Category: India China conflict

China Jails Blogger for ‘Smearing’ Soldiers Killed in Clash with India at Galwan

NEW DELHI—China has jailed a popular blogger for “smearing martyrs” killed in last year’s bloody clash with Indian soldiers in Galwan. Qiu Ziming, 38, an internet celebrity with 2.5 million followers on the Chinese social media platform Weibo was sentenced to eight months in jail under China’s freshly amended criminal law that crackdowns on the…


Tensions Continue a Year After India-China Conflict Re-ignited

NEW DELHI—One year after the long-simmering India-China conflict heated up, the border is calm, but distrust between the two nations continues with stand-offs and tensions persisting in at least four locations in the eastern sector, according to Indian media Tensions started in late April last year with troops on both sides engaging in skirmishes and…


Tensions Continue a Year After India-China Conflict Reignited

NEW DELHI—One year after the long-simmering India-China conflict heated up, the border is calm, but distrust between the two nations continues with stand-offs and tensions persisting in at least four locations in the eastern sector, according to Indian media. Tensions started in late April last year with troops on both sides engaging in skirmishes and…


Video: On the Chinese Regime’s Number One Goal; the India-China Standoff; and the Fall of Hong Kong—Cleo Paskal

At the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), we sit down with Cleo Paskal, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, to discuss what nations like the United States and Canada can learn from India’s approach to China. In Hong Kong, almost every prominent pro-democracy activist and lawmaker has been arrested, prompting growing concerns…


India, China Complete Troop Pullout From Lake Area

NEW DELHI—Indian and Chinese troops have completed a pullout from a lake area on their disputed border in the western Himalayas, setting the scene for disengagement at other friction points, the two countries said on Sunday. Thousands of soldiers have been facing off since April on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), or the de…


India and China Decide to Pull Back From 10-Month-Old Military Standoff

NEW DELHI–India and China have decided to disengage from the Pangong Tso lake after ten months of military standoff, said Ranjnath Singh, India’s Defense Minister while addressing Rajya Sabha, India’s upper house of the parliament on Feb. 11. “The implementation of this agreement will substantially restore the situation to that existing prior to commencement of…


India, China Agree to Pull Back From 10-Month Military Standoff

NEW DELHI—India and China have agreed to pull back their troops from the Pangong Tso lake along their disputed border in the western Himalayas after a 10-month military standoff, Indian Defense Minister Ranjnath Singh told that nation’s upper house of Parliament on Feb. 11. “The implementation of this agreement will substantially restore the situation to that existing…


India Honors Soldiers Killed Fighting Chinese at Galwan

NEW DELHI—On the occasion of its 72nd Republic Day on Jan. 26 India honored its soldiers martyred in a bloody conflict with the People’s Liberation Army in Galwan valley on June 15 last year and for the first time ever gave a detailed description of what transpired between the two armies in the trans-Himalayan heights…


Indian and Chinese Troops Clash in Sikkim Resulting in Several Injuries on Both Sides, Claims Indian Media

NEW DELHI—Indian and Chinese troops clashed on the disputed border of northern Sikkim in the Himalayas on Jan. 20 resulting in several injuries on both sides, according to the Indian media. The skirmish happened after the Chinese soldiers tried to intrude into the Indian side at Naku La and the Indian side pushed back the…


Indian and Chinese Troops Clash in Sikkim Resulting in Several Injuries on Both Sides, Indian Media Claims

NEW DELHI—Indian and Chinese troops clashed on the disputed border of northern Sikkim in the Himalayas on Jan. 20, resulting in several injuries on both sides, according to the Indian media. The skirmish happened after the Chinese soldiers tried to intrude into the Indian side at Naku La, and the Indian side pushed the People’s…