UN refugee agency concerned about situation at Mexico-US border

Aug 11, 2023, at 06:39 pm

New York: The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, voiced concern on Tuesday over the situation in Mexico, where refugees and migrants aspiring to get to the United States find themselves in cramped shelters, exposed to multiple risks.

Chinese military conducts high-altitude exercise near Indian border: Reports

Nov 12, 2021, at 05:10 pm

The Chinese military recently conducted high-altitude exercises near the frontier with India, a nation with which Beijing was engaged in a bitter face-off in recent times, media reports said.

'China's borderland disputes are a tactic to win concessions on wider issues with its neighbours'

Nov 20, 2020, at 01:05 am

Beijing has long stoked and sustained borderland disputes as a tactic to win concessions on wider issues with its neighbors, an opinion piece by Swedish journalist and Asia expert Bertil Lintner published in Asia Times said.

Old habits die hard: China's tryst with border disputes and expansionism

Sep 11, 2020, at 11:23 pm

Earlier in September, US President Donald Trump said the country was ready to help both India and China fix their border dispute as the two most populous nations engaged in activities deemed 'attempted transgression' by both New Delhi and Beijing.