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New Delhi, Dec 03: China’s actions during its defence minister’s recent visits to Nepal and Pakistan, including the signing of a defence agreement in Islamabad, were apparently made with an eye on India, experts and former diplomats said on Wednesday.
\nChinese defence minister Wei Fenghe began his tour of the region with a day-long visit on Sunday to Nepal, where he told the leadership in Kathmandu that China “firmly supports Nepal to safeguard the national independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity”.<\/p>\n
8:21 AM, 3 DEC Wei\u2019s next port of call was Pakistan, where the two sides signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoU) for enhancing defence cooperation. 12:39 AM, 3 DEC China on Wednesday said that any hydropower project on the Yarlung Zangbo river, which is known as the Brahmaputra in Assam, will be planned with full consideration for the interests of downstream countries such as India. 3:30 PM,<\/p>\n
2 DEC The river, also known as the Yarlung Tsangpo in China, flows from Tibet into India\u2019s Arunachal Pradesh state and down through Assam to Bangladesh. Indian authorities are concerned Chinese projects could trigger flash floods or create water scarcity. 3:29 PM, 2 DEC India is considering a plan to build a 10-gigawatt (GW) hydropower project in a remote eastern state, an Indian official said on Tuesday, following reports that China could construct dams on a section of the Brahmaputra river. 8:34 AM, 2 DEC Gen. Wei called on both countries to \u201cpush the military-to-military relationship to a higher level, so as to jointly cope with various risks and challenges, firmly safeguard the sovereignty and security interests of the two countries and safeguard the regional peace and stability,\u201d Chinese State media reported. 10:34 PM,<\/p>\n
1 DEC Chinese Defence Minister Gen Wei Fenghe on Tuesday called for scaling-up the very close military ties between China and Pakistan to a “higher level” to jointly deal with “risks and challenges” faced by the two countries. Wei held talks with Pakistan Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa in Islamabad on Monday and signed a memorandum of understanding to deepen defence cooperation between the all-weather allies. “We should push the mil-to-mil relationship to a higher level, so as to jointly cope with various risks and challenges, firmly safeguard the sovereignty and security interests of the two countries, and safeguard the regional peace and stability,” the Chinese Ministry of Defence here quoted Wei as saying. 10:33 PM, 1 DEC The two million-strong People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA), the world’s largest, functions as an arm of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in the one-party state, unlike other militaries of the world which function under their respective governments. 10:33 PM, 1 DEC China’s ruling Communist Party has reinforced its “absolute leadership” over the country’s two million-strong force, asserting that the PLA should function strictly under the party’s command, as Beijing plans to build a fully modern military on par with the US by 2027. 5:36 PM, 1 DEC Gen. Wei called on Pakistan\u2019s Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa at the General Headquarters, and both discussed \u201cmatters of mutual interest, regional security and enhanced bilateral defence collaboration\u201d, Pakistani media reported. 5:36 PM, 1 DEC China and Pakistan on Monday signed a new memorandum of understanding to boost their already close military relations, as China\u2019s Defence Minister and People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) General Wei Fenghe visited the headquarters of the Pakistani army at Rawalpindi. 5:33 PM, 1 DEC t appears the Chinese soldiers are not being able to withstand the harsh winters of the eastern Ladakh sector as they are being rotated on a daily basis at the forward positions, whereas Indian troops are staying for longer periods at the same locations. 8:39 AM, 1 DEC The Border Roads Organization (BRO) already is fighting an uphill battle to keep the Zoji La axis open till 31 December 2020, since the weather in east Ladakh has taken a turn for worse with multiple snowfalls and the temperature already way below the minus 20 degree-mark. 12:39 AM, 1 DEC The stand-off with an aggressive and belligerent China continuing without any signs of \u201cpull back\u201d for the last six months. This \u201cno-war no-peace\u201d situation is unprecedented on the Line of Actual Control with Chinese People\u2019s Liberation Army. In fact, de-facto the LAC has turned into Line of Control in the sector quite similar to what we have with Pakistan all along the mountainous region of Jammu and Kashmir. 12:39 AM, 1 DEC With no solution in sight, the Indian Army has galvanised its logistic resources at war footing. The advance winter stoking has never ever been done at such a frantic pace and with such a mammoth level. 12:39 AM, 1 DEC Though the Indian Army has been guarding the frontiers of the entire Ladakh region assiduously for the last 70 years, this year it faces a unique challenge. Never in history did India have such a large deployment of troops in the Eastern Ladakh sector. 5:09 PM,<\/p>\n
30 NOV \u201cThere is a roadmap on the table but India has asked for specific clarifications from China on the stepwise disengagement by both the Indian Army and People\u2019s Liberation Army. The clarifications could be a deal-breaker but the answers are awaited from Beijing. Step by step disengagement and de-escalation moves will be detailed in a written agreement if the clarifications are to satisfaction of both the countries,\u201d said an official in the know of the matter. 5:09 PM, 30 NOV As of now both sides have deployed more than three divisions of troops on each side with missile, artillery and armor support. 5:09 PM, 30 NOV According to military and diplomatic officials based in Delhi and Beijing, the window of opportunity for disengagement and de-escalation from the friction points along the 597 km-long Line of Actual Control (LAC) would close in December when very heavy snows, polar temperatures and high-velocity winds sweeping the Tibetan plateau and Ladakh heights would make any significant movement of troops, artillery and armour will be near impossible. 5:08 PM, 30 NOV As India and China prepare for the 9th round of military dialogue to restore status quo ante in East Ladakh sector, New Delhi is waiting for \u201ccertain clarifications\u201d on the disengagement and de-escalation roadmap from Beijing, people familiar with the matter said. 2:29 PM, 30 NOV Nepal has been sending some positive signals and is keen on moving forward on its relationship with India. India would tread cautiously as China appears to be wielding some influence over Nepal. 8:29 AM, 30 NOV India and China have been locked in a military standoff, which began in May, along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. 11:29 PM,<\/p>\n
29 NOV “There is no parallel in history\u2026 it will be a historic opportunity for the Chinese hydropower industry,” Yan told the conference organised to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the founding of the China Society for Hydropower Engineering. 11:29 PM, 29 NOV Speaking at a conference on Thursday, Yan said the project was clearly put forward in the proposals for formulating the country’s 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) and its long-term goals through 2035 made by the Central Committee of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC), it quoted an article on the WeChat account of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China on Sunday. 11:29 PM, 29 NOV Yan Zhiyong, chairman of the Power Construction Corp of China, said China will “implement hydropower exploitation in the downstream of the Yarlung Zangbo River\u201d (the Tibetan name for Brahmaputra) and the project could serve to maintain water resources and domestic security, the Global Times reported. 11:29 PM, 29 NOV China will build a major hydropower project on Brahmaputra river in Tibet and a proposal for this has been clearly put forward in the 14th Five-Year Plan to be implemented from next year, the official media on Sunday quoted the head of a Chinese company tasked to build the dam as saying. 3:50 PM, 29 NOV Armies of both countries have deployed a large number of troops along the LAC. Multiple rounds of talks between the two sides to resolve the standoff have not yielded any concrete outcome. 3:50 PM, 29 NOV India and China have been locked in a military standoff, which began in May, along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. 3:50 PM, 29 NOV An influential US lawmaker has expressed concern over reports of China’s continuing construction activities along the Indian border in Ladakh, saying if the reports are true, it is a “provocative measure” on the part of Beijing and fits the pattern of its conduct in the South China Sea. 11:21 PM,<\/p>\n
28 NOV \u201cThe MARCOS have been deployed in the Pangong lake area where the Indian and Chinese forces have been engaged in a conflict situation since April-May timeframe this year,\u201d ANI quoted saying sources. 11:21 PM, 28 NOV The idea behind the deployment of the MARCOS in Eastern Ladakh where Indian Air Force\u2019s Garud operatives and Indian Army\u2019s Para Special Forces, which have been there since day one of the conflicts, is to enhance the integration of the three services and provide the naval commandos exposure to extreme cold weather conditions, government sources told ANI. 11:20 PM, 28 NOV The Marine Commandos (MARCOS) of the Indian Navy have been deployed in the Pangong lake area in eastern Ladakh. 5:20 PM, 28 NOV To defeat China’s unending unilateralism, the agenda of the meeting will be cooperation and collective action on security issues in the Indian Ocean region. 5:19 PM, 28 NOV India is embroiled in a deadly border showdown with China in eastern Ladakh since May and has sought closer military ties with other countries. 5:19 PM, 28 NOV Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is advancing bilateral ties with countries where the security interests of both sides converge 5:19 PM, 28 NOV As per reports, the Ladakh border standoff is likely to extend through the winter. 5:19 PM, 28 NOV External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is on a tour to West Asia, foreign secretary Harsh Shringla is on a tour of Nepal and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is on a tour to Sri Lanka. 5:18 PM, 28 NOV To counter China, India’s topmost representatives have travelled to five countries in its immediate and the extended neighbourhood. 8:33 AM, 28 NOV The seven-month-long military confrontation in eastern Ladakh “is frozen in time” now, with “no meaningful progress” being made after the eight round of corps commander-level talks on November 6. 11:46 PM,<\/p>\n
27 NOV Vietnam is said to be interested in buying the Brahmos supersonic cruise missile — a joint venture between India and Russia — to shore up its defences at a time of Beijing\u2019s aggressive posturing in the South China Sea. 11:46 PM, 27 NOV With eye on China, India has assured Vietnam of all possible help in modernising its armed forces, including weapon supplies, training of its fighter pilots and submariners. 4:57 PM, 27 NOV The Defence Minister said there are “perceptional differences between India and China on the border,” but there are “some agreements, protocols that are followed by armies of both countries to patrol” the Line of Actual Control (LAC). 4:28 PM, 27 NOV Stating that no country should harbour expansionist ambitions and each should develop within its boundaries. Singh added, “I want to reiterate: Nobody can occupy an inch of India’s land.” 4:27 PM, 27 NOV Referring to the border standoff with China along LAC in Ladakh, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said, “Like Pakistan, we have another neighbour who keeps raising disputes about the border.” 8:40 AM, 27 NOV The Chinese and Indian militaries held the 8th round of Corps Commander-level meeting on November 6 to resolve the military standoff that errupted in early May. 8:56 PM,<\/p>\n
26 NOV Moreover, on the China and LAC stand-off, Rajnath said,”Talks have continued, and we will continue to have dialogue to resolve border stand-off with China. But I believe countries should not be expansionist.” 8:56 PM, 26 NOV On ‘perceptional difference’ with China, Singh said, “There is ‘perceptional difference’ regarding LAC with China, problem arises when agreed protocols are violated.” 8:54 PM, 26 NOV Speaking at the third day of the ongoing Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2020, the defence minister answered some burning questions, especially on India’s security and its border tensions with China. 8:53 PM, 26 NOV India is not a soft target anymore and and this has been made possible due to the policy changes done by our government at the Centre, says Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. 8:52 PM, 26 NOV Nearly 50,000 troops of the Indian Army are currently deployed in a high state of combat readiness in various mountainous locations in eastern Ladakh in sub-zero conditions as multiple rounds of talks between the two sides have not yielded any concrete outcome yet to resolve the border standoff. 8:50 PM, 26 NOV “Following the meeting, China and India have maintained candid and in-depth communication and coordination to promote disengagement in areas along the Line of Actual Control in the western sector of China-India boundary,” Ren was quoted as saying by official website of the Ministry of Defence of China. 8:28 PM, 26 NOV “Following the meeting, China and India have maintained candid and in-depth communication and coordination to promote disengagement in areas along the Line of Actual Control in the western sector of China-India boundary,” Ren was quoted as saying by official website of the Ministry of Defence of China. 8:28 PM, 26 NOV “Since the 8th round of China-India Corps Commander-level meeting, the situation in the China-India border areas have remained stable on the whole\u201d Senior Colonel Ren Guoqiang, spokesperson for China’s Ministry of National Defence told an online media briefing responding to a question on the current situation at the India-China border. 8:28 PM, 26 NOV The Chinese and Indian militaries held the 8th round of Corps Commander-level meeting on November 6 to resolve the military standoff that errupted in early May. 8:27 PM, 26 NOV China and India have maintained “candid and in-depth communication and coordination” to promote disengagement in areas along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh after the eighth round of talks to resolve the current standoff, the Chinese military said on Thursday. 5:16 PM, 26 NOV Expressing concern over reports of China’s illegal construction activities along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh, an influential US lawmaker has said that America will always continue to stand with India and oppose any “revisionist efforts” by the Chinese government or anyone else to challenge the peace and stability in the region. 3:13 PM, 26 NOV India\u2019s key manufacturing exports may lose market share to a China-backed Asian trade bloc, from which PM Modi walked away last year to protect the interests of local farmers and industry. 8:37 AM, 26 NOV The embassy was responding to a media query related to the Indian government’s decision to block the usage of 43 mobile applications with Chinese background including AliExpress, DingTalk, etc. 11:51 PM,<\/p>\n
25 NOV After stressing recently that the PLA must apply cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence if it wants to transform itself into a modern fighting force on a par with those of other leading powers, Xi said the military must focus on training to win wars. 11:50 PM, 25 NOV Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday ordered the armed forces to strengthen training under real combat conditions and raise their capability of winning wars as the ruling Communist Party laid out plans to make the People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) on par with the US military by 2027. 3:12 PM, 25 NOV The Indian Air Force is operating five newly bought Rafale fighter jets in the Ladakh region. By Anuj Cariappa<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" New Delhi, Dec 03: China’s actions during its defence minister’s recent visits to Nepal and Pakistan, including the signing of a defence agreement in Islamabad, were apparently made with an eye on India, experts and former diplomats said on Wednesday. Chinese defence minister Wei Fenghe began his tour of the region with a day-long visit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","category-nepal"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/himalini.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/china-India.jpeg?fit=660%2C456&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paS11m-wW","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/himalini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/himalini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/himalini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himalini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himalini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/himalini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himalini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/himalini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himalini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himalini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}