The Politburo Standing Committee -- the most powerful body in China -- is unveiled, but in a break from Communist party convention, no successor to Xi Jinping is named.

Xi's concept of "socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era" was added to the party's Constitution

The official cited it as an example of 'how the Chinese military is trying to resolve issues through dialogue mechanisms'.

'Would not accept the arguments of foreign countries and leaders to meet the Lama as a religious leader'

Sitharaman had a brief conversation with Chinese soldiers during her maiden visit to the Nathu La border post in Sikkim.

"Speaking of Pakistan, the first word that comes to my mind is 'Iron Pak'," Col Wu Qian told a media briefing

If smart enough, India should befriend China and respect Pakistan, preventing disputes from spilling over, the article said.

Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying, while reacting to Japan's plans to step up investments in the northeastern states, told the media that China is opposed to any foreign investment in the areas where it has disputes with India.

China also said that it was opposed to any third-party involvement in the resolution of the Sino-India boundary disputes.

However, Beijing expresses readiness for talks to reopen the Nathu La pass for the Kailash-Mansarovar Yatra.

'No one knows Pak and understands Pak better than China,' Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said.

'We should not treat each other as rivals. We should make cooperation the mainstream, China said.

India and China on Monday ended their standoff in Dokalam by withdrawing their troops from the area, just days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to China to attend the BRICS summit next week.

China said Islamabad is at the frontline of combating terrorism.

Special Representatives of China and India have held 19 rounds of talks to resolve the boundary issue.

The massive earthquake in Sichuan struck at 9:19 pm (local time) on Tuesday and the epicentre was monitored at a depth of 20 km, state-run Xinhua new agency reported.

China reiterated that no meaningful dialogue can be held with India until it "unconditionally" withdraws troops from the disputed Doklam area and said Foreign Minister Wang Yi has authoritatively made Beijing's position clear on the issue.

the Soviet leader bluntly told the then chairman of China's ruling Communist Party that he was responsible for the situation in Tibet.

Ren Guoqiang, a spokesperson of the Chinese defence ministry, in a statement said, "Chinese armed forces have also shown a high level of restraint with an eye to the general bilateral relations and the regional peace and stability."

Early this year the US along with the United Kingdom and France approached the United Nations's sanctions committee for the ban on Azhar.