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Ajit Doval in China, to discuss LAC issues with Chinese Foreign Minister tomorrow
6 days, 23 hours ago

Ajit Doval in China, to discuss LAC issues with Chinese Foreign Minister tomorrow

India Today  

Identifying and resolving disputed areas on the Line of Actual Control to avoid any future confrontations, resumption of patrolling by troops in the parts of eastern Ladakh and resolution of pending issues are likely to be some of the points to be raised by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval during talks with the Chinese Foreign Minister in Beijing on Wednesday. …

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Taiwan detects 16 Chinese warships around island
1 week, 4 days ago

Taiwan detects 16 Chinese warships around island

Raw Story  

Taiwan said Thursday it detected 16 Chinese warships in waters around the island, one of the highest numbers this year, as Beijing intensifies military pressure on Taipei. Around 90 Chinese warships and coast guard vessels have been involved in the exercises that include simulating attacks on foreign ships and practicing blockading sea routes, a Taiwan security official said Wednesday. Taiwan's …

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Hopes for 'reunification' a fact of life on China's window to Taiwan
1 week, 5 days ago

Hopes for 'reunification' a fact of life on China's window to Taiwan

Raw Story  

Atop rock formations overlooking a vast coastline, groups of Chinese tourists snap pictures and gaze out to sea with binoculars in the direction of Taiwan's main island, just over a hundred kilometers away. "We hope for reunification soon, but this hope depends on the will of the people from both Taiwan and the Chinese mainland," a tourist surnamed Hu from …

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Taiwan demands that China end its military activity in nearby waters
1 week, 5 days ago

Taiwan demands that China end its military activity in nearby waters

Associated Press  

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan demanded Wednesday that China end its ongoing military activity in nearby waters, which it said is unilaterally undermining peace and stability and disrupting international shipping and trade. Taiwan’s military has detected Chinese ships since Monday, both off Taiwan and farther out along the first-island chain, Defense Ministry officials said this week. By then, it would be …

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Chinese citizen allegedly photographed Vandenberg base with drone, says it was ‘probably not a good idea’
1 week, 5 days ago

Chinese citizen allegedly photographed Vandenberg base with drone, says it was ‘probably not a good idea’

LA Times  

Nearly a mile above Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, a hacked drone soared through restricted airspace for roughly an hour. The lightweight drone photographed sensitive areas of the military facility on Nov. 30, including a complex used by SpaceX, according to federal investigators. When security personnel arrived at the park that day, Zhou told them he saw …

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Taiwan military on high alert as China warships sail near island
2 weeks ago

Taiwan military on high alert as China warships sail near island

Raw Story  

Taiwan's military was on high alert Monday after detecting Chinese warships near the island, Taipei said, as it prepared for likely drills by Beijing in response to President Lai Ching-te's US visits. The ministry said its forces had "identified PLA Eastern, Northern, and Southern Theater Command naval formations, along with Coast Guard vessels, entering areas around the Taiwan Strait and …

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Chinese military’s airspace violation is utterly unacceptable, says Japan
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Chinese military’s airspace violation is utterly unacceptable, says Japan

The Hindu  

The violation of Japan's airspace by a Chinese military aircraft is "utterly unacceptable", the top Japanese government spokesperson said on Tuesday, a day after Japan scrambled jets and summoned a Chinese embassy official in Tokyo in protest. The airspace breach was "not only a serious violation of Japan's sovereignty but it also threatens our security", Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi …

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Chinese envoy urges Israel to immediately cease military operations in Gaza
4 months ago

Chinese envoy urges Israel to immediately cease military operations in Gaza

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-08-23 15:45 People mourn for victims killed in an Israeli airstrike at Salah al-Din school in Gaza City, on Aug 21, 2024. UNITED NATIONS - A Chinese envoy on Thursday urged Israel to immediately cease all military operations in the Gaza Strip, as more than 10 months of blockade, siege, bombing, and attacks in Gaza have killed …

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Joint bomber patrols off Alaska raise concerns about Chinese-Russian military cooperation
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Joint bomber patrols off Alaska raise concerns about Chinese-Russian military cooperation

LA Times  

An image from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday shows a Chinese H-6K long-range bomber, upper left, escorted by a Russian Su-30 fighter during a joint air patrol. On Chinese state media, the maneuver was called “a great leap forward in the Chinese Air Force’s actual combat training capabilities,” according to Wang Mingzhi, Chinese military expert …

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New top US envoy to Taiwan pledges to help the island with self-defense as threats from China loom
5 months, 1 week ago

New top US envoy to Taiwan pledges to help the island with self-defense as threats from China loom

Associated Press  

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The United States’ new top envoy to Taiwan promised Wednesday that Washington will help the self-ruled island defend itself as China ramps up its military threats. “First of all, and the most important thing, the U.S. will strongly support Taiwan’s self-defense capabilities,” Greene said as he met with Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te. “We both have common and …

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Trump slams ‘manchurian’ Biden’s military policies as ‘insane’, claims China ‘killing US as a country'
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump slams ‘manchurian’ Biden’s military policies as ‘insane’, claims China ‘killing US as a country'

Hindustan Times  

Donald Trump accused China of “killing” the US and alleged that Joe Biden was bringing the America closer to a world war during the first debate ahead of November’s presidential election. “China is going to own us if you keep allowing them to do what they’re doing to us as a country,” Trump told Biden during a televised debate on …

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Pentagon's despicable act drags US to new low: China Daily editorial
6 months ago

Pentagon's despicable act drags US to new low: China Daily editorial

China Daily  

The US Capitol building is seen in Washington, DC, on Nov 8,2022. The particular campaign identified by Reuters was apparently intended to counter what the US perceived as China's growing influence in the Philippines, a nation hit especially hard by the deadly virus, through phony internet accounts meant to impersonate Filipinos. The Pentagon tailored the campaign to local audiences across …

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China says war games around Taiwan to test ability to ‘seize power’
6 months, 4 weeks ago

China says war games around Taiwan to test ability to ‘seize power’

Al Jazeera  

The People’s Liberation Army continues land, sea and air exercises that began on Thursday around the self-ruled island. China’s military has begun its second day of war games around Taiwan, with drills that it said were to test the armed forces’ ability to “seize power” and control key areas of the self-ruled democracy. As the first day of exercises, codenamed …

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Video: How Chinese attack on Taiwan would look like
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Video: How Chinese attack on Taiwan would look like

India Today  

China is carrying out a large-scale two-day military exercise around Taiwan as a “strong punishment” for the self-ruled island’s “separatist acts”. Joint Sword-2024A aims to test “joint seizure of comprehensive battlefield control, and joint precision strikes on key targets”, China’s state-run news agency Xinhua reported quoting PLA’s Eastern Theatre Command. Chinese National Defence University’s Zhang Chi said the PLA forces …

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China and Cambodia begin 15-day military exercises as questions grow about Beijing's influence
7 months, 1 week ago

China and Cambodia begin 15-day military exercises as questions grow about Beijing's influence

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Cambodia and China began 15-day …

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Taiwan admits US troops are now stationed on islands off the coast of China amid fears the region will spark World War Three
9 months ago

Taiwan admits US troops are now stationed on islands off the coast of China amid fears the region will spark World War Three

Daily Mail  

Taiwan's defense minister appeared to accidentally admit that US troops have been stationed off the coast of China, in what would be a startling escalation of hostilities in the region. Taiwan 's defense minister appeared to accidentally admit that US troops have been stationed off the coast of China, in what would be a startling escalation of hostilities in the …

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Arunachal Pradesh 'inherent part of China's territory', claims Chinese military
9 months ago

Arunachal Pradesh 'inherent part of China's territory', claims Chinese military

New Indian Express  

BEIJING: The Chinese military has reiterated its claim over Arunachal Pradesh, calling the area an “inherent part of China's territory", days after India rejected Beijing's objection to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the state. The Chinese Defence Ministry spokesman Senior Colonel Zhang Xiaogang said that the southern part of Xizang is an inherent part of China's territory, and Beijing …

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Going further and farther to move China-US relations forward and up
9 months ago

Going further and farther to move China-US relations forward and up

China Daily  

Chinese and US flags flutter outside the building of an American company in Beijing. Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger told me during the video interview I was hosting for China Daily's Edgar Snow Newsroom in early 2022: "It is important for humanity that China and the US have the greatest capacity to undermine order in the world. "But …

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India, China in 'Constructive Communication' to Settle Ladakh Standoff: Chinese Military
9 months, 3 weeks ago

India, China in 'Constructive Communication' to Settle Ladakh Standoff: Chinese Military

News 18  

China and India have maintained constructive communication to find a mutually acceptable solution to resolve the standoff in eastern Ladakh, the Chinese military has said, underlining that Beijing attaches great importance to ties with New Delhi to jointly maintain peace at the borders. The Indian and Chinese troops are locked in a standoff in certain friction points in eastern Ladakh …

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Indonesia’s presidential election has high stakes for US and China and their rivalry
10 months, 1 week ago

Indonesia’s presidential election has high stakes for US and China and their rivalry

Associated Press  

JAKARTA, Indonesia — When Indonesians cast their votes on Wednesday for a new president in one of the world’s biggest elections, the stakes will also be high for the United States and China and their mounting rivalry in the region. The Southeast Asian nation is a key battleground economically and politically in a region where the global powers have long …

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Vantage | Why Chinese army isn't what China wants the world to believe
11 months, 1 week ago

Vantage | Why Chinese army isn't what China wants the world to believe

Firstpost  

China has strategically projected its People’s Liberation Army as a formidable force through carefully crafted narratives, headlines and videos. Whistleblower Yao Cheng’s revelations Yao Cheng, a former PLA Lieutenant Colonel who fled China in 2016, has provided a different perspective. The carefully crafted image of the PLA as a powerful and well-funded force clashes with the stark reality exposed by …

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Myanmar ethnic armed group seizes another crossing point along the Chinese border, reports say
1 year ago

Myanmar ethnic armed group seizes another crossing point along the Chinese border, reports say

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — An ethnic armed group in northeastern Myanmar has seized a major crossing point for trade along the Chinese border, residents and media reports said. The border gate in Laukkaing township, the capital of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone in the northern part of Shan state, became the fifth crossing seized by the group since it launched a coordinated offensive …

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An alliance of Myanmar ethnic groups claim capture of another big trade crossing at Chinese border
1 year ago

An alliance of Myanmar ethnic groups claim capture of another big trade crossing at Chinese border

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — An alliance of armed ethnic minority groups that launched a surprise offensive last month against Myanmar’s military has seized a major trading gate on the country’s northeastern border with China, a spokesperson for one of the groups said Sunday. Le Kyar Win, the spokesperson of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, told The Associated Press that the Kyin-San-Kyawt …

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Japan joins Philippines, US to counter Chinese military in South China Sea
1 year, 1 month ago

Japan joins Philippines, US to counter Chinese military in South China Sea

Firstpost  

Amid long-standing disputes over maritime sovereignty, the Philippines and Japan, two of the US’s closest Asian allies, have taken a firm stance against what they perceive to be aggressive behaviour by Chinese vessels As he pledged to support the improvement of Manila’s security capabilities, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stated on Saturday that his nation, the Philippines, and the United …

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