India’s Plan To Counter China Shifts Into Action Mode

PM Modi, who turned ‘Look East’ into ‘Act East’, has asked diplomats to expand ties with the ASEAN countries. ‘Region-wise strategy is being worked out to corner and counter China,’ said officialsby Rajesh MehtaNew Delhi: By talking tough on border issues during a brief meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg last month, Prime Minister

September 3, 2023
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China Objects To Former Indian Service Chiefs Attending Security Conference In Taiwan

China on Thursday said it firmly opposed all forms of official interaction between the Taiwan authorities and countries having diplomatic relations with Beijing. Responding to a question raised by a Pakistani journalist on reports that three former top Indian military officials attended a security dialogue held by Taiwanese authorities in Taipei this month, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang

September 1, 2023
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Vietnam Join India, Others In Opposing New China Map; Rejects Beijing Claims In East Sea

Hanoi: After India and four other nations — Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, and the Philippines — registered strong protest over China’s so-called “standard map", Vietnam too rejected all claims by Beijing in the East Sea region in the Indo Pacific.Hanoi has strongly reiterated its consistent stance on the sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly), and resolutely rejected any

September 1, 2023
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China Asks India To Refrain From Military, Security Cooperation With Taiwan

Beijing stressed that it was firmly opposed to ‘all forms of official interaction between the Taiwan authorities and countries having diplomatic relations with China.’China on Thursday not-so-subtly asked India to refrain from any military and security cooperation with Taiwan.Beijing stressed that it was firmly opposed to “all forms of official interaction between the Taiwan authorities and

August 31, 2023
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US OKs Military Aid To Taiwan Under Program Usually Reserved For Sovereign Nations

The Biden administration has approved the first-ever US military transfer to Taiwan under a program generally reserved for assistance to sovereign, independent states. The State Department notified Congress of the sale on Wednesday. It said the material would "be used to strengthen Taiwan’s self-defence capabilities through joint and combined defense capability and enhanced maritime domain

August 31, 2023
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