China is the second biggest spender on defence next to the US whose defence budget for 2023 totalled USD 816 billion.
Chinese Envoy Sun Weidong is concluding his tenure amid the prolonged military standoff in eastern Ladakh.
India and China have been engaged in a standoff since April-May 2020 over transgressions by the Chinese army in multiple areas.
Rear Admiral Michael L Baker, the US Defence Attache to New Delhi, also noted that India and the US are carrying out joint maritime patrols and operating in the same operational space in the North Arabian Sea as well as in...
Ladakh Standoff: Though the two sides disengaged from Patrolling Point 15 (PP-15), there has been no progress yet on resolving the standoff in Demchok and Depsang regions.
China had earlier urged India to abide by the bilateral agreements and not hold military drills with US near LAC, while accusing the later of violations in eastern Ladakh.
Chinese soldiers had used stones, nail-studded sticks, iron rods and clubs in carrying out brutal attacks on Indian soldiers after they protested the erection of a surveillance post by China on the Indian side of the LAC at...
Ladakh standoff: The eastern Ladakh border row escalated after the Galwan Valley clashes on June 15, 2020.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, who visited Xinjiang from July 12 to 15 where his government is widely accused of oppressing predominantly Muslim ethnic...
The 16th round of military talks between India and China on the lingering border standoff in eastern Ladakh, will be held on the Indian side at Chushul-Moldo...
Eastern Ladakh row: In the fresh round of talks, the Indian side is expected to press for disengagement of troops as soon as possible in all the remaining...
The eastern Ladakh border standoff between India and China escalated significantly following the Galwan Valley clashes in which 20 Indian Army personnel laid...
