China and India trade charges of violating border firearms curbs
India and China accused each other of firing warning shots in the air along their disputed Himalayan border for the first time in more than four decades in a new sign of friction days after top officials on both sides agreed to defuse tensions. Indian ...
China-India standoff risks unintentional war, military experts say
Moves and clashes over the past few months have made the situation unpredictable, raising the risk that a miscalculation from either side.
Indian and Chinese defense ministers meet amid border tensions
Defense ministers of India and China met in the Russian capital as the two sides try to resolve rising tensions along their disputed border in the eastern Ladakh region, where a June clash killed 20 Indian soldiers. Neither side gave details of the meeting Friday ...
Pentagon's latest salvo against China's growing might: Cold War bombers
The U.S. has been intensifying its challenge to China and its sweeping territorial claims over one of the world's most important strategic waterways.
China looking to double nuclear stockpile in next decade, Pentagon says
The United States' congressionally mandated report said China currently possesses a stockpile “estimated to be in the low 200s.”
With eye on China, U.S. aims to 'formalize' four-nation 'Quad' security grouping
The move comes as Japan, Australia, India and U.S. increasingly take a hard line on Beijing.
New border flash point raises tensions between China and India
The latest development comes after multiple rounds of high-level military talks failed to end a monthslong standoff.
India accuses China of 'provocative' military movements near border
New Delhi said the two countries' local military commanders met along the disputed frontier Monday to "resolve the issues.”
China-U.S. tensions raise Taiwan conflict fears
Both Beijing and Taipei have held extensive military exercises in recent weeks.
China fires missiles into South China Sea as U.S. sanctions Beijing
Japan's top government spokesman says Tokyo has been watching Beijing's recent moves in the South China Sea "with concern."
Japan defense chief demands Chinese military back off from Senkakus
Earlier this month, Tokyo put Beijing on notice, saying that the SDF will respond if Chinese government vessels continue to intensify their activities around the islets.
India’s tense borders threaten plan to ban some weapons imports
The country is committed to manufacturing its own defense equipment.
