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U.S., India to Cooperate on Critical Minerals: Statement
The United States and India are set to work together on supply chains for critical minerals that are key to clean energy technologies, the U.S. Commerce Department said Thursday in a statement. U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and India's Minister of ...
Work to Resume at India iPhone Plant After Factory Fire
An Indian factory producing iPhone components was resuming work on Thursday after a fire halted production. This is the third blaze to disrupt Apple's local supply chain since the start of last year. India has pitched itself as an emerging manufacturing ...
Indian Army Chief Downplays Border Thaw
As media speculation about warming relations between India and China mounts, it seems that not everyone is fully on board. Notably, the head of the Indian armed forces apparently tried to temper expectations on Tuesday. Speaking at the Chanakya Defence Dialogue, ...
BRICS Countries Reach Impasse Over Security Council Seats
The newly-enlarged BRICS group failed to issue a joint statement after foreign ministers from the ten-nation bloc met last week on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Two of the group's new members, Egypt and Ethiopia, reportedly ...
India’s Top Diplomat Takes Veiled Swipe at China in UN Address
The positive momentum in restoring Sino-India over the past several weeks seemingly hit a speed bump on Saturday when New Delhi's top diplomat, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, issued a veiled criticism of Beijing in his address to the United Nations General Assembly.
Rare Signs of Thaw between India and China?
India and China's border dispute has been resolved by three-quarters, said Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. This is the latest signal of subtle shifts in one of the world’s most momentous geopolitical relationships. While the relationship has long been contentious,
China Pledges More BRI Cooperation as Sri Lanka Swears in New Leader
Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new president on Monday, after winning a rare second-round election over the weekend. The Marxist-leaning leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (People’s Liberation Front) party won on a ticket of economic reconstruction ...
China’s Ambassador to India Provides New Signals Beijing is Seeking to De-Escalate Tensions With New Delhi
Chinese Ambassador to India, Xu Feihong, issued what appears to be Beijing's latest effort to de-escalate tensions with New Delhi during a keynote address that he delivered late last week in the Indian capital. We should promote the political settlement of ...
Cash-Strapped Sri Lanka Eyes China Development
By Amal Yayasinghe Sri Lanka's economic collapse was partly blamed on struggling high-debt Chinese mega-projects, but candidates in Saturday's presidential election are banking on at least one of them to buck the trend. The strategically ...
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 Adopts a “Wait and See” Approach to the Political Upheaval in Bangladesh
The Chinese government issued its first comments on the unfolding political crisis in Bangladesh following this week's overthrow of longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled the country on Monday chased by an angry mob. Beijing is "closely monitoring the situation," said ...
Blinken in Japan for 2+2 Security Talks, Quad
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Japan on Sunday as part of an Asia-Pacific tour aimed at shoring up alliances in the face of an increasingly assertive China. The visit comes three months after President Joe Biden and Prime ...