The two natural candidates are the region’s historical powers, China and India, which were the world’s largest economies from 1 A.D. to 1820, before the rise of the industrial west.

In contrast, India has shifted some of its military forces to the border with China in recent years. This shift followed a deadly clash in 2020, where soldiers from both sides lost their lives.

On the face of it, India’s stance is a rejection of China’s suggestion that the two countries should set aside the dispute, which has pushed India closer to America, and focus on areas of ...

India and China have reached an agreement on military ... Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian on Tuesday said Beijing “positively evaluates” the “solution” reached and would ...

Five years ago, in June 2020, relations between China and India took a sharp downturn on the 70th anniversary of their diplomatic ties, plunging into a regrettable low point. As the two nations ...

That’s why a growing number of developing countries are setting national deadlines to become developed economies: China by 2035, Vietnam by 2045, India by 2047. In the absence of a miracle ...

As President Trump brings manufacturing back to the US — and closes in on trade deals with India, Japan, and South Korea — China’s days as “the world’s factory floor” are numbered.

Diego Garcia, a remote Indian Ocean island nearly 2,000 miles from the East African coast, boasts clear-blue waters, pristine beaches — and a US-UK military base at the heart of the great-power ...

Lin Jian, a spokesman for China’s Foreign Ministry, said at a regular briefing Tuesday that “China and India, through diplomatic and military channels, maintained close communication recently ...

In October, China and India reached an agreement on patrolling a stretch of their long-disputed shared border. The deal brought an end, for the time being, to a four-year standoff in the high ...