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Taipei deploys ships, jets after passage of Chinese aircraft carrier throu
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], December 21 (ANI): Amid strained ties with China, Taiwan has put on alert and deployed its ships and jets over the passage of Chinese aircraft carrier the Shandong, which was accompanied by four warships, through the Taiwan Strait.
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China's nuclear arsenal grows in capability
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 15 (ANI): China's nuclear forces, under the aegis of the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF), are nowhere as large as those of the USA or Russia, but the inventory is significantly growing and modernizing.
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China reinforces Tibet with military installations
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 8 (ANI): China continues to make Tibet and the Indian border one of its priorities for military and infrastructure development. Nearly six months since the bloody fracas in the Galwan Valley, and the People's Liberation Army (PLA) gives no indication it wishes to retur
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Taiwan's long-range radar system set to play key role against Chinese atta
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], December 7 (ANI): Taiwan's long-range radar system, which provides early warning of ballistic missiles and warplanes, has become important for the self-ruled island and the United States, as analysts say that the system would play a key role in the event of an attack from Ch
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China conducted human testing to develop super soldiers, top US official
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 5 (ANI): US intelligence has revealed that China conducted "human testing" on members of the People's Liberation Army in hope of developing soldiers with "biologically enhanced capabilities," NBC reported citing top American intelligence official.
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China's Navy sets sights afar, but is its growth sustainable?
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, November 30 (ANI): Last year was a monumental year for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), with no fewer than 23 modern surface warships launched. That figure included nine destroyers (two Type 055s and seven Type 052Ds), twelve Type 056 corvettes, one Type 075 landing helic
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Chinese troops struggle to survive extreme cold at Indian border due to po
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], November 26 (ANI): The People's Liberation Army's misadventure in the Eastern Ladakh sector has started to cost it heavily, as inexperienced Chinese soldiers are struggling to survive in sub-zero temperatures, at heights of over 12,000 feet, with poor quality of clothing and
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China annexed 150 hectares of Nepal: Report
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], November 3 (ANI): China has annexed 150 hectares of Nepal, alleged the Himalayan nation's politicians, adding that the annexations of Nepalese land are just the beginning of heightened Chinese aggression along the border.
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Xi's stocks rise further after plenum
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong, November 02 (ANI): The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) concluded its Fifth Plenum on 29 October, an annual four-day meeting held behind closed doors, whose purpose this year was to hammer out such priorities as economic plans for the next five years and to continue "deifying" Chairm
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India, US to sign BECA agreement, further expand defence cooperation
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Oct 26 (ANI) India and the United States will hold the 2+2 ministerial meeting on Tuesday and sign Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement for Geo-Spatial Cooperation (BECA) with the American side welcoming the inclusion of Australia into the Malabar war games to be he
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh likely to visit Sikkim on Dussehra
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 21 (ANI): Amid the ongoing border conflict with China, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is likely to visit Sikkim on this Dussehra to boost the morale of troops deployed against the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
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Indian Army hands over Chinese soldier to People's Liberation Army
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 21 (ANI): Indian Army handed over the Chinese soldier Corporal Wang Ya Long to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) at the Chushul Moldo meeting point, on Tuesday night.
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