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Thursday, August 28, 2025
TopicUS-China relations

Topic: US-China relations

US warns China against providing lethal aid for Russia’s war in Ukraine

Western fears of China helping to arm Russia come as Moscow's forces struggle to make gains around key objectives in eastern Ukraine.

‘Achieve a high level of tech self-reliance,’ says Xi Jinping amid US standoff

The call comes as China faces growing headwind in its years-long effort to close the gap with the United States and its allies in advanced semiconductor technology.

China warns that US will suffer ‘consequences’ if it escalates spy balloon incident

Beijing will 'follow through to the end' if US insists on 'taking advantage' of the issue, the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement.

US Pentagon’s top China official Michael Chase has arrived in Taiwan, FT reports

Pentagon Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense's visit to Taiwan could exacerbate tensions between Beijing & Washington. He is the senior most US defence official to visit Taiwan since 2019.

US says China declined Washington’s request for call after it shot down ‘spy’ balloon

The request for a telephonic call between US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Beijing counterpart Gen Wei Fenghe was made by the Pentagon.

China urges restraint as US military searches for remnants of ‘suspected surveillance’ balloon

A US fighter jet shot down the balloon in the Atlantic off South Carolina on Saturday, a response China described as an ‘obvious overreaction.’

Lost in mistranslation? How the US-China diplomatic encounter turned into sparring contest

Biden planned to rely on his shared history with Xi. But an AI-watch that can support his translators might have helped in avoiding unintentional provocations.

‘This is Taiwan, nobody is panicking’: China military drills talk of island after Pelosi visit

With PRC holding extensive military exercises, face-off may be bigger than 1995-96 Third Taiwan Strait Crisis. But people have lived with China threat for a long time, say observers.

China expanding nuclear test facility, satellite images suggest construction in Xinjiang: report

New structure in Lop Nur, a dried salt lake in a region infamous for Uyghur detention camps, suggests an underground testing tunnel.

China launches media blitz to showcase military power, ahead of Pelosi’s potential Taiwan stop

The Eastern Theatre Command of the People’s Liberation Army has released a video that shows the PLA carrying out aggressive military exercises.

On Camera

Severe Hyderabad internet outages make it an IT hub without the IT part

Many offices in Telangana have asked their employees to work from home because of heavy rainfall, but it has become impossible due to the internet outages.

‘Not just Russian oil, India tapped us along on trade deal,’ says US treasury secy Scott Bessent

New Delhi: The US is not worried about the rupee “becoming a reserve currency” given that it is at an all-time low versus the...

CDS on differences on theaterisation—views welcome, final call to be in nation’s best interests

The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.