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“PM’s claim of China not taking one inch of our land not true”: Rahul Gand
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
In Ladakh to pay tribute to his father and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's 79th birth anniversary, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday hit out at the Centre, saying that its claim that not an inch of Indian land was taken by China's People Liberation Army (PLA) troops "is not true
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Major restructure sees PLA air force take over naval aircraft
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA), an armed force beholden to the Chinese Communist Party, is the world’s largest military. Its pursuit of “jointness” between the various armed services has been made evident in the recent blockade of a Philippine outpost in the South China Sea, and in the r
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Xi Jinping attempts to stop the rot by purging his own appointees
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Corruption is very much part of the engrained culture of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), as recent high-profile disappearances from the ranks of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and government have made clear.
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China shifts PLA's nuke missiles strategy toward “nuclear triad”: Analysts
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The rejig at China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force points to a paradigm shift in Xi’s nuclear strategy toward the so-called “nuclear triad” – a three-pronged force that allows nuclear missiles to be launched from the air, sea, and land &nd
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Former deputy general manager of China Energy expelled from Communist Part
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The punishment was announced on Wednesday in an official statement by the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Commission of Supervision.
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China replaces rocket force generals in surprise military shake-up
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
State media on Monday reported that, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has named Wang Houbin as commander of the Rocket Force and Xu Xisheng as political commissar of the force.
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China expresses hope of strengthening military ties with Bangladesh army
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Chinese Embassy in Bangladesh made the statement as it held a reception on Monday to celebrate the 96th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA).
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Chinese President Xi Jinping stresses need to speed up efforts to boost mo
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Xi, who is also the general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), made the remarks on Wednesday in southwest China's Sichuan Province while inspecting the air force of the Western Theater Command of the People
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PLA Rocket Force explodes in capability, but China refuses to explain why
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
It is alarming when a military expands its intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launchers by a factor of five. China has done precisely this, but the reasons for this snowballing have never been expounded by Beijing.
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China's military seeks to break its West Pacific noose
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
China has already gained de facto control over huge swathes of the South China Sea, it daily sends aircraft and warships close to Taiwan, and it contests passages of foreign warships through the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait. Yet the People's Liberation Army (PLA) is still dissatisfied,
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Frequent attacks on coal trucks pose risk on Pakistan's CPEC ambitions: Re
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The frequent attacks on the coal trucks in the Balochistan region is affecting Pakistan's economy and also possesses a risk towards China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Asian Lite reported.
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China's presence in Cuba poses huge threat to US
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington has responded to these developments with great concern, especially in light of the strategic threat posed by the PRC's presence in the area
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