Beijing's call for establishing direct diplomatic ties with Bhutan isn't new. It follows China building multiple villages on disputed border territory, activities that have mirrored the gray-zone ...

One year prior to the 2017 standoff, Beijing was already starting a major bid to bolster its claims by building roads and villages in the Jakarlung valley – along another China-Bhutan frontier ...

China tightening grip on Chicken’s Neck using Trishul Niti with Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh; North-East India will…, ...

Beijing's land grab in the north of the Himalayan country was taking place in the form of an "unsanctioned program of settlement construction across the contested border with Bhutan," open-source ...

China and Bhutan do not have diplomatic relations but maintain contact through periodic visits by officials. While Beijing resolved the boundary disputes with the 12 other neighbours, India and ...

At the heart of border negotiations between Beijing and Thimphu, which began in 1984, is the disputed tri-junction on the Doklam plateau between China, Bhutan and India – where Chinese and ...

China and Bhutan agreed to push for the early settlement of their border dispute and the establishment of diplomatic ties in what mainland observers described as "a breakthrough" in Beijing's ...

Citing a recent report by research associate Robert Barnett, the Indian newspaper said that since 2016, when China first built a village in territory understood to be part of Bhutan, Beijing has ...

Indeed, Beijing has repeatedly voiced its intent to normalize relations, and the prospect of a growing Chinese footprint in Bhutan has New Delhi “crapping themselves,” one former top Bhutanese ...

In a worrying development, satellite imagery has revealed how China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) is continuing to encroach into areas south of Doklam, with significant advancements noted east of ...

Islamabad/Beijing: Pakistan and China are reportedly exploring the possibility of creating a new regional grouping to replace ...