China has demanded that India immediately withdraw border troops that have crossed into Chinese territory, and cautioned India to avoid a more serious situation and consequences. Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang made the remark on Wednesday as Indian troops remained on Chinese soil after crossing the Sikkim section of the China-India border last month. China once again urges India to adhere to the boundary convention, respect China's territorial sovereignty and immediately pull back its troops to the Indian side to help solve the issue as soon as possible, Geng told a daily news conference in Beijing. The Sikkim section of the China-India border was defined by the Convention Between Great Britain and China Relating to Sikkim and Tibet in 1890 and acknowledged by successive Indian governments. China and India have been exploring solutions to their border disputes through meetings of special representatives and have jointly worked to maintain peace and stability in the border area. However, Geng said, Indian troops illegally trespassing onto the Chinese side of the Sikkim section of the China-India border, which has long been demarcated, is a serious issue. China has strongly protested the incursion to India. We demand that India ... correct its mistake with practical action, in a show of its sincerity to solve border issues and develop the China-India relationship, in order to create the necessary atmosphere and conditions for the normal development of bilateral ties, he added. On Tuesday, Chinese Ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui urged India to unconditionally withdraw its border troops to the Indian side of the border with China. In an interview with the Press Trust of India news agency, Luo said he was deeply worried by the grave situation. It is the first time that Indian troops have crossed the mutually recognized boundary and trespassed into China's territory, triggering a close-range face off between Chinese and Indian border troops, he said. The first step is for Indian troops to unconditionally pull back onto the Indian side of the boundary. That is the precondition for any meaningful dialogue between China and India, he added. Xinhua contributed to this story. [email protected]festival braceletscustom silicone wristbandsballer bandsrubber bracelets cheaplivestrong bracelet
Plenary Session statement says inspectors fulfilled their duties China has gained and consolidated "crushing momentum" in its fight against corruption, according to a statement released on Saturday following a key Communist Party of China conference. The Seventh Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee, held from Wednesday to Saturday in Beijing, is the Party's most important conference before its upcoming 19th National Congress, which will open on Wednesday. The statement said the "crushing momentum" of the fight against corruption, noted late last year at a Political Bureau meeting, has now been "consolidated". During the session, the senior officials discussed and approved a work report of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the country's top anti-graft watchdog. The work report will be delivered to the congress. Participants at the session reviewed the work of the 18th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection over the past five years and agreed that discipline inspection commissions at all levels have fulfilled the duties endowed by the Party Constitution and have comprehensively pushed forward the strict governance of the Party. The discipline inspection commissions have been working hard to build a clean Party and root out corruption, firmly upholding the eight-point frugality code put forward by the CPC Central Committee in late 2012. The statement also said that the commissions have made full use of their inspections, prioritizing discipline, and have advanced the reform of discipline inspection and the country's supervisory system. Moreover, the commissions have built groups of staff in discipline inspection and supervision that both the Party and the people can trust, while consistently improving the accountability system, uncompromisingly containing the spread of corruption and purifying the political ecology within the CPC, the statement said. The plenum endorsed a decision made by the Political Bureau to expel Sun Zhengcai, a former member of the Political Bureau and former Chongqing Party secretary, and eleven other senior officials from the CPC. Since members of the 18th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection were elected in late 2012, the top anti-graft watchdog has undertaken a massive campaign against corruption and extravagance. Li Chengyan, head of Peking University's Center for Anti-Corruption Studies, said the Party's upcoming 19th National Congress will have great significance for the country's anti-corruption work. "The 19th National Congress will summarize the work of the CCDI in the past five years, and some of the current thought on anti-corruption, like 'fighting both tigers (senior corrupt officials) and flies (lower-level corrupt officials)', will be highlighted," he said.
