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Prospects for a renewed military dialogue between China and the U.S. remain dim, with Beijing saying their defense chiefs will not hold a bilateral meeting while both are attending a weekend security conference in Singapore

The United States proposed the two men meet on the sidelines of this week’s Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.

Russia’s ally signals a desire for peace, but few are convinced that Beijing has either power or pure motivations.

The Japanese and Chinese defense ministers have inaugurated their long-awaited hotline as a step to build trust and improve communication

Relations between two neighbouring countries and the world's first and second-most populous countries, China and India, have witnessed a downward spiral in recent years after the bloody clash between the two countries' border troops in the Galwan Valley in June 2020, along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the…

China's defence minister on Monday told Pakistan's navy chief that their militaries including their navies should "expand into new fields of cooperation" to bolster the capability of the two neighbours in safeguarding security in the region.

Starkly different approaches to 2,100-mile line of actual control on show as defence ministers meet in Delhi

After India firmly told China that its violation of the border pacts has “eroded” the entire basis of bilateral ties, China’s Defence Ministry on April 28 said the situation at the Ladakh border is “generally stable”.

China's defense minister says conditions along the disputed high-altitude border with India are “stable overall,” in sharp contrast with the much more pessimistic view from New Delhi

India’s defense minister has accused China of eroding the “entire basis” of ties between the countries by violating bilateral agreements, a reference to a nearly 3-year-old standoff involving thousands of soldiers stationed along their disputed border in the eastern Ladakh region

India's defence minister told his Chinese counterpart on Thursday that improved relations depend on "peace and tranquillity" returning to their frontier disturbed by military tensions, the Indian government said.