Asia Pacific Jul 6, 2020
Indian soldiers unarmed and caught by surprise in China clash, families say
Twenty Indian soldiers died in the June 15 fighting on the de facto border separating the two armies.
Asia Pacific Jun 21, 2020
China likely lost at least 40 soldiers in clash, Indian minister says
China lost at least 40 soldiers in a clash with India at their disputed border this week, a federal government minister has said, as the nuclear-armed countries remained locked in confrontation on the frontline on Sunday. China has not said anything about any losses in ...
Asia Pacific Jun 19, 2020
U.S. offers condolences to India over soldiers killed in clash with China
The United States offered condolences to India on Friday over the deaths of 20 Indian soldiers killed in vicious hand-to-hand combat with Chinese troops during a clash on the two Asian giants disputed mountainous border earlier this week. Tensions remain high, despite the two governments ...
Asia Pacific | ANALYSIS Jun 17, 2020
China and India ties tested after border standoff takes deadly turn
by Archana Chaudhary, Bibhudatta Pradhan and Sudhi Ranjan Sen
The uptick in tensions comes amid a rising din of nationalism stoked by both governments as the two powers jostle for regional influence.
Asia Pacific Jun 17, 2020
Asian regional superpowers India and China share a long history of mistrust and conflict along their lengthy border, and tensions flared this week in their first deadly clash in more than four decades. The world's two most populous nations and nuclear-armed neighbors have never even ...
Asia Pacific Jun 17, 2020
India says 20 troops killed in deadliest clash with China in decades
Experts warned the high-altitude clash along the Himalayan frontier was a worrying development which could escalate.
Asia Pacific Jun 16, 2020
Three Indian soldiers have been killed in a "violent face-off" on the Chinese border, the Indian Army said Tuesday following weeks of rising tensions and the deployment of thousands of extra troops from both sides. Brawls and face-offs flare on a fairly regular basis between ...
Asia Pacific | ANALYSIS Jun 5, 2020
India’s China standoff shows risks of getting too close to Trump
by Archana Chaudhary
Indian and Chinese forces are facing off by a glacial lake in the Himalayas that traverses their fluid frontier. The standoff at 14,000 feet (4,270 meters) is the most visible theater of conflict between the world’s two most populous nations, but it’s far from ...
Asia Pacific May 31, 2020
India's 'pride' will be defended in new China border flareup, defense chief says
India will not let its "pride be hurt" in its latest border flareups with China but is determined to settle the dispute through talks between the giant neighbors, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh has said. Singh also said in a television interview late Saturday that India ...