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Xi Jinping orders Chinese military to scale up combat readiness to ‘act at any second’
“People’s Liberation Army (PLA) must be ready to ‘act at any second’ and should remain on ‘full-time combat readiness’,” Xi Jinping stressed while adding, “Frontline frictions must be used to polish troop capabilities and training exercises need to incorporate technology.”
Updated on Jan 05, 2021 05:12 PM IST
Beijing | Asian News International | Posted by Ayshee Bhaduri
China tried to change status quo by force in Ladakh, says MoD review
While the ministry did not elaborate on the unorthodox weapons used, the PLA troops attacked Indian soldiers with stones, iron rods and nail-studded clubs during skirmishes in Pangong Tso and the Galwan Valley last year
Updated on Jan 05, 2021 06:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent | Edited by Zara Khan
New law allows Xi to bypass Chinese cabinet in matters of national security
Three of the existing law’s articles were entirely removed, six were added, and 54 articles were amended. The new law now comprises 73 articles arranged in twelve chapters.
Updated on Jan 05, 2021 07:22 PM IST
Hong Kong | Asian News International | Posted by Shankhyaneel Sarkar
‘Chinese air force heavily deployed in Ladakh theatre in support of PLA’: IAF chief
The air chief said the likely reasons for China’s actions along India’s northern borders could include planned escalation and an attempt to establish border claim lines and start border talks on the new positions.
Updated on Dec 29, 2020 09:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rahul Singh
India-China military talks on standoff paused due to change of guard in PLA
PLA Western Theatre Commander Gen Zhang Xudong is expected to resume the military talks after his induction process is completed
Published on Dec 29, 2020 10:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Shishir Gupta
China sells 50 armed drones to Pakistan, begins psyops. It’s a reminder | Analysis
The Chinese state media claimed Indian ground formations will be unable to parry an attack by large number of armed drones. But armed drones perform optimally in uncontested air spaces or where it has air dominance.
Updated on Dec 26, 2020 11:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Shishir Gupta
China’s offer for disengagement in East Ladakh is a trap. Rejected
Chinese proposal would have amounted to ceding control over territory patrolled by Indian Army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police before Chinese troops started transgressions across the Indian perception of the LAC
Updated on Dec 24, 2020 01:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Shishir Gupta
China ‘expels’ US Navy’s frontline destroyer from South China Sea
China said the PLA’s southern theatre command had deployed ships and aircraft to warn US destroyer USS John S. McCain as it sailed through the disputed waters near Spratly Islands
Updated on Dec 22, 2020 03:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Beijing | Sutirtho Patranobis
China’s PLA carrying out development work in Tibet; India ready for any eventuality, says CDS Rawat
Indian forces are carefully watching the activities of the PLA at Doklam, where the armies of the two most populous countries in the world were engaged in a 73-day eyeball-to- eyeball stand-off in 2017.
Published on Dec 14, 2020 09:41 PM IST
Kolkata | Press Trust of India | Posted by Deepali Sharma
India stood up to China’s ‘aggression’, forced PLA troops back: Rajnath Singh
Rajnath Singh called on industry to step up to forge partnerships to provide the armed forces with the right technology and equipment for defending the country and also for driving the export of military hardware.
Updated on Dec 14, 2020 03:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rezaul H Laskar
Trudeau govt didn’t want to cancel military drill with China, reveal secret papers
Secret Canadian documents reveal that the government was concerned thatChina could interpret cancellation of the military engagement as a retaliatory move related to the Meng Wanzhou case.
Updated on Dec 10, 2020 04:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Canada govt objected to military decision to cancel training with Chinese Army: Reports
The Peoples Liberation Army had been invited for joint training at the Canadian Forces Base at Petawawa in the province of Ontario.
Updated on Dec 10, 2020 02:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Toronto | Anirudh Bhattacharyya
China likely inducting more fighter jets for western areas amid India standoff
The People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) western theatre command (WTC) – which is in-charge of the LAC – is said to be commissioning the J-16 fighter aircraft in the country’s western regions.
Updated on Nov 24, 2020 06:18 PM IST
Hindustan TImes, Beijing | Sutirtho Patranobis , edited by Vinod Janardhanan
Indian Army takes a leaf out of Chinese warfare, deploys tunnel defences in Ladakh
On August 29-30, the Indian Army troops along with Special Frontier Force (SFF) occupied positions on the Line of Control (LoC) south of Pangong Tso lake on the Kailash Range ridgeline for the first since 1962. Indian Army has already dismissed the PLA energy weapon report as fake news.
Updated on Nov 22, 2020 03:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Shishir Gupta
Indian Army establishes living facilities for troops deployed in eastern Ladakh
The Army said that apart from smart camps with integrated facilities which have been built over the years, additional state-of-the-art habitats with integrated arrangements for electricity, water, heating facilities, health and hygiene have been recently created to accommodate the troops.
Updated on Nov 18, 2020 05:15 PM IST
Ladakh | Press Trust of India | Posted by Ayshee Bhaduri
Army completes setting up of modern habitat for troops in Ladakh
Temperatures in some places held by the Indian Army can dip to minus 40 degrees Celsius, with the super high-altitude areas also likely to receive several feet of snow during the peak of winters
Updated on Nov 18, 2020 06:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rahul Singh
‘Warning to US’: Former PLA colonel claims China’s missiles hit moving target in sea
Wang Xiangsui’s claim was made in the wake of the US military flowing a U-2S Dragon Lady spy plane near a Chinese naval live-fire drill in the Bohai Sea off China’s northeast coast in August.
Published on Nov 17, 2020 04:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Mallika Soni
Indian troops hold positions at LAC in Ladakh braving PLA and polar temperatures
The PLA troops are also packed up on their side of the LAC and holding their positions at Gogra-Hot Springs, North Pangong Tso and on South Pangong Tso with accretion of troops across the DBO sector.
Updated on Nov 14, 2020 11:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Shishir Gupta
China’s military lays out technology roadmap to catch up with US by 2027: Report
China this year approved about USD 179 billion defence budget, the second-highest after United States defence spending of USD 732 billion.
Updated on Nov 12, 2020 09:46 PM IST
Beijing | Press Trust of India | Posted by Deepali Sharma
Indian Army, PLA consider scaling up disengagement
The highlights of the proposal include both armies retreating from their current positions in Finger Area on the northern bank of Pangong Tso
Updated on Nov 12, 2020 11:15 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rahul Singh
China ready to talk on all flashpoints: Officials
The Indian side is considering a Chinese proposal for disengagement at all friction points and the next meeting of the military commanders is expected to be held by Friday, the officials said.
Updated on Nov 10, 2020 05:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rahul Singh and Rezaul H Laskar
No breakthrough in 8th round of India, China military talks
The situation in the Ladakh sector remains tense and the ongoing military dialogue has not led to any breakthrough, officials familiar with developments said on the condition of anonymity.
Updated on Nov 09, 2020 06:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
China shops for graphene clothes for PLA soldiers at Ladakh border, flaunts it
The PLA’s wish list includes “smart warm clothing made of graphene”, a revolutionary form of carbon, the discovery of which led physicists Andra Geim and Konstantine Novoselov to the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2010.
Updated on Nov 02, 2020 08:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Beijing | Sutirtho Patranobis I Edited by Vinod Janardhanan
China draws up a peace plan on Ladakh. India sees right through it
Army finds PLA’s condition that India should only patrol till Finger 3 of Pangong Tso unacceptable as it means that Finger 4 will become part of occupied Aksai Chin
Updated on Oct 30, 2020 04:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Shishir Gupta
China confirms details of new tech improved PLA living conditions at border
The details shared by the military officer also indicated that the Communist Party of China (CPC)-headed government is looking at a long haul in border areas.
Updated on Oct 30, 2020 01:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Beijing | Sutirtho Patranobis
‘Talks with China to continue, Indian troops standing firm’: Rajnath Singh
The border row is in its sixth month and efforts to disengage and de-escalate have yielded no results. The 8th round of military talks between corps commander-ranked officers from the two armies is expected to be held shortly to reduce border tensions.
Updated on Oct 29, 2020 05:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Stop sowing discord between China, regional countries: Beijing on Pompeo’s India trip
The Chinese foreign ministry’s reaction came as the US secretary of state and defence secretary Mark T Esper attended the third edition of the US-India 2+2 dialogue in New Delhi.
Updated on Oct 27, 2020 04:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Beijing | Sutirtho Patranobis
Indian army won’t let anyone take even an inch of our land: Rajnath Singh
Even after seven rounds of military level talks between the India and China, the disengagement and de-escalation process in the tense Ladakh region has not moved forward. The commanders are expected to meet for the eighth round of talks next week.
Updated on Oct 25, 2020 10:58 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Kanishka Sarkar
China soldier who strayed into Ladakh carried sleeping bag, mobile: Official
Corporal Wang Ya Long was apprehended in eastern Ladakh’s Demchok sector after he strayed across the contested Line of Actual Control.
Updated on Oct 23, 2020 05:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
China preparing PLA for long haul at LAC, upgrading weapons, logistics
New Delhi has consistently opposed large presence of PLA troops across LAC, which external affairs minister S Jaishankar had described as “a critical security challenge” to India.
Updated on Oct 21, 2020 05:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Beijing | Sutirtho Patranobis