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Despite its strategic location, the Gwadar port is not as attractive as the ones in Karachi and Ormara, nor does Islamabad seem interested in a permanent Chinese naval presence. Source link

The Chinese military is “firmly ensconced” in the Aksai Chin region and looks set to remain there, British think tank Chatham House has said.The statement was part of a study titled “Are India and China Bound for Another Border Clash”. The study, published on June 2, was written by ...

NEW DELHI: China continues to build border infrastructure development at “a very hectic pace” and has not reduced troops along the LAC, Army chief General Manoj Pande said Friday, amidst the three-year military confrontation in eastern Ladakh. “Overall, the situation along the LAC is stable but we need to ...

The seized Sri Lankan boat near Dhanushkodi in Ramanathapuram district. Photo: Special Arrangement With a 1,076 km-long porous coastline and a border with three States, Tamil Nadu is facing a heightened border challenge after many years.In recent weeks, there have been frequent intelligence warnings to the State government about ...

ISTANBULThe Chinese military on Tuesday blamed India for fresh border tensions, accusing Indian troops of “illegally” crossing the disputed border in what Beijing identified as the Dongzhang area.Colonel Long Shaohua, a spokesperson for the Western Theater of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), alleged that its “routine patrol was ...

Polling officials with election materials leave for their respective polling stations for the first phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections, in Surat, on November 30. | Photo Credit: PTI Gujarat Phase 1 polling in 89 seats today; 788 candidates in the frayGujarat is set to begin voting on December ...

NEW DELHI: Another Chinese research and space-tracking vessel is now prowling in the Indian Ocean Region at a time when India is testing missiles in the Bay of Bengal. The docking of a similar Chinese spy ship at Hambantota in August had led to a major diplomatic wrangle between ...

ISTANBULChina's Ministry of Defense on Thursday described its massive military operations around Taiwan since early August as "open and transparent," and said the steps were taken as a warning to disruptors in the Taiwan Strait.“The causes and consequences of the current situation in the Taiwan Strait are clear, and ...

ISTANBUL   US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's recent trip to Taiwan is a "provocation," but China should "not fall into the American trap," say experts.The move will also let the People's Liberation Army (PLA) expand military exercises around the self-ruled island nation, they added. Strongly advising against an aggressive response to ...

NEW DELHIIndia announced on Thursday that its envoy in Beijing will not attend the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing."It is indeed regrettable that the Chinese side has chosen to politicize an event like the Olympics. I wish to inform that the Charge d'Affaires ...