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China said Tuesday it had reached a "resolution" with India over issues related to their disputed border after New Delhi said it had struck a deal with Beijing for military patrols along the frontier. China and India, the world's two most ...

India Says Agreement With China on Contested Border Patrols: Foreign Ministry

India said that on Monday, it struck an agreement with neighbor China for military patrols in highly contested border zones, aiming to resolve issues that flared when their rival armies clashed in 2020. The announcement comes a day before Indian Prime ...

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BRICS Announces Numerous New Initiatives

The BRICS group wrapped up its two-day leaders’ summit in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. The summit’s final communique is a 16,000-word doorstop that covers numerous issues from economics to education.
The communique avoids any direct mention of the United States, and references to “unilateralism” and other coded criticism are also relatively scarce. Rather, the communique keeps the focus on the BRICS’ vision of the strengthening and reform of the global multilateral system ...

China Announces Major Pullback of Forces Along Disputed Border With India

There's been a major breakthrough in the once seemingly intractable border standoff between India and China along their highly contested frontier in the Himalayas. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday confirmed that PLA forces have withdrawn from four sectors ...

China-India Relations in 2023: The Challenging Year Ahead

By Saniya Kulkarni and Lukas Fiala On December 9th, Chinese and Indian troops clashed once again along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) that separates northern India from China. Following on from previous confrontations, this latest skirmish might appear to ...