External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar addresses Parliament on Operation Sindoor, denying any US trade linkage and highlighting Pakistan's request for a ceasefire through the DGMO channel.
'We are now in a situation where our country is not yet free.' 'China is still very strong and militarily powerful.' 'In such a situation, we need the Dalai Lama to bring about a resolution to the cause of Tibet.' 'That's one of the main reasons that at age 90, he has accepted that there should be a 15th Dalai Lama after him.'
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will propose to establish the world's biggest Free Trade Area between China and India during his talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh next week.
"India and China, besides being neighbours are partners rather than competitors," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu told reporters answering questions on Wen's forthcoming visit to New Delhi.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao on Monday reiterated that bilateral relations were in a good state. Dr Singh and Wen, who met at Phnom Penh on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit, reviewed the ties during a meeting that may well be their last, as the Chinese leader would be demitting office in March.
While Wen said it was a great pleasure to exchange views on major issues with Dr Singh, the latter said he has benefitted enormously from their conversations
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel that his country will closely cooperate with Germany to crack down on hacking.
Addressing the conference, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said as a developing country, China may boast a fairly large economy, but its per capita income ranks around 90th in the world.
Jiabao indicated that a red-carpet welcome awaited Manmohan Singh, who is expected to visit China this year
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday vowed to continue their 'all-weather' friendship, as increasingly isolated Islamabad stepped up efforts to drum up support after the killing of terror mastermind Osama bin Laden by American forces in Pakistan.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday made a strong pitch for political reforms in the Communist ruled country, warning that a failure to carry out structural corrections could unleash the upheaval of another Cultural Revolution.
China's ruling Communist Party will maintain its "absolute control" over the nation's 2.3 million-strong People's Liberation Army, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Monday, as he announced boosting the military's capability to win "local wars" in hi-tech conditions.
Wen said, China is ready to work with India to increase the scale, and expand the scope of bilateral business cooperation.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday on a three-day visit, which he said was to promote friendship and expand cooperation between the two countries, which have seen comprehensive and rapid progress.
International community has been building pressure on India after US President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao announced commitments to reduce emissions.
China's economy expanded by 11.1 per cent in the first six months from a year earlier after recording growth of 10.3 per cent for the second quarter, compared with the 11.9 per cent rise in the first quarter.
Setting a positive tone, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Thursday hailed India as a 'great neighbour' and expressed confidence that the two countries would reach 'important strategic consensus' during the visit and take bilateral ties to an 'even higher level'.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited ISRO's Satellite Centre and TCS's facility in the International Tech Park in Bangalore.
He said 146,000 officials were punished for disciplinary violations in 2010. Among the officials, 5,373 had been referred for prosecution.
China plans to achieve a high quality and efficient annual growth rate of 7 per cent during the 12th Five-Year Plan, starting this year, which is not easy by any means.
Ahead of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's New Delhi visit, India on Thursday said there is a need to show sensitivity to each other's core interests.
For net surfers in China, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is a 'hero'. Dr Singh was pleasantly surprised to learn this from Chinese premier Wen Jiabao at a dinner hosted by the Chinese leader for the Indian Prime Minister earlier this week.
In the midst of a spat between India and China, an official Chinese newspaper on Friday spoke of a possible meeting between the prime ministers of the two countries next week in Thailand.
Chinese premier Wen Jiabao said China will be 'pleased' to see India become a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.
Premier Wen Jiabao, however, warned visiting Pakistani Prime Minister that terrorism and extremism were directly endangering the security of both China and Pakistan, as well as regional peace and stability.
In the midst of a war of words between the two countries, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday expressed his desire to meet his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh.The Chinese leader's remarks come a day after Beijing raked up its claim over Arunachal Pradesh, questioning Prime Minister Singh's visit there on October 3. India hit back on Wednesday, reacting strongly to Chinese plans to get involved in projects in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir.
Faced with negative headlines on the outcome of his talks with the Indian leadership, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao was on Friday sharply critical of the Indian media, saying it was causing 'damage' to bilateral ties. Winding up his three-day visit in Delhi, Wen told a group of editors and scholars before leaving for Pakistan that he understood that the press in India had freedom, but it should play a role in promoting friendship between the two nations.
Wen is leading a high level delegation to India for a two-day trip, starting on December 16.
Ahead of the visit by Premier Wen Jiabao, senior Chinese Communist Party leader Zhou You Kang will be in India from Sunday on a two-day trip during which the bilateral relations will be discussed.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao met on Friday on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations -India and East Asia Summit in Hanoi.
For India, Tibet is just one of the topics they may or may not raise during the ongoing visit of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. But for the fraction of Tibetans in exile settled in India, the talk regarding the status of Tibet is of paramount importance.
The Chinese government on Tuesday conveyed its 'anger and concern' to Britain over a protester throwing a shoe at Premier Wen Jiabao, but said bilateral ties would not be harmed. The Chinese side has expressed its 'strong dissatisfaction' over the incident, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said in a statement. The Chinese said that the British government has expressed deep regret and informed that the police had arrested the 27-year old man, who hurled a shoe.
India has sought China's support for its bid for a permanent seat in the UN Security Council during a meeting between President Pratibha Patil and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Bejing. Patil, who arrived in Beijing on Wednesday on a six-day visit to China, was welcomed warmly by Wen at the Purple Light Pavilion.
President Pratibha Patil discussed bilateral issues of mutual interest and situation in the region with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Thursday.
China's Premier Wen Jiabao has urged the men's national basketball team to "win honor for the motherland" during the Beijing Olympics. Wen turned up at a team practice session on Sunday, shaking hands with coaches and players, including China's favorite sportsman Yao Ming, who plays for the NBA's Houston Rockets.
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