China's defense budget has grown 850 per cent in the last 20 years from $20 billion to $170 billion in 2018, a top Pentagon official told lawmakers on Thursday.

A 139-strong contingent of the China’s People’s Liberation Army arrived here on Friday for the joint military exercise with India, officials said.

China on Friday said its research ship sailed through India's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) near Andaman Islands in September, but it did not conduct any experiment.

Chinese infrastructure projects under its One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiatives in Central Asia, Pakistan and Myanmar are projected to lose money due to underutilisation and could potentially cause more harm than good, a prominent US think-tank said in a report on Thursday.

Two of India’s traditional foes, China and Pakistan are all geared-up to conduct month-long joint military drills to enhance collaboration between their armies. The drills between the two nations is also aimed at counter-terrorism and protect the vital CPEC Project.

The Indian Navy recently drove away a suspicious Chinese vessel from Indian waters near Port Blair. The Chinese vessel named Shi Yan 1 was detected by a maritime surveillance aircraft of the Indian Navy when the vessel was supposedly carrying out research activities in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) near Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

The Indian Coast Guard pressed the panic button recently after they intercepted radio signals from mysterious 'Chinese' vessels in Indian waters.

The Chinese navy is moving ahead with plans to build another aircraft carrier, but plans for a fifth have been put on hold for now, according to military insiders.

China has overtaken the United States as the country with the most diplomatic posts across the world, even as India, the world’s second-most populous country, languishes at 12th place in the diplomatic sweepstakes, according to new data from an Australian think tank.

Spying, meddling and even torture allegations are riling China’s relations with some of the world’s top democracies just as Beijing seeks to convince nations that its 5G technology can be trusted.

Pakistan and China are working together once again, and this time right at India's doorstep, in the North Arabian Sea.

Beijing has fiercely rejected US critique of multi-billion-dollar CPEC initiative in Pakistan and indirectly lambasted Washington of going a negative campaign against China. The US has gone on the offensive against China’s CPEC project, a signature project of President Xi Jinping.

Anti-Chinese sentiments are rising in Cambodia, the closest partner of Beijing in South East Asia.

China is reported to be boosting its arms links with South Asian nations, with further supply of an advanced anti-stealth radar to Pakistan as well as frigates to Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

The militaries of China and India would hold a joint 14-day drill from December 10 in southwest China's Chengdu city to improve their capabilities in fighting terrorism and promote mutual understanding, the Defence Ministry said here Thursday.