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‘Challenges for China’ in call for bigger US defence budget by Mark Esper

American defence chief's request for Indo-Pacific focus shows that Washington sees Beijing as the enemy, analyst says China must 'forge stronger ties with its neighbours' and be prepared for conflict…

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China is now the world’s largest economy

We shouldn't be shocked By Graham Allison China has now displaced the U.S. to become the largest economy in the world. Measured by the more refined yardstick that both the…

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Why Australia must steer clear of America’s moral crusade against China

America's global standing is in decline, on the back of its single-minded pursuit of military might and consistent flouting of the rules-based order it helped create Anti-China enthusiasts in Australia…

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India-China relationsand Ladakh

Between Simmer and Boil The guandao-armed PLA soldiers at Mukhpari By Bharat Karnad Hearing the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman say the near-clash September 7 at Mukhpari was due to the…

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China will be taught a lesson

'China is mindful of the fact that it is not confronting the Indian Army of 1962. But the sabre rattling will continue.’ By Archana Masih "I doubt China would indulge…

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Wars are not fought for the sake of fighting

Long look at the India - China boundary dispute By Lt General N. S. Brar Old soldiers having seen the carnage and horrors of war often turn pacifists, however, given…

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Trump’s talk of secret new weapon fits a pattern of puzzles

By Robert Burns President Donald Trump is expanding his arsenal of spectacular, but hard to explain, claims about U.S. military might. First, there were invisible airplanes. Then, a “super duper”…

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Winter arrives in Ladakh, stretchers pile up at standoff zone

While the standoff along the LAC in eastern Ladakh is not showing signs of simmering down, the unforgiving winter weather has started to take its toll on the troops By…

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Zhao Tong on nuclear arms dimensions of Ladakh crisis, military capabilities and more

In an interview with Network18 Group Consulting Editor Praveen Swami, Dr. Zhao Tong, a senior fellow in nuclear policy at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Centre, Beijing, of the Carnegie International Endowment for…

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Beijing cautiously ramps up its belt and road dreams in Pakistan, Afghanistan

By Reid Standish China is cautiously increasing its role in South Asia by rejuvenating economic interests in Pakistan and forging closer ties to Afghanistan with peace talks between Afghan officials…

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