India, China express satisfaction over peace efforts in border areas
India and China reviewed border peace, diplomatic coordination and bilateral normalisation during the 35th WMCC meeting held in Beijing on Wednesday.
India and China reviewed border peace, diplomatic coordination and bilateral normalisation during the 35th WMCC meeting held in Beijing on Wednesday.
Without directly referring to Beijing’s aggressive posturing, the four Quad nations on Tuesday expressed serious concern over the situation in the East China Sea and the South China Sea.
Nepal’s new political establishment appears determined to redraw the rules of engagement with the outside world.
China’s latest growth numbers offer reassurance at first glance, but they obscure a more uncomfortable reality: the world’s second-largest economy is increasingly reliant on external demand at precisely the moment when the global environment is turning hostile.
The latest exchange between Washington and Beijing is a reminder that beneath the courteous language of diplomacy lies a hard, immovable dispute.
Such symbolic demonstrations of support risk entrapping Taiwan in an escalating Sino-US rivalry and undermining its security.
The Taiwan issue was not the only one to feature in the Paraguay poll. Indeed, the economy, plagued by rising fiscal deficits and slow growth figures, and corruption were major issues that dominated the discourse.
China's National Meteorological Centre on Wednesday renewed a yellow alert, the third highest, for sandstorms in several areas across the country said to be the "most severe" of this year.
India has maintained a steady relationship with Russia, Iran and Afghanistan as well as enhanced tieups in the name of democratic solidarity in the form of the Quad comprising India, Australia, Japan and the United States.
Beijing has closed the border citing the new year celebration as the Chinese new year will begin on January 22 and will be celebrated till February 5.
