Senior Colonel Wu Qian told reporters at a news conference in Beijing on Thursday afternoon that the PLA Eastern Theater Command recently organized its naval and air forces to carry out combat-readiness patrols, joint drills and training in waters and airspace around Taiwan.

India and China, agreed to continue efforts to further facilitate and promote people-to-people exchanges, including arrangements for resumption of direct flights, interaction of media and think-tanks, and celebration of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations.

The guidelines aim to guide the region towards more sustainable, resilient and equitable food systems.

Considering the generally poor state of Pak-Afghan relations, the recently concluded three-day visit of Pakistan’s special representative on Afghanistan to Kabul, and the subsequent comments made in this regard by the foreign minister, offer a chance for both states to work on improving ties.

Before the COVID pandemic, yak and chauri trade thrived in eastern Nepal’s mountain districts, but border closures halted livestock exports.

The proposed legislation calls for the imposition of sanctions on Pakistan’s army chief within 180 days if the country does not take steps to improve its human rights situation.

“This visit highlights the importance of the U.S.-Philippine Alliance and our ironclad commitment as #FriendsPartnersAllies dedicated to ensuring a #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific,” said a post on Facebook by the US Embassy in Manila.

Undersecretary Claire Castro of the Presidential Communication Office added that "if China really believes in and is concerned about peace and stability in the region, it should abide by international law and respect the sovereignty of each country.”

The US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security on Tuesday added 80 entities to its export control Entity List, including the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence and six subsidiaries of Inspur Co Ltd, a Chinese cloud computing and big data service provider.

The Indian government, in a bid to protect domestic industries, imposed an anti-dumping duty of US$1,732 (S$2,320) per tonne on vacuum-insulated flasks and other stainless steel vacuum vessels from China.