Indian businessmen have stopped placing orders for toys and decorative lights from China
Dalai Lama's Declaration A Turning Point For Tibetans
The Tibetan diaspora must now take the lead in mobilizing global opinion. The Dalai Lama has issued a clarion call — not only to uphold Tibet’s spiritual and cultural values, but to defend the right of a people to decide their own destiny.
Why is India equivocating on the Dalai Lama's succession?
There are multiple reasons why the MEA doesn’t dare to say “no one except Dalai Lama can decide his successor”, some of which could include External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar fears getting snubbed during his coming visit to Beijing
China’s Deepening Strategic Engagement In Central Asia Has Global Implications
China’s strategy for building a regional order in Central Asia converges with its playbook in sub-regions across the Global South, like Latin America, Africa and South Asia. The substance and optics of its Latin America Summit and Xi Jinping’s tour of Southeast Asia in the last few months reflect this strategy.
Dalai Lama's much-anticipated announcement throws a challenge to China
Contrary to the longstanding popular expectation that the Dalai Lama could announce an interim successor until a reincarnation is determined after his death, he has chosen the option that sets the stage for a long-term conflict between Beijing and the institution of the Dalai Lama. It is clear now that the next Dalai Lama will be from outside China and Tibet.
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Don't allow Chinese firms in Train 18 project: CAIT
The Confederation of All India Traders on Saturday urged the government not to allow Chinese firm's participation in the global tender for semi-high speed indigenous train project of Indian Railways
Educationist Sonam Wangchuk supports Tibet's freedom from China
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India, China are partners not rivals: Chinese envoy
Amid ongoing tension along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, Chinese Ambassador to India, Sun Weidong, on Friday said that India and China should be partners and not rivals
China bars US-Bangla flights from Bangladesh
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India, China military talks next week on disengagement
Top Indian and Chinese military officials will hold talks next week in the second phase of disengagement at Pangong Lake and Depsang areas in eastern Ladakh, the government said on Thursday
Bids for Ladakh solar project may see first Indian action against Chinese firms
The deadly border conflict between India and China in the Ladakh region is now setting the ground for a first set of restrictions that India proposes to impose on imports from the Asian giant
49% Indians want Chinese firms to sell goods, with data security
A survey has found that around 49 percent of its respondents feel that Chinese companies should be allowed to sell products in India, but they want their data to be placed in India and not be transferred to the companies' China headquarters
Chinese ambassador meets with former Nepal PM Dahal
Chinese Ambassador Hou Yanqi on Thursday met with Nepal Communist Party chair and former prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal as she continues her marathon meetings with the ruling party leaders since the party has plunged into a fresh round of crisis
Pakistan, China mull opening border from next week
Pakistan and China have considered a proposal to resume border trade from next week with stakeholders advising restriction on the number of cargoes to avoid crowding at the dry port, it was learned on Wednesday
Chinese PLA moves back at Patrolling Points 14, 15
The Chinese People's Liberation Army troops have pulled back around 2 kilometres at Patrolling Point 14 and Patrolling 15 in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh while the process of pullback has started at the Hot Springs, sources said on Wednesday
'Indian defence not what it used to be in 1962'
China is frustrated with India in Ladakh because a journey that used to take 16 to 18 days for the Indian Army to reach the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in 1962 takes just a day today
No pullback of Chinese troops, material from Pangong Lake, Depsang
The Indian military sees no pullback of Chinese People's Liberation Army troops and material from Pangong Lake and Depsang in eastern Ladakh, knowledgeable sources told IANS on Tuesday
CPEC will be a game-changer: Pakistan PM
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will be a "game-changer", bringing unprecedented prosperity and progress to the country
