root causes of the tension, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, adding that Beijing is against New Delhi building. military facilities near the disputed boundary. “For some time, the Indian side has …
Read More »Amid tensions with India, China holds event to remember Indian doctor Kotnis
University students from India and China participated in an online event organized by a Chinese association with close ties to the government to mark the anniversary of the birth of Dwarkanath Kotnis, an Indian physician who died in China during the Sino-Japanese War in 1942. In 1938, a medical team …
Read More »India and China discuss foreign ministers’ 5-point agenda to ease border situation: Chinese official
Diplomats from India and China are holding talks to implement the five-point consensus reached earlier this month by the foreign ministers of the two countries to resolve border tensions, China’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. High-level diplomats from the two countries are meeting via video link under the Working Mechanism …
Read More »China row in focus ahead of Jaishankar quad meeting
Foreign Minister S Jaishankar will visit Japan from October 6 to 7 to participate in the second ministerial meeting of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or Quad, and to hold a series of bilateral meetings in the context of India’s border confrontation with China. The goal of the October 6 meeting …
Read More »China adopts the 1959 line on the perception of LAC
China has said it abides by the Royal Line of Control (LAC) proposed by Prime Minister Zhou Enlai to Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in a letter dated November 7, 1959, the first time in decades that it has clearly stated its position on the notional concept. The Sino-Indian border by …
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