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China Building Military Facility 10 Times Bigger Than Pentagon: Report

February 1, 2025 admin

China is building a new military command centre near Beijing that is expected to be 10 times the size of the Pentagon, a report in Financial Times, citing US intelligence officials has claimed. Dubbed “Beijing Military City”, the construction on the project started in mid-2024 with recent satellite images showing deep holes dug in the…

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Opinion: As India-China Grow Close, Who's Driving The 'Narrative'?

January 28, 2025 admin

India’s Foreign Secretary, Vikram Misri, was recently in China on a two-day trip to discuss the future course of bilateral relations between the two countries, following an initiative by both nations to normalise ties after a military standoff spanning nearly four years. A Host Of Measures Relations between the two nations were fraught after Beijing…

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Why China Might Need Rest Of The West More With Trump Back In White House

January 17, 2025 admin

Donald Trump has a knack of antagonising and confusing China. During his first presidential campaign, he accused China of “raping” the US through unfair trade practices. But later in his first term as US president, Trump also called Chinese president Xi Jinping a “good friend”. Throughout the 2024 presidential campaign Trump suggested he would be…

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Lockheed Martin, Boeing Defense Among 45 US Entities Penalised By China

January 2, 2025 admin

Washington: China has escalated its counter-offensive against the United States by intensifying its sanctions on American defence firms. In less than a week, Beijing today announced a second round of sanctions on ten US companies. The reason – sale of arms to Taiwan. With this, China has, in total, sanctioned or penalised 45 US entities…

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China’s Xi Jinping Ends 2024 With A Threat To Taiwan

December 31, 2024 admin

New Delhi: Chinese President Xi Jinping has ended the year with a threat over Taiwan, saying “no one can stop the reunification” with China. He said this while addressing the nation on New Year’s eve. Beijing has, for long, stated that the entire nation of Taiwan is part of China. It has also shown an…

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China Builds Over 200 New Prisons As Xi Jinping Ups Anti-Corruption Drive

December 29, 2024 admin

New Delhi: China has built or expanded over 200 specialised detention facilities across the country to support President Xi Jinping’s widening anti-corruption campaign, reports CNN. The detention facilities, known as “liuzhi” centres, are designed to hold suspects for up to six months without access to legal counsel or family visits. Since coming to power in…

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PM Modi May Visit China, Trump Likely In India: 2025 Diplomatic Calendar

December 26, 2024 admin

New Delhi: With the first dawn of 2025 less than a week ahead, India has already started work to shape its foreign policy in the new year. To take the India agenda forward, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is travelling to the United States this week, where he’s meeting officials of both the outgoing Biden…

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Xi, wife visit Macao to mark 25 years of its return to Chinese rule

December 18, 2024 admin

China’s President Xi Jinping, right, speaks upon his arrival at the airport in Macao, China, on December 18, 2024, ahead of celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of the casino city’s return to Chinese rule. | Photo Credit: AP Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday (December 18, 2024) began a three-day visit to Macao to mark…

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An Invitation, A Rejection, Now What? Trump And Xi Jinping Play Mind Games

December 13, 2024 admin

Washington DC: Sun Tzu, A Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher who lived approximately in the 5th Century BC, is best known for his famous book ‘The Art Of War’. In it, he wrote a proverb well-known to the world even today – “Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer”. US President-elect Donald Trump…

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How Fall Of Syria’s Assad Exposed Limits Of China’s Middle East Diplomacy

December 10, 2024 admin

Beijing: Just over a year ago, China gave Bashar al-Assad and his wife a warm welcome during their six-day visit to the country, offering the former Syrian leader a rare break from years of international isolation since the start of a civil war in 2011. As the couple attended the Asian Games, President Xi Jinping…

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