Rahul's attempt to read excerpts on the 2020 border crisis with China led to repeated interventions from Om Birla & protests by Rajnath Singh & Amit Shah.
Indian corporate chiefs—from Ambani to Adani—are looking to China as a solution to their tech deficit. And China views India as a market where it can offload some excess production.
Speaking at annual press conference, Army chief reiterated that India does not recognise 1963 Sino-Pakistan border pact under which Pakistan illegally ceded Shaksgam Valley to China.
Even as the Chinese Communist Party delegation also met Congress’s Salman Khurshid, the party accused the BJP of double standards for welcoming the Chinese team to its HQ.
While both India and China have carried out disengagement in Eastern Ladakh, the process of de-escalation is still under discussion & has not been agreed upon.
This comes as thaw in India-China ties gathers pace. In the last year, PM Modi went to China for SCO Summit, while New Delhi & Beijing have instituted many confidence building measures.
Chinese construction activities in the Valley located in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir have gathered steam following the standoff in Bhutan's Doklam in 2017.
General MM Naravane’s memoir—Four Stars of Destiny—reveals that he was left hanging by political leadership for more than two hours as Chinese tanks drove towards Indian positions.
The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.
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