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Is China Building A Bridge In Ladakh? Here Is The Fact
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![China has been demanding that India must withdraw troops from Doklam for any dialogue between the two sides. Photo: AFP](https://static.abplive.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/14190835/china-afp.jpg?impolicy=abp_cdn&imwidth=720)
China has been demanding that India must withdraw troops from Doklam for any dialogue between the two sides. Photo: AFP
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![The Chinese military has the world's second largest defence budget of USD 152 billion next to the US military.
(Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo: AP/File)](https://static.abplive.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/30095949/Xi-Jinping-AP_0_0_0_0_0_0_0.jpg?impolicy=abp_cdn&imwidth=720)
The Chinese military has the world's second largest defence budget of USD 152 billion next to the US military.
(Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo: AP/File)
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![He was delivering the General B C Joshi Memorial Lecture on 'India's Challenges in the Current Geo-Strategic Construct' organised by the Department of Defence and Strategic Studies of Savitribai Phule Pune University here this evening.](https://static.abplive.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/14084718/china-12.jpeg?impolicy=abp_cdn&imwidth=720)
He was delivering the General B C Joshi Memorial Lecture on 'India's Challenges in the Current Geo-Strategic Construct' organised by the Department of Defence and Strategic Studies of Savitribai Phule Pune University here this evening.
Published at : 14 Aug 2017 09:16 AM (IST)
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