(TibetanReview.net, Nov25’20) – In an indication that Sino-India ties are only deteriorating in view of their volatile border situation especially in the Ladakh sector, India has on Nov 24 blocked 43 more mostly Chinese mobile apps, citing activities “prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of […]

(TibetanReview.net, Nov21’20) – Bhutan’s denial that China had built a village 2km inside its territory near the contested Doklam plateau has been challenged by an ndtv.com report Nov 21. The report said clear satellite imagery and detailed map locations clearly contradicted Bhutan’s denial. The question is whether Bhutan had reached […]

(TibetanReview.net, Nov18’20) – Making clear its determination to fight to change the status quo on the border of Tibet under its occupation with India in the Ladakh sector, China has indicated that it was continuing to prepare for a conflict with a series of military drills. The latest was a […]

(TibetanReview.net, Nov09’20) – China has since 2010 planned hydropower projects over occupied Tibet’s Yarlung Tsangpo river, known in India as the Brahmaputra, to harness energy in the middle reaches of the river amid protests from India. Now those protests may grow more intense as Beijing has signalled that it is […]

(TibetanReview.net, Nov07’20) – Prospects of a full-scale war are low, but border tensions and intrusions escalating into a larger conflict cannot be ruled out, timesofindia.com Nov 6 cited India’s chief of defence staff, General Bipin Rawat, as saying, speaking about the prolonged Ladakh standoff with a belligerently expansionist China. The […]

(TibetanReview.net, Nov06’20) – China said Nov 5 that its People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Tibet Military Command recently conducted a long-distance maneuver exercise featuring heavy equipment, including dozens of Type 15 light tanks and different types of infantry fighting vehicles and trucks, in a demonstration of its rapid, comprehensive deployment capabilities […]

(TibetanReview.net, Nov02’20) – Ties between India and China have come under “severe stress” and the agreements inked by the two sides over the last few years must be respected to restore normalcy in relations, thehansindia.com Nov 2 cited India’s Foreign Minister S Jaishankar as saying amid the eastern Ladakh border […]

(TibetanReview.net, Oct29’20) – In continuation of its hostile stance towards India over the Ladakh border faceoff, China said Oct 29 that a brigade of its People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Tibet Military Command had carried out “ultra-limit range live fire drills of multiple types of artillery in an area at an […]

(TibetanReview.net, Oct27’20) – Faced with looming threats from China across occupied Tibet’s borders, India has on Oct 27 inked a landmark defence agreement with the US that will allow sharing of high-end military technology, classified satellite data and critical information between the two countries. With it, the two countries reaffirmed […]

(TibetanReview.net, Oct21’20) – Reporting continued improvement in the Covid-19 situation in India, almost all the states in the top 10 category contributing to the country’s caseload showed a decline in new cases on Oct 19, as compared to previous day even as Chhattisgarh replaced UP among the high burden states […]