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Trump offers to mediate between India, China


New York: Despite his tensions with Beijing, US President Donald Trump has offered to "mediate or arbitrate" the border dispute between India and China as the situation heated up with threats from both Beijing and Islamabad. He tweeted: "We have informed both India and China that the United States is ready, willing and able to mediate...

How China challenges US supremacy through Asian nations


New Delhi/Beijing: Beijing remains steadfast in challenging the US supremacy in the post-coronavirus world by simultaneous muscle-flexing along the boundaries with India and as well as in the sea against Southeast Asian nations. In the last decade, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been persistently propagating the view that the American hegemony and the US-led world order...

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China’s tactical play in Ladakh isn’t just about the boundary


By Shishir Gupta In the wake of the economic slowdown owing to the Covid-19 pandemic in China, paramount leader Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are facing one of the biggest crises since the party came to power in 1949. The challenges before the party and the leader are being deliberated since May 22 at...

India-China stand-off: No breakthrough in military talks

India-China stand-off: No breakthrough in military talks


New Delhi: Despite holding several meetings, the militaries of India and China made no progress in resolving the face off in Eastern Ladakh at the Line of Actual Control. According to sources, there have been five rounds of talks between the commanders of the Indian Army and China's People's Liberation Army on the ground. "No breakthrough. Status quo...