China has become an enigma to the entire world, India in particular. Although actual hot war conditions prevailed between Russia and Ukraine for over 500 days, the war against China in the South China Sea (SCS) has been going on ever since the Permanent Court of Arbitration decided the...
New Delhi: India gifted its in-service missile corvette INS Kirpan to Vietnam today in reflection of growing bilateral strategic and defence partnership amid common concerns over China's increasingly aggressive behaviour in the South China Sea. This is the first time that India handed over a fully operational corvette to any friendly...
China sent dozens of warplanes, including fighter jets and bombers, toward Taiwan, marking a forceful display. That’s according to a statement Saturday from the island’s Defense Ministry. The move came days before the democracy plans to hold military exercises aimed at defending itself against a possible invasion. Taiwan says the Chinese...
The US is working with India on proposals to co-produce extended-range artillery and infantry vehicles to meet its operational requirements along its border with China and address its "coercion and harassment", a top Pentagon official said on Thursday. The Indian and Chinese troops are locked in an over-three-year confrontation in...
The US is working with India on proposals to co-produce extended-range artillery and infantry vehicles to meet its operational requirements along its border with China and address its "coercion and harassment", a top Pentagon official said on Thursday. The Indian and Chinese troops are locked in an over-three-year confrontation in...
The email accounts of Washington’s ambassador to Beijing and the State Department’s top official overseeing East Asia and the Pacific were reportedly breached by Chinese hackers. The hacking involving the accounts of Nicholas Burns, the US ambassador to China, and Daniel Kritenbrink, the assistant secretary of state for East Asia...
As of Wednesday, China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang has been absent from the public eye for 24 days, marking more than three weeks since his last reported diplomatic meetings on June 25.   At the relatively young age of 57, he became one of the youngest foreign ministers in Chinese history...
BEIJING: An unusually public claim by a Chinese professor the country's youth jobless rate might have hit close to 50% in March has stoked a debate about official data and a soft labour market, despite curbs on negative portrayals of the economy.   The National Bureau of Statistics said that month's...
Chinese property tycoon Zhang Li admitted bribing a top San Francisco building official to win permits for a construction project and will not face criminal charges under an agreement he reached with US prosecutors. Zhang Li, 70, of Guangzhou, China, was charged by the US in 2021 and arrested last...
Lawyers continue to face systemic persecution for defending human rights in China, the Law Society of England and Wales warned.   The Law Society has raised its concerns with the United Nations (UN) as part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR).   The continuing erosion of judicial independence and the independence of the...