Xi, the most powerful leader in recent decades heading the ruling Communist Party and the military, will now be the first Chinese leader after the founder chairman Mao Zedong to remain in power lifelong.

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The removal of the term limit will give Xi a limitless tenure.

Chinese Foreign Ministry said international community should respect sovereignty and independence of the Maldives.

China's stand is that relevant parties should find a solution internally.

Police, however, said the crash was not intentional and it was an accident and not an attack, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

Hua also said China is ready to hold talks with India to resolve differences on CPEC.

Dispelling the notion that India-China are rivals, Bambawale also said there is no "anti-China mentality" in India.

He said China was exercising sovereignty in its own territory.

Consumption was the major driver, contributing 58.8 per cent to GDP growth

Rawat had said there was a major reduction of Chinese troops in the Doklam area.

Trump had accused Pakistan of providing safe havens to terrorists.

A deft hand on India-China relations, Bambawale earlier handled the China desk at the MEA.

I look forward to many years of success and friendship, working together to solve not only our problems, but world problems and problems of great danger and security, says President Trump in Beijing.

Donald Trump on Wednesday started his maiden visit to Beijing with both sides inking deals worth $9 billion.

China is pulling out all the stops to give a 'state visit-plus' reception to Trump on his maiden visit.

Sitharaman visited forward army posts in remote Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh bordering China on Sunday to take stock of the defence preparedness.

China on Thursday blocked another bid by the United States, France and the United Kingdom to list Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed chief and Pathankot terror attack mastermind Masood Azhar as a global terrorist by the United Nations, saying it has rejected the move as "there is no consensus".

The proposed tunnel, which would drop down from the world's highest plateau in multiple sections connected by waterfalls, would provide water in China's largest administrative division, comprising vast swathes of deserts and dry grasslands.

China had in August extended by three months its technical hold on the proposal to list JeM founder Azhar as a global terrorist after having blocked the move in February this year at the United Nations.