With US President-elect Joe Biden likely to take a tough stance against China, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday that Beijing and the United States “should initiate a dialogue at all levels.” Sputnik quoted Wang as saying at the meeting with the US-China Business Council Board of Directors, “China …
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Satellite images have emerged of China establishing villages in hitherto uninhabited stretches on its disputed borders with India and Bhutan, particularly in Arunachal Pradesh, and experts say the move could be aimed at propping up Beijing’s territorial claims. Several villages have sprung up in the triple junction between India, Bhutan …
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The exact motivations behind the provocative behavior of the Chinese government in LAC this year remain unclear, he noted. (Photo source: AP) The Chinese government had planned the Galwan Valley incident in June, potentially including the possibility of deaths, a US Congressional Commission said, claiming that Beijing “sparked” the first …
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As India and China prepare for the ninth round of military dialogue to restore the status quo ante in the East Ladakh sector, New Delhi awaits “some clarification” on Beijing’s withdrawal and de-escalation roadmap, said people familiar with the affair. According to military and diplomatic officials based in Delhi and …
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China will send Defense Minister Wei Fenghe to Nepal on Sunday for a one-day visit, just days after Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla concluded a trip to Kathmandu aimed at boosting bilateral ties affected by a border row. The Nepalese Foreign Ministry announced the visit of Wei, a general of …
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China’s remaining nine impoverished counties had eliminated extreme poverty, state media reported Monday, marking a milestone in the country’s struggle to lift the poorest above the poverty line. The counties, all in southwest China’s Guizhou province, had eradicated absolute poverty, the provincial government announced. “China has promised to eradicate absolute …
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A Chinese government adviser has said the country must abandon its illusion that China-US relations will automatically improve under President-elect Joe Biden and that Beijing should prepare for a tough stance from Washington. Zheng Yongnian, dean of China Advanced Institute for Global and Contemporary Studies, a Shenzhen-based think tank, has …
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US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will attend a virtual summit of Asia Pacific leaders on Friday to discuss the coronavirus and global economic recovery, with lingering trade differences likely to cloud the meeting. The pair will be at a meeting of 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation …
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By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: November 20, 2020 6:50:21 am Joe Biden with Xi Jinping in Beijing, 2013. China perceives a “rising India as a rival” and wants to restrict its strategic partnership with the United States, its allies and other democracies, the US State Department …
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Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday rejected suggestions that his country could dissociate or separate from the United States and other trading partners amid tension with Washington and Europe over technology and security. Speaking via video link from Beijing to a meeting of Asia-Pacific CEOs, Xi promised to further open …
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