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Chinese ships illegally enter Japan’s territorial waters
By Asian News International | Posted by Shankhyaneel Sarkar | Tokyo
UPDATED ON DEC 26, 2020 09:56 PM IST
This is despite Japanese Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi last week conveying to his Beijing counterpart Wei Fenghe about Tokyo’s strong concerns over Beijing’s regular attempts to “unilaterally change the status quo by coercion”.
China defence minister meets Pak PM, president
By Sutirtho Patranobis | Hindustan Times, Beijing
UPDATED ON DEC 02, 2020 07:38 AM IST
Chinese defence minister Wei Fenghe met the Pakistani leadership in Islamabad on Tuesday, a day after meeting Nepalese leaders in Kathmandu.
China sending defence minister to Nepal days after Indian foreign secretary’s visit
By Rezaul H Laskar | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON NOV 28, 2020 05:01 PM IST
Nepal’s foreign ministry announced the visit by Wei Fenghe, a general in the People’s Liberation Army who also holds the rank of state councillor in the Chinese cabinet.
India, China differences remain despite five-point consensus on easing tensions
By Rezaul H Laskar | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 11, 2020 04:33 PM IST
The Chinese foreign ministry’s statement also said that the Indian side “does not consider the development of India-China relations to be dependent on the settlement of the boundary question”, but this was dismissed by people familiar with developments
4 months on, India and China to sit across table. Rajnath meeting today the first
By Shishir Gupta | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 04, 2020 08:34 PM IST
According to sources based in Moscow and Delhi, the meeting was arranged at the behest of both sides mutually to find a way out of the current stalemate in Ladakh with both the Indian Army and PLA deployed in full strength to counter each other.
‘Tiananmen Square crackdown was correct policy, brought stability’: China
By Sutirtho Patranobis | Hindustan Times, Beijing
UPDATED ON JUN 02, 2019 07:28 PM IST
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.
China invokes Abraham Lincoln in justifying push to take Taiwan
By Krystal Chia and Alfred Cang | Bloomberg
PUBLISHED ON JUN 02, 2019 12:21 PM IST
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.
‘War with US would be a disaster’: Chinese defence minister
By Reuters | Singapore
UPDATED ON JUN 02, 2019 11:51 AM IST
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.
China calls any challenge to its authority on Taiwan ‘extremely dangerous’
By Dandan Li | Beijing , Bloomberg
PUBLISHED ON OCT 25, 2018 08:30 AM IST
Minister of National Defense Wei Fenghe made the remarks Thursday in a speech to a regional military forum in Beijing.
A visible thawing in the India-China relationship signals changing attitudes
By Jayadeva Ranade
UPDATED ON OCT 24, 2018 02:35 PM IST
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
India not lowering its guard on Line of Actual Control: Nirmala Sitharaman
By Press Trust of India | New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON SEP 16, 2018 04:17 PM IST
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.”
India, China in talks to establish hotline between defence ministries: Beijing
By Press Trust of India | Beijing
UPDATED ON AUG 30, 2018 05:33 PM IST
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.
India, China hold defence talks; to expand military ties, maintain border peace
By Reuters | Reuters, New Delhi
UPDATED ON AUG 24, 2018 04:43 PM IST
The countries also discussed their border and agreed to implement “confidence building measures” to ensure the maintenance of peace
India, China agree to strengthen defence cooperation
By Rahul Singh | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON AUG 23, 2018 10:58 PM IST
Nirmala Sitharaman and her Chinese counterpart General Wei Fenghe held a bilateral meeting on Thursday and stressed on strengthening defence cooperation
Chinese defence minister's visit to India will enhance military trust: State media
By Sutirtho Patranobis | Hindustan Times, Beijing
UPDATED ON AUG 22, 2018 02:29 PM IST
Defence minister and state councilor Wei met Modi in New Delhi on Tuesday soon after beginning his four-day visit.
India, China to explore ways to avoid Doklam-like standoffs
By Press Trust of India | New Delhi
UPDATED ON AUG 21, 2018 11:37 PM IST
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.
India-China relations a factor in global stability, says PM Modi
By HT Correspondent | New Delhi
UPDATED ON AUG 21, 2018 10:09 PM IST
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.
China defence minister to discuss possibility of setting up hotline with India
By Jayanth Jacob & Rahul Singh | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON AUG 17, 2018 07:35 AM IST
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
China’s defence minister to visit India by end of this year
By Reuters | Beijing
PUBLISHED ON JUL 26, 2018 05:34 PM IST
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had in April agreed to open a new chapter in ties.
India, China should avoid disputes, says Sitharaman as Sushma flags ‘connectivity projects’
By Sutirtho Patranobis | Hindustan Times, Beijing, Beijing
UPDATED ON APR 24, 2018 07:59 PM IST
The India-China relationship could be a factor of stability in a world of uncertainty, says defence minister