Next Tuesday, June 4, will mark 30 years of the pro-democracy and reform protests, which ended after the CPC ordered a crackdown by the military, allowing them to use armed personnel and tanks on the students. read more

China’s Defence Minister Wei Fenghe on Sunday invoked Lincoln’s efforts during the US Civil War to justify Beijing’s approach toward Taiwan, which it sees as an integral part of its territory that must be unified by force if necessary. read more

Wei Fenghe, however, told the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Asia’s premier defence summit, that China would “fight to the end” if anyone tried to split China from Taiwan. read more

Minister of National Defense Wei Fenghe made the remarks Thursday in a speech to a regional military forum in Beijing. read more

Though it will be premature to expect that Beijing’s changed attitude is anything more than tactical, it is pertinent that the PLA recognises the pending border issue as the biggest problem in bilateral ties read more

Asked if the decision at the Wuhan summit to issue guidelines to the militaries of India and China to maintain peace along the border is working, defence minister Niramal Sitharaman said, “I want to believe it is working.” read more

India and China are holding talks to update a 12-year-old defence agreement and establish a hotline between the two defence ministries as part of confidence-building measures, a top Chinese defence ministry official said on Thursday. read more

The countries also discussed their border and agreed to implement “confidence building measures” to ensure the maintenance of peace read more

Nirmala Sitharaman and her Chinese counterpart General Wei Fenghe held a bilateral meeting on Thursday and stressed on strengthening defence cooperation read more

Defence minister and state councilor Wei met Modi in New Delhi on Tuesday soon after beginning his four-day visit. read more

The Chinese defence minister met Modi during which the PM said both the countries are handling their differences with “sensitivity and maturity” by not allowing them to become disputes. read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi appreciated the increased momentum of high-level contacts between India and China in all spheres, including in the areas of defence and military exchanges. read more

Chinese minister of national defence and a member of the Central Military Commission Wei Fenghe is set to visit India from August 21 to 24 read more

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had in April agreed to open a new chapter in ties. read more

The India-China relationship could be a factor of stability in a world of uncertainty, says defence minister read more