Set to release in April 2026, the film has created a flutter in China. 'No over-the-top drama can affect a nation’s sacred territory,' state-run Global Times quotes an expert as saying.
China gave total support to Pakistan during Operation Sindoor, turning it into a testing ground for network-centric warfare and weapon systems, it adds.
The Indian foreign secretary was in Beijing for a 2-day visit. This follows the Chinese foreign minister's meetings with EAM Jaishankar & NSA Ajit Doval last year.
During 20th round of military talks, the two countries also agreed to not carry out any provocative action during winter and be in close communication.
PLA video was released hours after social media handles in India posted footage from a 2021 clash in Yangtse, Arunachal, showing Indian troops holding off larger Chinese force.
President Xi Jinping mentioned 'Chinese-style modernisation' in this year’s Party Congress speech, which is now trending on social media sites such as Weibo.
In its version of the clash, a Chinese military channel ran a clip from a documentary featuring Chen Xiangrong, one of the four PLA soldiers who died in Galwan.
Aim is to ensure not just disengagement of troops, but overall de-escalation. Govt in favour of solving tensions through talks as it wants peace with all neighbours including China.
Chinese state media had put out edited images on 1 January with the caption, ‘national flag rise over Galwan Valley on New Year Day’. This had led to a political row in India.
Why should the US care? Because in the end, as its wrangle with Britain this week should have reminded them, America still needs bases, friendly ports, & overfly rights.
Multiple companies have invoked the principle of ‘force majeure’, which lets a party off the hook in case of unforeseen ‘acts of God’, to avoid penalties.
IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.
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