Beijing Slams Pentagon For Damaging China-India Ties

China has strongly condemned the recent Pentagon report (submitted to the Congress) in which the US Department of Defence mentioned that Beijing enhanced its military capabilities along the border with India in order to ramp up its geopolitical ambitions in the region, saying that it was Washington's deliberate attempt to "severely" damage the mutual trust between the two Asian neighbours.

Over the weekend, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence (for East Asia) Abraham M Denmark expressed serious concern over troop build-up by China on Sino-Indian border, saying: "We have noticed an increase in capability and force posture by the Chinese military in areas close to the border with India." He also said that China added substantial military infrastructure, including communications and surveillance systems, to artificial islands in the South China Sea.

Senior spokesperson of...