China and India began pulling back troops from the site of a deadly border clash as Beijing opened another front in the region’s territorial disputes with a new claim in nearby Bhutan. Chinese and …
China for border talks with Bhutan, India wary
To India’s discomfiture, China is signalling its desire to hold border talks with Bhutan after objecting to funding of a wildlife sanctuary, which is claimed by Thimphu.
What’s Behind China’s Expansion of Its Territorial Dispute With Bhutan?
Meanwhile, earlier in the year, a dispute between Nepal and India over the Lipulekh border area boiled over. Now, China is apparently expanding the scope of its border dispute with the small Himalayan …
China Pulls Back From One Disputed Border, Makes New Claims on Another
China and India began pulling back troops from the site of a deadly border clash, as Beijing opened a new front in the region’s territorial disputes with a new claim in nearby Bhutan.
China Not Ready to Stir From New Claim Over ‘Disputed’ Territory in Bhutan
The dispute between Bhutan and China began in the first week of June when China refused to grant permission to Bhutan to develop the Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary (SWS), calling the area under Trashigang …
China says Bhutan’s Sakteng Sanctuary is ‘disputed territory’, objects to development funds at GEF meet
China objected to Bhutan’s request for funds to develop Sakteng wildlife sanctuary saying “it was disputed territory”.
China claims Bhutan land in its ‘bid to pressure India’
On June 29, China objected to Bhutan’s application for a grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council for the Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary s …
Bhutan demarches China on new claim over Sakteng Sanctuary; Beijing refuses to budge
Bhutan has issued a demarche to China upset by its claims over the Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary located in eastern Bhutan. Taking the diplomatic step The Royal Embassy of Bhutan lodged a formal protest …
China makes border dispute with Bhutan public, in apparent move to pressure India
Thimpu had issued a demarche to Beijing against its claim on the Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary, which is close to the Arunachal Pradesh border, but to no avail.
UNDP and GNHC sign project on Covid-19 response and recovery
The Ambassador of Japan to Bhutan, Satoshi Suzuki joined the signing remotely from … through a value chain analysis of essential products and identifying appropriate business solutions. The project …