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Despite aberrations India and China truly see themselves as partners Khurshid
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Monday said that despite aberrations like the recent stand-off over the Chinese troop incursion in the Eastern Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, both India and China truly see themselves as partners in the regional and global context, both presently and for the future as well. Speaking exclusively to ANI, Khurshid, who took part in the ...
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India and China enhance bilateral ties through eight pacts LeadEigh agreements
India and China on Monday enhanced their bilateral ties with the inking of eight significant agreements that cover a range of areas including trade, culture and water resources. The agreements were signed after delegation-level talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang. To enhance trade, both sides decided to set up three working groups under the Joint ...
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Indias relationship with China expanding substantively S. JaishankarLeadJaishankar
India's Ambassador to China S. Jaishankar on Monday said New Delhi's relationship with Beijing is expanding substantively, and termed the three-day state visit of Premier Li Keqiang as significant. Interacting with media after delegation-level talks between India and China here, Ambassador Jaishankar said: "This visit is significant because it is Premier Li's first visit to India. India is a ...
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Chinas state-sponsored hackers attack US again
Chinese "state-sponsored" hackers have renewed attacks on the US, after a unit of the Chinese army was named in February as the source of many cyber attacks on US companies, a media report said. According to BBC, cyber-defence company Mandiant told the New York Times daily that the army's Unit 61398, believed to operate from a heavily guarded building in Shanghai, has recently stepped up its ...
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China accepts there are some problems with India but wants to resolve all issues peacefully
Chinese Premier, Li Keqiang, alluding to recent skirmishes on their Himalayan border, acknowledged on Monday, that there were some problems with good friend India but said that the two Asian giants should take a leaf out of their vast history to resolve all issues peacefully. "Since we are strategic partners and we are good friends that can speak to each other with candour, so we do not deny ...
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Lowy India Poll 2013 study 83 percent Indians consider China a security threat
An opinion poll conducted with samples across India has revealed that a large majority of people, 83 percent, considered China as a security threat, though 63 percent would like relations with China to strengthen. The poll, titled 'India Poll 2013: Facing the future - Indian views of the world ahead' conducted by the Lowy Institute for International Policy and Australia India Institute (AII), ...
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India and China have more mutual interest than differences
In wake of Chinese Premier Li's visit to India, Ambassador of India in China Jaishankar during a press conference said that India is a priority in China's agenda of global development. Jai Shankar said that the present visit of the Chinese Premier Li to India is significant because it is his first visit to India. " India surely is a priority in China's agenda today on global development. This ...
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Chinese man dies trying to climb Lhotse peak in Nepal
A 58-year-old Chinese climber died Monday while attempting to climb the Lhotse peak, the world's fourth highest, officials said. Xiaoshi Li died in Sagarmatha region, after falling sick on his way to the 8,516 metre high Lhotse peak, Nivesh Karki, manager of the expedition organiser, Seven Summit Treks Pvt. Ltd., told Xinhua. The mountaineering section of Nepal's ministry of tourism said ...
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Mount Everest ice cores to help study climate change
Scientists from China have obtained three ice cores from Mount Everest with the aim to understand more about climate change, an expedition leader said Monday. During the expedition that lasted more than a month, scientists drilled the ice cores at a mountain pass near the East Rongbuk glacier, which covers the north collar of the Mount Everest, Xinhua reported. The longest ice core measures ...
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Two Chinese acquitted of rape after 10 years in jail
A court in China will compensate two men after they were acquitted of rape charges that led to their wrongful imprisonment for 10 years. The court in Zhejiang decided to give Zhang Hui and and his uncle Zhang Gaoping 1.11 million yuan (around $179,000) each to compensate them for depriving them of their personal freedom, as well as for causing mental damage, Xinhua reported. Zhang Hui was ...
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- China accepts there are some problems with India but wants to resolve all issues peacefully
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