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US intelligence sharing with India helps monitor Chinese military


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Disputes between India and China over their border in the Himalayas have intensified in recent months, after a deadly clash between their troops in June.
That adds to broader competition between India and China on land and at sea around Asia, but recent military agreements with the US allow India to watch rival Chinese forces more closely.
As tension between India and China has increased in recent months, the US military has helped India keep an eye on Chinese forces, senior US military commanders said in November.
A deadly brawl on India and China s disputed border in the Himalayas in June was their first such clash in decades. Since then both have reinforced their positions, and India has had help monitoring Chinese forces. ....

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New Russian weapons add to simmering tensions over a lingering territorial dispute in Asia


New Russian weapons add to simmering tensions over a lingering territorial dispute in Asia
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A Japanese Coast Guard vessel off Cape Nosappu, Japan s easternmost point. The Kuril Islands can be seen in the background, April 14, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Japan s years-long attempt to resolve a century-old territorial dispute with Russia hasn t made progress and remains a source of tension, the top US commander in Japan said this month.
Those comments were punctuated by Russia s deployment of an advanced air-defense system to the territory, part of a military build up in the region that s seen as directed at the US and Japan. ....

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Russian weapons in Kuril Islands sign of tensions with US, Japan


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Japan s years-long attempt to resolve a century-old territorial dispute with Russia hasn t made progress and remains a source of tension, the top US commander in Japan said this month.
Those comments were punctuated by Russia s deployment of an advanced air-defense system to the territory, part of a military build up in the region that s seen as directed at the US and Japan.
Japan s years-long effort to end a longstanding territorial dispute with Russia has been fruitless, the US s top commander in Japan said this month, an assessment underscored by simultaneous military moves by Moscow.
Under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, there was an ongoing dialogue with about two dozen high-level meetings aimed at settling the dispute over what Russia calls the Kuril Islands, Air Force Lt. Gen. Kevin Schneider, commander of US forces in Japan, said at an Air Force Association event on December 1. ....

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