China's military upgradation has set off alarm bells in the military establishment with the Navy maintaining that it would keep a close watch on the movement of Chinese nuclear submarines housed ..Read More
Chinese hackers broke into the computer network of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) recently prompting the government to think about fortifying the system. No sensitive information is believed t..Read More
Chinese military journals have in recent days and weeks ratcheted up the tough talk against India, accusing it of going on the “same old path of confrontation with China as it had in 1962.”The stepped..Read More
The Union government has now given the go-ahead to the Indian Air Force (IAF) to carry out joint exercises with China, IAF official sources confirmed on Friday. As a goodwill gesture first, the IAF wi..Read More
According to reports, China stationed forces on the Nepalese side of the border with Tibet last week, in order to keep tabs on protests by Tibetans in Nepal over the past few days.The Chinese forces ..Read More
China on Friday acknowledged for the first time that police had shot at and wounded four rioters in a Tibetan-inhabited area in southwestern Sichuan province, where protests broke out after anti-Beiji..Read More
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today placed emphasis on increasing the growth rate of the Northeast region. Dr Singh, who is on his first visit to Arunachal Pradesh, said: "Congress party has playe..Read More
Pakistan began on Tuesday the mass assembly of a JF-17 fighter at an aircraft-manufacturing plant in the northwest of the country, national television reported.The JF-17 Thunder, also known as the FC-..Read More
On the day the Indian and Chinese prime ministers met in Beijing and instructed their officials to set a deadline for 'arriving at an agreed framework of settlement' of boundary dispute, the..Read More
In what is seen as a significant trade-off, China on Monday said it would back India's bid for a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council. According to TV reports, India in return, h..Read More
India and China on Monday announced to hold their second joint military exercises this year and welcomed the "progress" in negotiations on the boundary issue.Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese ..Read More
The Singapore Ministry of Defence and the PRC People’s Liberation Army (PLA) signed the Agreement on Defence Exchanges and Security Cooperation on 7 Jan 08. The Agreement was signed between Permanen..Read More
India's defense minister said his country's growing defense ties with Southeast Asia are not meant to counter China, ahead of a meeting Monday with his Malaysian counterpart.The defense link..Read More
In accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding on exchange and cooperation in the field of defence, signed between India and China in 2006, the first Sino Indian Joint Training Exercise "Hand in H..Read More
The perceptions of Line of Actual Control (LAC) of both India and China overlaps at many places on India-China border. From time to time, on account of differences in the perception of the LAC, situat..Read More
Indian Army Chief General J.J. Singh today warned China against any misadventures (read aggression) the Communist Regime may attempt on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) that separates the two Asian gi..Read More
Pakistan is presently negotiating with the French Government to buy air-to-air missiles and radars for its JF-17 fighter aircraft, but there are apprehensions that this European technology could fall ..Read More
Russian President Vladimir Putin has recently signed the permission for the re-export of Russian engines RD-93 to Pakistan. RD-93 are installed on Chinese fighter jets JF-17 (also known as FC-1). Isla..Read More
China is close to beginning construction of its first aircraft carrier to expand the operational and strategic capabilities of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), a Chinese news agency said..Read More
China has asked India, the United States, Japan and Australia, who are trying to forge a quadripartite format not to go against the global trend and be "open and inclusive" while a Chinese expert bel..Read More
In a sign of their improving relations, India and China will conduct their first-ever joint army training exercise. The decision was announced Monday after a visit to China by an Indian military deleg..Read More
India and China may soon hold their first-ever joint military exercise which would be an anti-terrorism manoeuvre, Indian Army chief General JJ Singh said Saturday.Singh said he would be discussing th..Read More
BJP MP Kiren Rijiju from Arunachal Pradesh has made a startling claim that China has moved 20 kilometres into the Indian territory which has lead the old and contentious issue of border incursion in A..Read More
In what could cause concern to India, Russia has reportedly permitted China to re-export its RD-93 fighter engines to Pakistan."This permission will enable the supply of 150 Chinese JF-17 fighter airc..Read More
IN Ships Rana and Ranjit under the command of Capt LV Sarat Babu and Captain DM Sudan respectively, visited Qingdao from 12 to 15 Apr 07 during the course of the ships Overseas Deployment (RAJDOOT 01/..Read More
India and China Friday held talks on a wide range of bilateral issues and will resume formal negotiations on resolving the border row in the serene environs of Coonoor in Tamil Nadu Saturday.Chinese ..Read More
A parliamentary standing committee in Pakistan has announced that the country would get an F-22 P frigate from China in 2009, and that three more frigates would be delivered by 2013.Chairman of the Se..Read More
Less than a year after India and China signed a landmark memorandum of understanding on defence cooperation, the Indian Navy and its Chinese counterpart will conduct a series of naval exercises, start..Read More
The situation along the Sino-Indian border has changed for the better and the two countries were now collaborating in key areas like energy, a senior Indian Air Force official has said."Both China and..Read More
Russia and China have called for expanding trilateral cooperation with India.Triangular interaction "enhances mutually beneficial economic cooperation among the three nations, strengthens their coordi..Read More
China has delivered two JF-17 advanced fighter jets to Pakistan for flight tests and evaluation.The two jets have arrived in Pakistan for further flight tests and evaluation by the Pakistan Air Force,..Read More
Gao Junliang, Vice-Minister of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said on Friday that the border dispute between India and China could be solved "through conse..Read More
Security forces smashed two militant hideouts in Doda and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir and recovered a big cache of arms, including 51 explosive devices and 523 rounds of ammunition, official..Read More
China's defence budget for 2007 is expected to go up by a whopping 17.8 per cent from last year, a spokesman of china's top legislature's annual session said here today. The State Counc..Read More
A Chinese naval fleet left for Pakistan today to participate for the first time in a multi-national maritime military exercise against terrorism to be staged by its 'all-weather' ally.The P..Read More
President Pervez Musharraf will inaugurate the new deep sea port at Gwadar, which has been built with Chinese help, between March 22 and 24 this year.Disclosing this here today, federal Ports and Ship..Read More
India and Russia today categorically opposed weaponisation of outer space, close on the heels of China testing an anti-satellite missile system."Our fundamental position is that outer space should be ..Read More
Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Sureesh Mehta, on Saturday said the Indian Navy is not Pakistan or China-centric, but was capability driven and committed to developing capabilities to protect the mariti..Read More
India would explore the possibility of holding a joint military exercise with China, Chief of Army Staff General J J Singh said today."There is no problem and in fact, we would be happy to do any join..Read More
Pakistan and China have agreed to jointly develop long-range radar equipped early warning aircraft, the Pakistan Air Force said Friday in a statement.The announcement came during a visit to the countr..Read More
Pakistan is set to get the first batch of eight medium-technology fighter jets from China next year and the country would start manufacturing them locally from January 2008, a senior military official..Read More
Following are the highlights of the joint declaration issued after the talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese President Hu Jintao today.The two sides committed themselves to a ten-pro..Read More
Chinese air force chief, Gen. Qiao Quingchen, is in India on a three-day visit.Qiao's trip comes five months after then Indian defence minister Pranab Mukherjee travelled to Beijing on a historic..Read More
Japan will deploy a new radar to monitor Chinese military activity amid growing concern in Tokyo over Beijing's arms buildup, a news report said on Monday.The Defense Agency will deploy the radar..Read More
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) concluded its first military exercise involving long-range manoeuvers Thursday with a 'combat' exercise deep in China's inner Mongolia Au..Read More
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has launched an exercise to test the long-distance manoeuvrability of its land forces under real-war conditions, according to an officer with the headqu..Read More
India plans to build 27 new roads along its 3,225-kilometer (2,015-mile) -long border with China over the next six years to develop infrastructure in the remote frontier districts, a state-run televis..Read More
China and Pakistan are looking to export the FC-1 fighter jets to third world countries. The Pakistani name for the FC-1 is JF-17 Thunder.The two are also jointly producing the Chinese designed F-22 f..Read More
India isn't party to any kind of containment by the United States and China of the other, and it would be a painful exercise for both countries, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran said on Monday.Inaug..Read More
The Indian Air Force is monitoring the presence of a Chinese surveillance plane at the Chaklala air base in northern Pakistan, newspaper reports said on Friday. The aircraft reportedly flew in with a ..Read More
The Chinese Communist Party's People's Liberation Army (PLA) personnel and 1,000 tanks were involved in a major military exercise recently to test their ability to engage in high-technology ..Read More
As the Indo-US Nuclear Deal debate enters the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, Beijing and Islamabad are moving towards deeper bilateral nuclear cooperation.Latest reports from Pakistan indicate a deal on buy..Read More
India and China will take the bilateral relationship, a step forward with the latter coming to the Indian side to celebrate the Independence Day.The Chinese army delegation would cross over the McMoha..Read More
Pakistan and China are close to finalising a landmark deal on nuclear energy cooperation, through which Islamabad will acquire upto six reactors of 300 megawatts each from China.The accord, which expo..Read More
Chinese officials in Tibet speculate that the Tibet railway link may be later stretched to an area close to Nathu La Pass, which was opened on July 6 for border trade after a gap of 44 years. The ope..Read More
Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan threatened Taiwan to mark the 79th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) yesterday, calling on China's military to hasten i..Read More
Moscow: A Ukrainian firm supplied China and Iran with six long-range cruise missile in 2000-2001, Russia's defense minister said Friday.Sergei Ivanov, who is also a deputy prime minister, ..Read More
New Delhi: Keeping as it does a watchful eye on the rapidly-modernising Chinese Navy, the Indian Navy has detected, tracked and photographed three spanking new Chinese submarines in the Mediter..Read More
Beijing: India and China opened the eighth round of boundary talks here on Monday to find a political settlement to the vexed dispute. India`s Special Representative to the India-China boundary..Read More
The Shanghai summit in June 20006 marked the fifth anniversary of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) which has six member states - China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbeki..Read More
Beijing: As an exceptional gesture that reflected growing warmth in bilateral ties, China has allowed an aircraft with Indian Air Force insignia, which was carrying Petroleum and Natural Gas Mi..Read More
Beijing: China's space giant today opposed US' move to freeze the firm's assets on its soil and denounced as "groundless" Washington's accusations that it aided Iran's ..Read More
Beijing: China is helping to fuel conflicts and human rights abuses by selling arms to some of the world's poorest and least democratic nations, Amnesty International said Monday. Governme..Read More
Bangladesh is negotiating with China and South Korea to develop its military and civilian facilities at the Chittagong port as part of moves to strengthen its navy for high sea patrolling and protecti..Read More
Los Angeles: Two more members of a Southern California family have been indicted for acting as agents of Beijing in a widening probe into an attempt to send sensitive information about U.S. Nav..Read More
Beijing: Fast reactors are expected to enter the Chinese nuclear power market by 2035, a leading scientist has said. Wang Naiyan, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and director of..Read More
Beijing: China and the US Thursday held their eighth annual round of defence consultations on building closer military ties. 'We are here for the eighth defence consultative talks. I am to..Read More
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee's visit to Japan, China and Singapore from May 24 to June 4 is being termed as the flowering of India's defence diplomacy.While India's agenda differed..Read More
Beijing A Chinese military transport plane crashed in eastern China with the possible death of all 40 aboard, state-run media reported Sunday. The plane carrying 40 crew members and other peopl..Read More
New Delhi: The Defence Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee visited the Headquarters of the Lanzhou Military Region in China today. He was given a warm reception by General Li Qianyuan, Commander Lan..Read More
Defence Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee and Gen. Cao Gangchuan, Minister of National Defence of the People's Republic of China, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Exchanges and Coopera..Read More
Beijing: India and China, who fought a bitter war four decades ago, Monday agreed to intensify cooperation in the defence field, envisaging joint exercises by their armed forces and counter-ter..Read More
Beijing: Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said he hoped to have a "very useful" meeting with the Chinese leadership to further consolidate India's strategic relationship with th..Read More
New Delhi: A CPI(M) MP has asked the government to clarify whether China was considered a security threat in supplying aerobridges for Indian airports, as a Chinese copany's bid was reject..Read More
London: Pakistan is geared up to produce a modified version of the Chinese Qiang Wei-2 man-portable surface-to-air missile system known locally as the Anza MK III, a leading defence weekly has ..Read More
Islamabad: Pakistan has clinched a USD 600-million defence deal with China, which includes construction of four F22P frigates for the Pakistani Navy, upgradation of the Karachi dockyard and tra..Read More
Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Tuesday said that Pakistan and China were working towards expansion of cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear technology for electricity gen..Read More
Japan:Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee will arrive in Beijing May 28 on a historic five-day visit during which the once bitter enemies are expected to institutionalise a framework for r..Read More
Moscow: Two regional security organizations comprising post-Soviet nations and China are planning joint military exercises, the chief of Russia’s general staff said Thursday, the RIA Novosti ..Read More
New Delhi: Maldives has sought help from India in developing its media to accelerate democratic reforms and asserted that China was no competitor to India, the only country with which the islan..Read More
China has threatened to veto the draft action plan against Iran to be discussed and adopted by the UN Security Council next week that speaks of sanctions followed by military strikes.Chinese foreign m..Read More
New Delhi: The Minister of State for Defence Shri MM Pallam Raju will be leading a high-level defence delegation to the Republic of Korea in the first week of May. He will be visiting Mongolia ..Read More
Islamabad: Envisaging a target of 8,800 MW of nuclear power generation in the next 20 years, Pakistan has turned to traditional ally China to help meet its rapidly growing energy needs. In retu..Read More
Moscow: Russia's defense minister said Wednesday that the six member countries of a regional security grouping would conduct anti-terrorism exercises in Russia next year."The exercises wil..Read More
Rawalpindi: After ordering two nuclear power plants from China, Pakistan could seek four to six additional ones at a cost of about USD 6.5 billion, a media report has said.Quoting informed sour..Read More
It is de ja vu time. Remember the old days when the trade imbalance with Japan led to carping about closed markets, pressure for the Japanese government to allow foreign companies to bid for governmen..Read More
Under pressure from the US and the European Union, China has agreed to a week's visit of the Dalai Lama to Tibet, and while it won't finalise the dates yet for security reasons, this could b..Read More
Washington: U.S. fears of a rising China are spurring billions of dollars worth of weapons projects, from nuclear-fueled attack submarines to fighter jets to destroyers.Even as President George..Read More
New Delhi: Proposing new initiatives to build further confidence in ties, India is seeking larger interaction with the Chinese armed forces by scaling-up the level of joint exercises and traini..Read More
Islamabad: A Chinese delegation is expected to visit Pakistan later this month to hold talks on enhancing cooperation in the field of nuclear energy. During the visit of the high-level Chinese ..Read More
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) of the United Kingdom has come out with a White Paper on British international strategic priorities for the next ten years. British Foreign Secretary, Jack St..Read More
The final settlement of the Sino-Indian territorial and boundary dispute is not a question of 'if' but 'when'. Four pertinent reasons suggest that China can be ultimately trusted t..Read More
What is the impact of the Indo-US nuclear deal on power politics in South Asia? Pakistan was visibly set down and China has allegedly been 'balanced' by the new warmth in Indo-US ties.India ..Read More
Shanghai: Pakistan and China signed an agreement here on Thursday for the indigenous construction of fourth F-22P frigate in Karachi. The agreement was inked by Rear Admiral Iftikhar Ahmed Rao,..Read More
Leh: With the Indo-Pak diplomatic back-channels working on a solution to the Siachen issue, there are signs, a decrease in number of surveillance sorties for instance, that things are already c..Read More
Canberra: China backs India's peaceful nuclear energy plans but wants nuclear weapon states to honour their obligations under the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, Premier Wen Jiabao was q..Read More
Washington: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged China and India on Tuesday to put more pressure on Myanmar's military junta over its poor human rights record.Rice also said that..Read More
Bejieng: China and Pakistan will open four new passenger and cargo road links in the first half of 2006, including one to the strategic Gwadar deep sea port for the first time, allowing the Com..Read More
Beijing: China on Thursday said it would adopt an "earnestly responsible" stand on the Indo-US nuclear deal at the Nuclear Suppliers Group meeting but stressed that such cooperation should be ..Read More
Beijing: In a boost to cooperation among India, China and Russia, Chinese President Hu Jintao and his visiting Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have given the go-ahead for the early establish..Read More