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China has achieved 2 goals ahead of G20—expand BRICS & convince India that all is ‘normal’

The Chinese statement reiterates Beijing’s position on delinking the border issue from the bilateral relationship. A détente at the BRICS summit was never in the offing.

China gained more than India from military-level talks. Xi got a seat at BRICS, G20

Despite two military-level talks between India and China in August, the PLA has not moved an inch back from its position.

India’s three former service chiefs held a closed-door meet in Taiwan. Here’s the inside story

Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria (IAF), Karambir Singh (Navy), and Manoj Mukund Naravane (Army) were invited by Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Ketagalan Forum.

CCP’s annual retreat is not a vacation. There’s a leadership crisis in China’s Rocket Force

Rocket Force, which manages China’s nuclear weapons arsenal, saw a leadership shake-up, confirming rumours about an investigation into its previous commanders.

Border defence is CCP’s new ideological feature. And Xi has a tsar to lead the charge

Tying down India’s negotiating options is the next best option for Beijing — to maintain somewhat positive views about Beijing in the region.

Xi-Kissinger meeting sends a direct message to US: accommodate China, don’t contain

Henry Kissinger’s visit highlights Beijing’s inability to find support in Washington’s political beltway against the Joe Biden administration’s China agenda.

China foreign minister goes missing, rumors of his affair with journalist spread. Xi in a fix

Beijing asks India to stop targeting Chinese companies. Germany's new China strategy disappoints many, but business leaders welcome it. Rumours about the missing Chinese...

China happy to let citizens believe US treasury secretary came ‘begging’

Most semiconductor companies said China's export control of rare earth minerals won’t impact their business. Germany's Volkswagen said it was assessing the impact.

China’s new foreign affairs law says it will target India if relations go worse

Beijing is hinting toward developing its own long-arm jurisdiction along the lines of US acumen to target entities beyond its physical territory.

Modi’s US visit is everything China hates. It even called Biden’s optimism ‘wishful thinking’

Chinese State media has argued that India is trying to play both sides in the power game, while the US is furthering a broader strategy to contain Beijing.

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Beneath the ice — what a lost US base from the Cold War reveals about Greenland

A failed US plan to hide missiles under the ice now provides vital clues for understanding Greenland’s future and climate risks.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.