Category: China-India

By Amal Jaysinghe India secured defense and energy deals with neighboring Sri Lanka on Saturday during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit, seen as a move to counter rival China's growing influence in the region. Sri ...

In January, the Indian government published a new critical minerals strategy that details how the country aims to bolster supply chains necessary for its green energy transition. While the report underscores the importance of developing domestic supplies of lithium and other ...

Muhammad Yunus, the interim leader of Bangladesh, began a four-day visit to China on Wednesday. He will attend the Boao Forum on 26 March and meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on 28 March. A statement from the Foreign Ministry in Dhaka said the talks will cover a ...

Bangladeshi leader Muhammad Yunus flew to Beijing on Wednesday for his first state visit as frosty relations with neighbouring India spur his caretaker administration to court new friends. The 84-year-old Nobel laureate will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday before ...

Bangladeshi leader Muhammad Yunus will travel to Beijing on a diplomatic goodwill visit this month as frosty relations with neighboring India spur his caretaker administration to court new friends. The Nobel Peace laureate took charge of Bangladesh last August after the ...

By Danny Kemp U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday offered to sell state-of-the-art fighter jets to India as he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to ramp up trade, rekindling a bond that defies the new U.S. administration's punitive approach to ...

By Saniya Kulkarni In Trump’s first week as President of the U.S., his administration has already moved ahead on key campaign talking points, including an escalated crackdown on illegal immigration, threats of tariff imposition on allies, and the ...

India is reportedly reconsidering an aid package aimed at stabilizing the economy of the Maldives because the island nation signed a free trade agreement (FTA) with China. The Indian press reported that New Delhi feels President Mohamed Muizzu didn’t push through sufficient economic reforms. The FTA with China ...

India and China agreed in principle on Monday to resume direct flights between the two nations, nearly five years after the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent political tensions halted them. The announcement came at the conclusion of a visit to Beijing by ...

Observers of China-India relations had a busy fourth quarter last year. In late October 2024, the two states announced the conclusion of a border patrol agreement, signaling a thaw in border tensions that had persisted for more than four years. A flurry of high‑level meetings ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a strategic Himalayan road tunnel on Monday, pushing all-weather access northwards towards contested high-altitude border zones with rivals China and Pakistan. The Z-Morh or Sonmarg tunnel, stretching 6.4 kilometers beneath a treacherous mountain pass cut ...

India said Friday it had raised concerns with China about a planned mega hydropower dam construction upstream in Tibet, saying it will "monitor and take necessary measures to protect our interests." If built, the dam would dwarf the record-breaking Three Gorges ...