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As India battles a resurgence in coronavirus cases, China is shoring up ties with South Asia through cooperation on the pandemic.Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his counterparts from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh agreed on Tuesday to set up an emergency supplies reserve and a cooperation ...

China deploys between 200,000 and 230,000 troops to the region. It monitors Indian border troops and pays close attention to Tibet and Xinjiang, while also standing ready for potential conflicts with Russia. India’s troops have plenty of experience operating in environments similar to the Himalayas due to their engagements ...

The Indian and Chinese foreign ministers have agreed that their troops should disengage from a tense border standoff, maintain proper distance and ease tensions in the cold-desert Ladakh region where the two sides in June had their deadliest clash in decades.India’s S. Jaishankar and China’s Wang Yi met ...

China and Pakistan have increased their cooperation on infrastructure development in Kashmir, where the two countries have individual territorial disputes with India.On Wednesday, Islamabad approved a US$6.8 billion dollar upgrade to a rail line in the region as part of the multibillion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.Also this week, Beijing announced ...

China has hosted its first ever quadrilateral meeting with foreign ministers from Pakistan, Nepal and Afghanistan, as Beijing seeks to step up its influence in South Asia amid unresolved border friction with India.The video conference on Monday, which focused on coordinating the coronavirus response, took place as border tensions ...