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India, China Border Talks End With a Positive Vibe But No Substantive Outcomes
Indian and Chinese military commanders wrapped up their 21st round of talks aimed at resolving escalating tensions along their disputed 3,200-kilometer border. The corps commander-level talks were held this week at the Chusual-Moldo meeting point in a region known as the Line of ...
Chinese, Indian Forces Clashed Twice in 2022 in Previously Unreported Skirmishes Along Disputed Border
Indian and Chinese military forces along the two countries' disputed border in the Himalayas engaged in two previously unreported clashes back in 2022, even as both sides were engaged in talks at diffusing border tensions, according to the Indian military.
China-India Border Talks Hint at Possible De-Escalation
Chinese and Indian officials hope to cool down a simmering border dispute that has pushed bilateral relations close to a crisis point over the last few years. This follows “constructive” talks between the two countries late last week. While no major ...
India-China Dispute Has Lessons for Other Countries: Report
China’s choice of a show of force on its border with India in 2020 had unintended consequences that put the relationship in crisis. It also offers lessons for other border disputes, particularly in the South China Sea. This is the finding
India Plans Air Defense Buildup in Confronting China
India is planning to spend up to $36 billion in the next seven years to improve its air defenses as part of ongoing hostilities with China and Pakistan, according to the head of its air force. Air Chief Marshall Vivek Ram Chaudhari outlined India’s defense planning at the Indian ...
China’s Top Diplomat to New Delhi Calls for “Friendly Coexistence” With India
The Chargé d'Affaires at the Chinese embassy in New Delhi, Ma Jia, Beijing's most senior diplomat in India, renewed a call for the two Asian powers to "normalize" their relations in a bid to halt steadily deteriorating ties. Ma made the ...
The Downward Spiral of China-India Relations
There was a glimmer of hope last month that China and India would pull back from their increasingly contentious standoff when military commanders concluded talks along their disputed border on a somewhat optimistic note. The hope was that these talks would ...
No Breakthroughs But Lots of Good Vibes After Two Days of Chinese, Indian Border Talks
Chinese and Indian military commanders both pledged to resolve their long-running border dispute "in an expeditious manner" following two days of talks aimed at defusing tensions along their 2,100km contested boundary in the Himalayas. Although no major breakthroughs were ...
India-China Border Talks Resume, Raising Hopes of a Xi-Modi Meeting
China and India held joint talks about their contested border a week before President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will both attend the BRICS summit in Johannesburg. Xi will also travel to New Delhi for G20 meetings next month. Observers see the meetings as a signal of a ...
Disputes Over Borders and Business Dominate China-India Talks
China's top diplomat Wang Yi called on his Indian counterpart S. Jaishankar to re-orient their two countries' steadily deteriorating ties away from "specific issues" that Wang feels shouldn't "define the overall relationship." Wang made the request on Friday during talks with ...
China-Pakistan Cooperation on Weapons, Border Construction: Reports
Press outlets in India are reporting that Chinese entities are working with the Pakistani army to build infrastructure along the de facto India-Pakistan border (known as the Line of Control), which runs through the disputed Kashmir region. Reports allege that Chinese ...
China, India Feud Intensifies as Both Countries Expel Nearly All Journalists From the Other Country
The Chinese government said it is taking what it described as "appropriate countermeasures" against India for expelling its journalists from the country. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning told reporters on Wednesday it would retaliate against New Delhi for last month's decision ...