China denies sending troops to North Korea
December 28th, 2011 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 28 (IANS) China Wednesday denied reports that its army had entered North Korea following the death of its leader Kim Jong-il.Defence ministry spokesman Yang Yujun said the media ... Read more...
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Over 10,000 military dogs serving Chinese army
December 23rd, 2011 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 23 (IANS) Over 10,000 dogs are presently serving the Chinese armed forces in missions like peacekeeping, post-disaster search and rescue and border patrolling, a Chinese army official has ... Read more...
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No information on joint China-Pakistan army exercise: Antony
November 28th, 2011 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony Monday said India has no information on a China-Pakistan joint military exercise held close to the Indian border recently.In a written ... Read more...
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BJP wants government to review China policy
October 6th, 2011 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party Thursday asked the government to review its policy on China after Army Chief General V.K. Singh's statement Oct 5 that ... Read more...
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Chinese missiles not a worry, says IAF chief
September 1st, 2011 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Indian Air Force (IAF) chief Norman Anil Kumar Browne Thursday dismissed a Pentagon report about Chinese missile threat to India, saying New Delhi has its ... Read more...
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China dismisses Pentagon report on military
August 27th, 2011 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 27 (IANS) Dismissing an annual report by the Pentagon assessing the Chinese military, China has said it "severely distorted the facts", a media report said.The report, submitted to ... Read more...
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China, Russia discuss military cooperation
August 5th, 2011 - 9:03 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 5 (IANS) The chief of the Chinese army's general staff has met Russia's defence minister to discuss military cooperation between the two countries, Xinhua reported.Chen Bingde, who met ... Read more...
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Nepal to look for uranium near Tibet border
August 4th, 2011 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 4 (IANS) Nepal is gearing up to explore for uranium mines in its remote mountainous north, adjoining the border with Tibet, more than two decades after preliminary studies ... Read more...
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Tibet has leapt from serfdom to socialism: Chinese envoy
July 24th, 2011 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, July 24 (IANS) As a rights group alleged intensified crackdowns in Tibet, China's new ambassador to Nepal has hailed the 60th year of the Chinese takeover of Tibet, ... Read more...
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India says no to Chinese general’s stopover
May 25th, 2011 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Citing a busy schedule, India has refused a stopover request from a Chinese general who is travelling to Sri Lanka next month and wanted to ... Read more...
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Tibet government head rules out talks with `exile government’
May 19th, 2011 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 19 (IANS) Tibet's top government official Thursday called the Dalai Lama's "exile government" an illegal organisation and ruled out talks with it.Padma Choling, chairman of the Tibet Autonomous ... Read more...
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Advani calls on Dalai Lama, discusses Tibet (Lead)
May 18th, 2011 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, May 18 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Wednesday called on Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at his official palace in this Himachal Pradesh ... Read more...
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Advani calls on Dalai Lama
May 18th, 2011 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, May 18 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Wednesday met Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at his official palace in this Himachal Pradesh town, ... Read more...
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Tibetan Buddhist monks protest against China in Delhi
May 1st, 2011 - 5:28 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 1 (ANI): Condemning the alleged lockdown of the Kirti Monastery in Tibet by Chinese forces, hundreds of Buddhist monks, along with Tibetan activists, undertook a peace rally here todayPraying ... Read more...
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Tibetans in exile protest against China in Dharamsala
April 24th, 2011 - 10:20 pm ICT by ANI
Dharamsala, Apr 24(ANI): Activists of the Tibetan Women's Association (TWA) on Sunday organized a protest rally in Dharamsala against Chinese atrocities in Tibet's Ngawa city.Hundreds of protestors including TWA activists, Gu Chu ... Read more...
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China prepares for hi-tech modern warfare
April 23rd, 2011 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 23 (IANS) The Chinese army is developing officers of high caliber who will be capable of handling advanced weaponry and mastering warfare in the information age by 2020, ... Read more...
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Tibetans go on hunger strike in Delhi to protest Chinese atrocities
April 22nd, 2011 - 10:26 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 22(ANI): Tibetans in exile went on a hunger strike in New Delhi on Friday to protest the atrocities of Chinese troops imposing a severe lockdown on Tibet's Kirti Monastery.Tibetans ... Read more...
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Nepal minister with Indian passport, Tibetan ID, forced to quit
April 22nd, 2011 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, April 22 (IANS) Nepal's new government suffered a major diplomatic embarrassment with a newly appointed minister from Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal's ruling party being forced to quit following ... Read more...
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Chinese soldiers get up to 40 percent pay hike
March 3rd, 2011 - 2:10 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 3 (IANS) Grassroots-level officers in the Chinese army have got pay hikes of up to 40 percent, a media report said Thursday.Senior officers will get an average increase ... Read more...
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China betrayed friendship, says Farooq on reported Chinese incursion
January 10th, 2011 - 3:13 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Jan 10 (IANS) China had "betrayed the concept of friendship", union minister Farooq Abdullah has said amid reports of "incursions" into Indian territory in Jammu and Kashmir's Ladakh region. "China has ... Read more...
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China helped create political instability in Pacific islands: Wikileaks
December 20th, 2010 - 4:29 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, Dec 20 (ANI): Secret US diplomatic cables released by the whistleblower website 'Wikileaks' have revealed that New Zealand defence officials had warned the US that the Chinese army was creating political ... Read more...
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Chinese Army deputy chief calls for ’strengthening cooperation’ with US
November 19th, 2010 - 6:24 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Nov 19(ANI): Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), General Ma Xiaotian, and Charles Freeman, a China specialist at Washington's Center for Strategic and International ... Read more...
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Nepal’s diplomatic scale tilts towards China (Lead)
October 21st, 2010 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Oct 21 (IANS) Nepal's diplomatic scale continues to tilt towards Beijing with an unending procession of high-level visits to the Middle Kingdom despite ruling parties and the opposition ... Read more...
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China scale gets heavier in Nepal
October 21st, 2010 - 2:12 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Oct 21 (IANS) Despite Nepal's ruling parties and the opposition Maoists saying they want to keep equidistance from their two neighbours, India and China, the China scale has begun ... Read more...
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Arunachal Pradesh accuses China of incursions
September 22nd, 2010 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Itanagar, Sept 22 (IANS) The government in India's frontier state of Arunachal Pradesh Wednesday accused China of making at least four incursions in the past one month and ... Read more...
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India conveys concerns over Chinese presence in PoK
September 3rd, 2010 - 5:07 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep 3 (ANI): India has conveyed its concerns to Beijing on Chinese activities in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK).India's Ambassador to China S. Jaishankar met Chinese Vice Minister for Foreign ... Read more...
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Antony reviews security scenario
August 31st, 2010 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony Tuesday reviewed the security scenario with the three service chiefs, the first such meeting after a controversy erupted over China refusing to welcome ... Read more...
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Chinese presence in Kashmir matter of serious concern: India
August 30th, 2010 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) India Monday said the presence of Chinese army troops in Pakistan-administered Kashmir would be a matter of "serious concern" if these media reports were proved to be ... Read more...
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‘No Chinese interference in Indian pavilion’
August 29th, 2010 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) India Sunday denied a media report that Chinese officials had confiscated brochures showing the Indian map from the Indian pavilion at the World Expo2010 in Shanghai.
A national ... Read more...
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India halts defence exchanges, refuses visas to Chinese army officers (Roundup)
August 27th, 2010 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Hyderabad, Aug 27 (IANS) India Friday put all future defence exchanges with China on hold after Beijing refused to welcome an army general as he had Jammu and Kashmir under his ... Read more...
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Register strongest protest to China: Indian political parties
August 27th, 2010 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Political parties across the spectrum Friday condemned reports of an Indian Army general being unwelcome in China because he has Jammu and Kashmir under his command ... Read more...
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Three Chinese army officers refused visas: Sources
August 27th, 2010 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Three Chinese army officers have been denied visas to India as a fallout of Beijing saying the visit of an Indian Army officer to China would be ... Read more...
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India urges sensitivity as general’s China visit called off (Lead)
August 27th, 2010 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) There should be "sensitivity to each other's concerns", India said Friday and summoned the Chinese ambassador after an army general's visit to China was called off with ... Read more...
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Be more sensitive, India tells China after visa denial report
August 27th, 2010 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) China and India should show "sensitivity to each others' concerns", the Indian foreign ministry said Friday amid reports that China had denied a visa to a senior ... Read more...
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Mao Zedong’s grandson promoted as major general
August 2nd, 2010 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 2 (IANS) Mao Xinyu, the grandson of revolutionary communist leader Mao Zedong, has been promoted as major general in the Chinese army.
Mao Xinyu, 40, has become one of the youngest ... Read more...
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