Till 2018, China’s coast guard operated under a civilian agency but then the Central Military Commission took over. The message was clear: Coordination between the PLA Navy, CCG and the People’s Armed Forces Maritime Militia to advance Chinese claims especially in the South China Sea (SCS) would be the name of the game.
February 14, 2021There was no immediate confirmation of the Chinese claim by the Indian side, but news agency PTI quoted people familiar with the development as saying both sides are in the process of pulling back their armoured units like tanks and armoured personnel carriers.
February 11, 2021India handled the Doklam standoff “with great maturity”, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Friday. “The Doklam issue was handled very well and with great maturity,” Puri, a former diplomat who has also served as India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, told reporters here. Indian and Chinese troops were locked in a tense border …
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September 15, 2017