India-China border issue News
China has released a new "standard map" for 2023 showing Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin as part of its territory.
China on Monday released the 2023 edition of its 'standard map' and incorporated Arunachal Pradesh.
India and China agreed to hold the 19th round of high-level military talks at an early date to achieve the objective of 'restoration of peace and tranquillity' in the border areas.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told his Chinese counterpart Li Shangfu that the development of relations between India and China is premised on the prevalence of peace at the borders.
This is the first visit by a Chinese defense minister to India since the violent clashes between the Indian and Chinese armies in Galwan Valley in 2020.
Relations between India and China have been strained since the eastern Ladakh military standoff between the two countries in May 2020.
The US and India on Tuesday formally established a high-level initiative on critical and emerging technologies or iCET.
The Dalai Lama says the entire planet would benefit if China, historically a Buddhist country, were to follow the ancient Indian wisdom embedded in the ideals of `ahimsa` and `karuna`, and more than the two-and-a-half billion people in both countries were to work on cultivating inner peace.
BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi was referring to Rahul Gandhi's remarks that China is adopting the same principle with India as Russia is with Ukraine.
In a conversation with film actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the point is not going to war, the point is going to a position where you cannot be attacked.
Indian and Chinese troops clashed in Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh in June 2020. The Chinese had admitted four casualties but the numbers are believed to be significantly higher.
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's remarks came after Rajnath Singh said Chinese troops tried to "unilaterally" change the status quo along the LAC in the Yangtse area of Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang sector.
India-China border row: The troops of the Indian Army and China's People's Liberation Army clashed along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang sector on December 9. The face-off resulted in minor injuries to a few personnel from both sides.
Earlier this week, Beijing had opposed the joint India-US military exercise "Yudh Abhyas", claiming that it violates border agreements signed by China and India in 1993 and 1996.
MEA spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi said, "These exercises going on with the US in Auli has nothing to do with the 1993 and 1996 agreements. The Chinese side needs to reflect and think about its own breach of these agreements."
China's response came amid the ongoing 18th edition of the Indo-US joint training exercise "YUDH ABHYAS 22".
The approach of 'I should solve this dispute in my lifetime' will not work in the India-China border issue, said Ram Madhav
He argued that any "hurry" in finding a solution to the long-standing wrangling won't help in dealing with a "cultural nation" like China
The RSS leader said this while launching a book, "China Bloodies Bulletless Borders" by Colonel Anil Bhatt, VSM (retired)
India expects the Chinese side to work towards early resolution of all the remaining issues on LAC
India had put forward constructive suggestions in the 13th round of talks with China
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