Tag: border dispute

China is so fixed on the US, it may lose India
12Jul By Stuart WhiteNo Comments
Opinion

China is so fixed on the US, it may lose India

Mid-June witnessed two significant events related to China's foreign relations: a deadly clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers along the disputed border killing soldiers on both sides, and a special meeting in Hawaii between US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Yang Jiechi, director of the Office of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Foreign Affairs Commission.Indian news and public discussions have been dominated by the border clash since it happened but it barely made headlines in China. Meanwhile, the meeting between Pompeo and Yang garnered significant attention by Chinese official media and social media. This is telling of China’s diplomatic priority.China is obviously of paramount importance to India's foreign policy. China's every move is scrutinized by Indians, and every is
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China crafts new row in Bhutan Wildlife Sanctuary bordering India
9Jul By Joanne SerriehNo Comments
China

China crafts new row in Bhutan Wildlife Sanctuary bordering India

China’s expansionist exercise is no more limited to altering the status quo in East China Sea, South China Sea and with India. Now, it has on its target the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan too.According to reports from Washington DC, China raised a new, non-existent dispute with Bhutan at a virtual meeting of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) held in June. The Council was meeting to decide on funding for various environmental projects across the world.One of the projects seeking funds was the Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary (SWS) in eastern Bhutan’s Trashigang district bordering India (Arunachal Pradesh) and China.According to sources, as the SWS request came up for discussion, the Chinese member of the GEF Council raised objections against the proposal contending that the sanctuary was located
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China’s actions in Ladakh part of country’s large-scale military provocations against neighbors: US lawmaker
9Jul By Joanne SerriehNo Comments
China

China’s actions in Ladakh part of country’s large-scale military provocations against neighbors: US lawmaker

US lawmaker Ted Yoho has said that China's aggression in eastern Ladakh is part of its large-scale military provocations against its neighbors and the US will not stand for “unprovoked, premeditated military action” for intimidating peaceful nations into submission.“China's actions towards India fall in line with a larger trend of the Communist Party of China using the confusion of the COVID-19 pandemic as a cover to launch large scale military provocations against its neighbours in the region, including Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Vietnam,” Yoho said.He asserted that now is the time for the world to come together and tell China that enough is enough.In a tweet, the Republican lawmaker said that the US will not stand for “unprovoked, premeditated military action for the purpose of antagonising
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Tibet’s independence will secure India’s boundary with China: Tibetan activist
2Jul By Yusara AskariNo Comments
Asia

Tibet’s independence will secure India’s boundary with China: Tibetan activist

Amid escalating border tension between India and China along Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh, a noted Tibetan author and activist has said that India’s boundary with China will be secured after Tibet’s independence.Tenzin Tsundue said that Tibetans had understood the diabolic designs of China and it was time for New Delhi to reconsider its stand on ‘One China Policy’ as Beijing had totally disregarded the territorial integrity of India.“India needs to change its outlook and policy vis-a-vis Beijing as the latter couldn’t be trusted with its words,” he said.We Tibetans, Tsundue added, have been telling Indians that Tibet’s independence is India’s security but India’s calculations have been different.“India’s policy has been One India policy, One China policy. However, China’s borde
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26Jun By Yusara AskariNo Comments
Asia

Satellite images show new Chinese structures near site of border clash with India

Fresh satellite pictures have revealed that China have added new structures near the site of a deadly border clash with India in the western Himalayas, heightening concerns about further flare-ups between the nuclear-armed neighbours.Indian and Chinese military commanders agreed on June 22 to step back from a weeks-old standoff at several locations along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) following the June 15 clash in the Galwan Valley in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed.However, the satellite images showing new construction activity in the week following the brutal hand-to-hand combat underline the risk the accord could still fall apart because of overlapping claims in the arid territory.The pictures shot on June 22 by US-based space technology firm Maxar Technologies show what appear ...
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