By Manjeet Neg
A Chinese aircraft (click here) came very close to Indian positions right on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh in the last week of June. The Indian Air Force (IAF) reacted quickly and activated its assets to tackle any possible misadventure, top sources in the government told India Today.
China looks to such dependency as weakness and begins border issues. I doubt there was ever an agreement to border incursions and spying.
March 25, 2022
By Ashok Sharma
New Delhi -
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (click here) met with his Indian counterpart and the national security advisor Friday to expedite the disengagement of thousands of Indian and Chinese forces involved in a tense face-off and occasional clashes along their disputed border, an Indian official said.
A fierce brawl in June 2020 exploded into hand-to-hand combat with clubs, stones and fists that left 20 Indian soldiers dead. China said it lost four soldiers in the clash.
“I would describe the current situation as a work in progress, obviously at a slower pace than desirable,” India’s external affairs minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, told reporters. He was referring to 15 rounds of talks between military commanders as well as diplomatic contacts between the countries to end the impasse.
Friday’s talks with Wang focused on expediting the disengagement of troops in friction areas and the possibility of de-escalating the situation, he said. “The frictions and tensions that arise from China’s deployment can’t be reconciled with the normal relationship between the two neighbors.”...
By Lolita C. Baldor
Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, at a welcome ceremony in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Sunday.
Jakarta, Indonesia - The Chinese military (click here) has become significantly more aggressive and dangerous over the last five years, the top U.S. military officer said during a trip to the Indo-Pacific that included a stop Sunday in Indonesia.
Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the number of intercepts by Chinese aircraft and ships in the Pacific region with U.S. and other partner forces has increased significantly over that time, and the number of unsafe interactions has risen by similar proportions.
“The message is the Chinese military, in the air and at sea, have become significantly more and noticeably more aggressive in this particular region,” said Milley, who recently asked his staff to compile details about interactions between China and the U.S. and others in the region....
Jakarta, Indonesia - The Chinese military (click here) has become significantly more aggressive and dangerous over the last five years, the top U.S. military officer said during a trip to the Indo-Pacific that included a stop Sunday in Indonesia.
Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the number of intercepts by Chinese aircraft and ships in the Pacific region with U.S. and other partner forces has increased significantly over that time, and the number of unsafe interactions has risen by similar proportions.
“The message is the Chinese military, in the air and at sea, have become significantly more and noticeably more aggressive in this particular region,” said Milley, who recently asked his staff to compile details about interactions between China and the U.S. and others in the region....
