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After Brahmaputra dam, China to build Xinjiang-Tibet rail link near LAC

China is set to build the most ambitious rail link connecting Xinjiang province with Tibet, part of which will run near the Line of Actual Control with India, according to a media report. Image...

Why China's Claim On Shaksgam Valley Is Baseless

Today's situation in the Shaksgam Valley is the consequence of what happened in Gilgit in 1947.But is India ready to militarily get back its territories? asks Claude Arpi. IMAGE: A view of the...

Xi Vs The Generals: Why It Matters To India

If Xi Jinping can establish control over the PLA Ground Force, relations between India and China will settle down to an even keel.The next few weeks will show whether Xi has finally succeeded in...

Beijing dodges India's Indus Treaty move at China-Pak strategic talks

All-weather allies China and Pakistan on Monday reiterated their opposition to any unilateral actions in South Asia as they concluded their strategic dialogue with references to Kashmir and...

Pakistan could not benefit from CPEC, admits minister

In a rare admission, a senior minister has acknowledged that Pakistan could not benefit from the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and Chinese investors were forced to flee due to attempts by the...

China furious over Messi's Hong Kong no show

Some mainland fans travelled 12 hours from Xinjiang to Hong Kong to see Messi, the Global Times wrote, with the disappointment of the government and fans "entirely understandable. The impact of...

Winter Olympics: China fuels controversy as Uyghur athlete lights cauldron

IMAGE: Torchbearers Zhao Jiawen and Dinigeer Yilamujiang hold the Olympic torch to light the cauldron during the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Games at the National Stadium on Friday....

First-ever Tibet-based athletes to compete in Winter Games

IMAGE: The report did not specify their ethnicity, but both have Tibetan-sounding names and were born in the Tibet Autonomous Region, where ethnic Tibetans make up over 80% of the population....

Why China is not suited to host Olympic Games

'I don't think any country should be allowed to host the Games if they have appalling human rights stance.' IMAGE: Rights groups have long criticised the International Olympic Committee for...

US won't send officials to Beijing Winter Olympics

'The Biden administration will not send any diplomatic or official representation to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games given the PRC's ongoing genocide and crimes against...