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In his first comments on the incident, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Wednesday that “India wants peace” but that when provoked, it “will give a befitting reply.”The clash marks a turning point for India and China. The relationship between the two Asian giants — both rising in the world, albeit at considerably different speeds…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption The two nations have an agreement that says no guns should be taken within two kilometres of the border The Indian and Chinese foreign ministers have exchanged protests over clashes in a disputed Himalayan border area which led to the deaths of at least 20 Indian troops.India's Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said…

Scores of Indian and Chinese soldiers were killed or fell to their deaths in a Himalayan clash Monday that marked a sudden and unexpected escalation of a long-running border dispute and the most violent encounter between the nuclear armed Asian rivals in decades. Indian reports said at least 20 of its soldiers had died, and…

Officials in China closed more neighborhoods and fired officials on Monday amid fears of a new coronavirus outbreak linked to a market in Beijing, according to multiple reports.At least 10 residential communities near the Yuquandong market in Beijing's Haidian District were placed under lockdown after "multiple cases" were found over the weekend.Residents were ordered to go under home…

China reported on Sunday that the country had 57 new confirmed cases of coronavirus as of midnight on Saturday — the highest number of infections it has reported in two months. The spike in cases — which appear to have originated in a wholesale food market in Beijing — has caused Chinese authorities to selectively…