Xi looks to tighten grip after scandals shake China's military eliteDespite outward displays of strength, China's military faces internal turmoil with investigations and disappearances of key leaders, testin...
10 Aug, 2025, 04.17 PM IST
'Don't want China to spend $600 billion trade surplus on defence machine: Trump moves tariff war into military territoryUS President Donald Trump has raised the stakes in his economic confrontation with China, threatening to push tariffs to 104% unless Beijin...
08 Apr, 2025, 11.46 AM IST
Chinese researchers develop AI model for military use on back of Meta's LlamaChinese research institutions connected to the People's Liberation Army have utilized Meta's Llama model to create an AI tool for military ...
01 Nov, 2024, 09.02 AM IST
China ends war games, Taiwan details warplane, warship surgeChinese state television's military channel said late on Friday the drills had concluded. A commentary in the official People's Liberation ...
25 May, 2024, 03.18 PM IST
Xi's bugbear: The man behind China's latest shock-and-awe maneuverTaiwan's new leader, Lai Ching-te, has provoked China into military drills around the island in response to his inauguration and calls for ...
23 May, 2024, 03.05 PM IST
Xi, Biden agree to make preparations for first in-person summit amid Beijing's tough talk over Pelosi's planned visit to TaiwanChinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Joe Biden plan to hold their first in-person meeting at the G20 summit in November, Ame...
29 Jul, 2022, 07.34 PM IST
Chinese army begins 2022 training programXi is chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and this was the commission's first order for the year. It was relatively short at...
11 Jan, 2022, 10.01 AM IST
Xi Jinping asks Chinese military to step up recruitment of new talent to gain ascendancy in future warsChinese President Xi Jinping called for great efforts to improve military personnel's scientific literacy and technological know-how to imp...
29 Nov, 2021, 05.03 PM IST
Eyeing India, Japan and US: China holds exercise with latest ballistic missilesSignificantly the PLA, which is secretive about its weapons systems, has released a video of the recent exercise of its troops employing th...
14 Jul, 2018, 08.41 PM IST
India denies Chinese media claim of 'troop mobilization' in TibetIndependent experts see China's push for a border conflict as a response to rising India's economic strength and a desire to check the grow...
13 Jul, 2018, 01.07 PM IST
China afraid as India deploys BrahMos missiles on Sino-Indian borderIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping when he visits China next month to attend the G20 summit.
13 Jul, 2018, 12.02 PM IST
Uneasy over Trump's hardline stance, China steps up preparedness for military conflict with USA commentary in the official website of Chinese army said on January 20, the day Trump assumed Presidency, that the chances of war have bec...
12 Jul, 2018, 10.27 PM IST
Winning wars should be PLA's top responsibility', says Chinese militaryXi on January 11 directed China's 2.3 million-member armed forces to strictly follow the orders of the ruling Communist Party.
13 Jan, 2016, 01.02 PM IST
Chinese military backs Xi Jinping's move to cut 3 lakh troopsChina's military pledged its support for President Xi Jinping's announcement to cut three lakh troops by 2017 to make it leaner and more ef...
04 Sep, 2015, 08.48 PM IST
Agni-V: China says India underplaying Agni, it can hit EuropeChina's strategic experts and the official media are trying to provoke western countries saying the Agni-V missile has a longer range than ...
21 Apr, 2012, 11.02 AM IST
Chinese army to help discipline party?The commentary underlined the need for maintaining the "supreme political discipline of the army" and said president Hu Jintao's orders mus...
11 Apr, 2012, 12.46 PM IST
- Extra troops along border will raise tensions: Chinese daily
An official daily said India's decision to beef up the security along the border with China by deploying additional troops as a "sensitive ...
15 Nov, 2011, 07.45 PM IST