The United States and China butted heads over a number of contentious bilateral, regional and global issues as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and both warned of the dangers of misunderstandings and miscalculations.
Earlier this month, PM Modi stressed the urgency of addressing the "prolonged situation" at the border to restore peace and tranquillity in the affected areas. In response, the Chinese foreign ministry said "great positive progress" had been made in the border situation.
This would be Putin's first foreign trip since the presidential elections in March and will follow his presidential inauguration on May 7. Diplomatic and trade relations between Russia and China have grown sharply since the Ukraine war in 2022 as the former has been heavily sanctioned by the West.
India on Friday delivered the first batch of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles to the Philippines as part of a $375 million deal struck in 2022. China is currently locked in a conflict with the Philippines over maritime disputes in the South China Sea.
China’s Central Meteorological Observatory extended a rainstorm warning through Thursday evening, with heavy rain expected in large swaths of southern China, including parts of the Guangxi region and Guangdong and Fujian provinces.
Dibang Valley has witnessed heavy rainfall in past few days leading to landslide yesterday. The NHIDCL has mobilised resources for earliest restoration of the affected stretch of highway.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday called on China to provide a level playing field for American businesses as he began a visit aimed at resolving a raft of contentious issues that could jeopardise the newly repaired relationship.
The US Senate passed legislation that would require Chinese owner ByteDance to divest TikTok's US operations within about nine months or face a ban.
Xiaoyu's obsessive love with her boyfriend escalated to the point that she called him over hundreds of times daily and smashed household items when he did not respond. Xiaoyu was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, colloquially referred to as "love brain".
India was the fourth largest military spender globally in 2023. At $83.6 billion, its military expenditure was 4.2 per cent higher than in 2022.
The insider said it was being speculated in party circles whether the elder Sharif had some ‘special assignment’ in China, which could not be carried out by his younger brother, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
Maldives voters handed President Mohamed Muizzu's party a landslide win at parliamentary elections, an outcome set to shift the Indian Ocean archipelago closer to China and away from traditional partner India.
The official said Blinken has three primary objectives for his trip to China: First, making progress on key issues. Second, clearly and directly communicating concerns on bilateral, regional, and global issues. Third, responsibly managing competition, so that it does not result in miscalculation.
12th Fail, starring Vikrant Massey in the lead role, is all set to release in China on massive number of screens. The actor confirmed that the film will hit theatres in China on over 20,000 screens.
The Army official said that the officials have been closely watching the Russia- Ukraine war for three years to know how drones and new technologies are impacting the war.
According to the founder of a Chinese retail firm, he wants employees to freely determine their own rest time, and for them all to have sufficient relaxation outside work.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called Taiwan an "integral part of China" and an "internal affair of the People's Republic of China". Taiwan responded angrily, saying the Russia-China collusion does not contribute to stability across the Taiwan Strait.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said both sides are maintaining close communication through diplomatic and military channels. This was in response to PM Modi's recent remarks to Newsweek, stressing urgency to deal with the "prolonged situation" at the border.
US companies General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and General Dynamics Land Systems were sanctioned by China over their alleged support for arms sales to Taiwan. The US and China have traded sanctions over various issues in the past.
Canada's domestic spy agency recently said China "clandestinely and deceptively" interfered in the last two elections in 2019 and 2021, both won by Trudeau's Liberal Party. The Canadian PM said it was "improbable" that Beijing would choose one party over another.
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