China’s Strategy

The threat of “war” and the context make it obvious that Xi Jinping demands both domestic and global attention. In Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro’s black comedy Wag the Dog, a war was fabricated to turn public attention away from a presidential sex scandal. So why are we talking…

Indian troops in Ladakh (File photo)   |  Photo Credit: IANS New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held a meeting with Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and three service chiefs on Tuesday and reviewed the ground situation in Ladakh, where Indian and Chinese trops are locked in a face-off.…

Home / India News / Government should come clear on Ladakh standoff with China: Rahul Gandhi Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday urged the government to come clean on the border standoff with China, saying there should be transparency on the issue.“What we would like to see is some…

Representative image. The biggest concern for Indian military has been the presence of Chinese troops around several key points including Indian Post KM120 along the Darbuk-Shayok-Daulat Beg Oldie road in Galwan Valley. News18.com Last Updated: May 26, 2020, 10:47 AM IST Share this: Indian and Chinese troops remained engaged in…

Ajay Banerjee Tribune News Service New Delhi, May 25 India and China continue to be on the edge with both sides at a series of military-level meetings failing to find a solution to the ongoing crisis in eastern Ladakh. Edit: Chinese posturing For now, Army and IAF deployments along the…

The drama has a familiar rhythm.Key points:China has passed a string of new regulations on Australian importsThere is speculation China could hit Australia's minerals trade nextChina's proposed new national security laws could threaten Hong Kong's freedomAn obscure official diktat is penned in Beijing.Then it ripples out through the world, frenetically shared by…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Microsoft announced Tuesday that it has built the fifth most powerful computer on Earth. Packed with 285,000 processor cores and 10,000 GPUs, the supercomputer was built in collaboration with San Francisco-based artificial intelligence research organization OpenAI. Microsoft announced its partnership with OpenAI last year and contributed…

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei is to fund a new GBP 5 million (roughly Rs. 46.3 ccrores) technology hub at Imperial College London, British media reported.The institution did not confirm or deny the reports when contacted by AFP, and said an announcement about the project would be made on Tuesday."Imperial, like…

Sun Tzu's descendants are trying trying to achieve 'the acme of skill' in the South China Sea. Are the conditions ripe?Painting: Naresuan the crown prince of Ayutthaya pursued the junk of Phraya Chin Chantu, a Chinese warlord who acted as a secret agent in Ayutthaya for Khmer, in 2116 Buddhist…

The British university behind the doomsday coronavirus projections that resulted in the introduction of national lockdown restrictions has signed a deal with Chinese tech giant Huawei to build tech centres on its campus in West London. Imperial College London has landed a £5 million deal with Huawei, which will sponsor…