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China-India border row: preparation for new round of military talks India is understood to have about 50,000 troops in the border area. Photo: AFP
China is in talks with India to hold another round of military discussions in a bid to ease a seven-month stand-off along a disputed section of their Himalayan border.
Tan Kefei, spokesman for the Ministry of National Defence, said on Thursday that China remained committed to de-escalating the worst border tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours in decades. The Chinese side is willing to maintain communication with the Indian side through military and diplomatic channels, and we hope India can meet China halfway . and take concrete measures to ease the tension, Tan said.
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Xi Jinping lauds China’s post-coronavirus economic growth in New Year’s message Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a New Year address on Thursday evening. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese President Xi Jinping singled out the country s economic growth in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic in his annual New Year s television speech on Thursday night.
But there was no mention of the challenges to China s global ambitions, including international criticism of its initial handling of the pandemic. We overcame the impact of the pandemic and have achieved great success in disease control as well as social and economic development, he said from his study in Zhongnanhai, the walled compound where top leaders live.