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India-Pakistan standoff after Pulwama attack boosts China's strategy of containing New Delhi, dominating Islamabad

For China, Pakistan is a borrowed knife to undermine or slow the rise of India in Asia as a competitor.

Pakistan reacts to Pulwama attack with denial, dismissiveness; experts warn surgical strike will trigger 'retaliation'

While the Pakistan foreign office did officially condemn the attack, their intention was to send a message to the world saying India blames Pakistan for its own flawed policies in Jammu and Kashmir

Pakistan rejects links to Pulwama attack, China maintains Masood Azhar not a terrorist: How the world reacted

Thursday's Pulwama attack where a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) suicide bomber rammed a vehicle carrying over 100 kilograms of explosives into a bus carrying Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans, killing 42 of them, invoked reactions of condemnation in varying degrees of intensity from other nations.

Chinese military equips PLA in Tibet with mobile howitzers to boost high-altitude combat capability, claims report

After the recent induction of lightweight battle tank in Tibet bordering India, the Chinese military has equipped its troops stationed at the Himalayan plateau with new vehicle-mounted howitzers to improve their combat capability

A year after Doka La standoff, Chinese PLA troops intrude 400 metres into Indian territory in Ladakh's Demchok

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops have reportedly intruded about 300-400 metres inside on the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC)- at Demchok in eastern Ladakh

ASEAN to work with India, China to counter protectionism, ensure continued growth, says Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong

Southeast Asian countries will work more closely with new powers China and India to counter the pressure of protectionism and ensure continued growth, Singapore prime minister said Saturday.

Army chief General Bipin Rawat, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale make rare visit to Bhutan, discuss Doka La strategy

In a rare visit, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval quietly travelled to Bhutan earlier this month where they held extensive talks with the Bhutanese leadership on key strategic issues including the situation in Doka La and the Chinese building defence infrastructure around the plateau, authoritative government sources said.

China 'firmly opposes' Narendra Modi's visit to Arunachal Pradesh, says views on boundary question is consistent

China on Thursday voiced its "firm opposition" to the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Arunachal Pradesh which it claims as part of South Tibet and said it would lodge a diplomatic protest with India.

Centre sanctions Rs 370 crore to BSF, ITBP for construction of bunkers along India-Pakistan border

Laying emphasis on building infrastructure along the India-Pakistan and China-India borders, the government has sanctioned nearly Rs 370 crore to the BSF and the ITBP for construction of bunkers and special climate-controlled huts in forward areas, an official said on Wednesday.

Mao Zedong declared war on India in 1962 because he saw New Delhi as a 'soft target', claims new book

Communist leader Mao Zedong declared war on India in 1962 because he saw the country as a "soft target"