Indian officials say China is assisting rebel groups that have stepped up attacks on its border with Myanmar in recent months, opening another front in the conflict between two nations already engaged in a deadly standoff in the Himalayas.
Armed groups in Myanmar — including the United Wa State Army and the Arakan Army, which was designated a terrorist organization this year — are acting as Beijing’s proxies by supplying weapons and providing hideouts to insurgent groups in India’s northeastern states, according to Indian officials with knowledge of the situation, who asked not to be identified due to rules for speaking with the media.
Indian officials say China is assisting rebel groups that have stepped up attacks on its border with Myanmar in recent months, opening another front in the conflict between two nations already engaged in a deadly standoff in the Himalayas.
The officials said multiple security agencies warned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government that at least four of India’s most wanted insurgent leaders were in the southern Chinese city of Kunming to train and source weapons as recently as mid-October.
5:34 PM, 8 DEC Armed groups in Myanmar — including the United Wa State Army and the Arakan Army, which was designated a terrorist organization this year — are acting as Beijing’s proxies by supplying weapons and providing hideouts to insurgent groups in India’s northeastern states, according to Indian officials with knowledge of the situation, who asked not to be identified due to rules for speaking with the media.
5:33 PM, 8 DEC Indian officials say China is assisting rebel groups that have stepped up attacks on its border with Myanmar in recent months, opening another front in the conflict between two nations already engaged in a deadly standoff in the Himalayas.
8:21 AM, 8 DEC Armed groups in Myanmar — including the United Wa State Army and the Arakan Army, which was designated a terrorist organization this year — are acting as Beijing’s proxies by supplying weapons and providing hideouts to insurgent groups in India’s northeastern states, according to Indian officials with knowledge of the situation.
11:10 PM, 7 DEC It will promote the development of China-Pakistan mil-to-mil relationships, deepen practical cooperation between the two air forces, and improve the actual-combat training level of the two sides.
11:08 PM, 7 DEC A batch of Chinese air force’s troops left for Pakistan on Monday to take part in ‘Shaheen (Eagle)-IX’, joint exercises, the Chinese military said.
11:07 PM, 7 DEC “China and India are maintaining effective communication on personnel exchanges under the premise of strict epidemic prevention and control,” the ministry said in its statement.
11:07 PM, 7 DEC In a statement to Hindustan Times, the Chinese foreign ministry said that it has taken the necessary anti-epidemic measures after a second wave of COVID-19 infections hit different countries.
8:41 AM, 7 DEC The British navy will dispatch an aircraft carrier strike group, including the aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth, to waters near Japan as soon as early next year, Japan’s Kyodo News Agency reported on Saturday, citing Japanese government sources.
11:40 PM, 6 DEC Amid growing tension, China has constructed at least 3 villages, approximately 5 kilometres from the Bum La pass which lies close to the tri-junction between India, China and Bhutan in western Arunachal Pradesh.
11:39 PM, 6 DEC Chinese diplomats were once known for their low-key approach in dealing with complex domestic and global issues. But their style changed in recent years as Beijing battled increasing global adversity on issues like coronavirus, which became a pandemic after emerging from Wuhan, allegations of mass internment camps in Xinjiang and imposition of national security law in Hong Kong.
11:39 PM, 6 DEC Obviously, the “Wolf Warrior diplomacy” is actually another version of the “China threat” theory and another “discourse trap,” whose purpose is to prevent China from fighting back, Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng said in the first official reaction to the widely-used phrase among international diplomats and media to highlight Beijing’s aggressive posturing.
11:39 PM, 6 DEC China has sought to dismiss the use of the term Wolf Warrior diplomacy, which is used to describe confrontational rhetoric by its diplomats to ward off criticism on a host of issues, calling it yet another version of China threat theory being floated by Beijing’s critics.
4:03 PM, 6 DEC China has conducted tests on members of its military with the aim of creating a legion of biologically enhanced soldiers, the United States’ national intelligence chief said in a recent Wall Street Journal editorial.
4:01 PM, 6 DEC Meanwhile, minimum temperatures rose again on Sunday in J&K and Ladakh due to cloud cover as the two union territories braced up for another spell of rain and snow beginning on Monday.
3:59 PM, 6 DEC “This includes actions that are directly relevant to NATO’s traditional geographic and functional mission but also extends to the cyber, technological, and strategic-commercial realms–and indeed, the democratic way of life. Without cohesion, NATO’s Allies would face these challenges alone. And neither Europe nor North America, for all their strength, are powerful enough to manage these threats alone, while also dealing with the growing array of non-traditional threats and risks that affect our societies,” read the report.
3:59 PM, 6 DEC The report has stated that the internal political differences are “dangerous” as they help the “external actors, and in particular Russia and China, to exploit intra-Alliance differences and take advantage of individual Allies in ways that endanger their collective interests and security”.
3:59 PM, 6 DEC North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) must devote more time, political resources, and action to counter the security challenges posed by China, said NATO in its report ‘NATO 2030 – United for a New Era report’ while recommending a special unit within the Joint Intelligence and Security Division (JISD) to monitor Russia-China cooperation impacting Euro-Atlantic security.
3:58 PM, 6 DEC China has constructed at least 3 villages, approximately 5 kilometres from the Bum La pass which lies close to the tri-junction between India, China and Bhutan in western Arunachal Pradesh.
11:37 PM, 5 DEC The Army has installed statues of the “Kumaoni Soldier” at the Hut of Remembrance at Kibithu and at Walong War Memorial in Arunachal Pradesh to remember the sacrifice and valour of the soldiers who fought in the India-China war in 1962, a Defence spokesman said on Saturday.
4:59 PM, 5 DEC India Air Force had earlier flown the new French Rafale jets as a “familiarisation” flights above the border along the Line of Actual Control(LAC).
4:58 PM, 5 DEC India Air Force had earlier flown the new French Rafale jets as a “familiarisation” flights above the border along the Line of Actual Control(LAC).
4:58 PM, 5 DEC China’s western theatre command consists of Tibet, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Sichuan, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai and Shaanxi. The Global Times quoting other Chinese media sources said the exercises were held in the “vast desert in Northwest China”.
4:58 PM, 5 DEC According to China’s state-run Global Times PLA warplanes recently conducted a “series of intensive exercises around a Western Theater Command Air Force base, which is located at an important strategic point in northwest China”.
8:38 AM, 5 DEC The test-firings conducted at the Suryalanka test-firing range in Andhra Pradesh last week were highly successful.
12:41 AM, 5 DEC China has just moved 6 Type-928D assault boats to the lake. These are manufactured by Changzhou FRD Shipyard. Each boat can carry ten soldiers with his weapons and ammunition.
4:41 PM, 4 DEC China, led by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), could have “planned” the Galwan clash in June with India, potentially including the possibility for fatalities, a United States Congress commission has said in its latest report, highlighting the strong-arm tactics of China.
4:38 PM, 4 DEC “There are complicated issues [that] will take time… I will not be stampeded into accepting something that is less,” he said, explaining that India must view the border dispute according to Beijing’s “trend line”, not just incidents on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) this year.
4:38 PM, 4 DEC External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar recalled the 1986 India-China standoff at Sumdorong Chu Valley in Tawang, which took almost nine years to resolve, while speaking on why ongoing negotiations between India and China could take much longer, in an interview to The Hindu.
9:01 AM, 4 DEC Answering a question about Indian workers in UAE, Srivastava said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s visit showed the continued close friendship between the two countries.