Dec. 7 – China’s General Ma Xiaotian, deputy chief of the People’s Liberation Army General Staff, will be leading a delegation to meet with Indian Defense Secretary Shashikant Sharma on December 9, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hong Lei confirmed at a press conference on Monday.
“The two sides will hold in-depth talks about the regional situation as well as bilateral defense exchanges and cooperation,” Hong said. He noted that China attached great importance to the 15th round of Sino-India boundary talks, but didn’t reveal any further information. Continue reading












Dec. 6 – Despite their recent rise in the global economic landscape, China and India are perceived as two of the more corrupt nations in the world, according to an index released last week by 
Dec. 1 – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton began her historic trip to Myanmar on Wednesday, marking the first appearance by an American diplomat of her rank in the long-isolated Southeast Asian country in 56 years.
Nov. 30 – Despite rapid growth and their large proportions of global GDP, many people in China and India continue to live in poverty.
Nov. 29 – China and India have put off sensitive border talks scheduled to take place in New Delhi this week over a speech to be given by the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, whom the Chinese government has persistently accused of fomenting dissent and actively seeking to challenge China’s sovereignty.
Oct. 25 – An anti-terrorism draft bill was submitted to the National People’s Congress, China’s top legislature, for discussion on Monday. The draft bill defines terrorist activities as behaviors that have caused or are intended to cause casualties, major economic loss, damages to public facilities, social disorder, or endanger society through violent, destructive, threatening or other measures by provoking social panic in order to coerce the government.