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AIPEI (Taiwan News) — As tensions continue to simmer on the Sino-Indian border, a video surfaced on Sunday (Sept. 20) showing People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers crying as they are allegedly deployed to the border. On Sunday, Pakistani comedian Zaid Hamid uploaded a video showing several PLA recruits crying on a bus as they are allegedly "transferred to Ladakh Border to face Indian Army [sic]." Hamid then wrote that China's one-child policy is "seriously hurting the motivation level of our Chinese brothers." He then added, "We Pakistani support you China. Stay Brave." Although Pakistan is an ally of China, Hamid...

LEH: Admitting that Chinese patrols do come across the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh region, a top army official has ruled out any "turbulence" on the India-China border in Jammu and Kashmir. "The Chinese Army is indeed under- taking patrols across Line of Actual Control in Ladakh due to difference of perception of real LAC in the past," Lt Gen Arvind Sharma GOC of the Leh-based strategic 14 Corps told reporters here yesterday. Sharma, who heads the world's most sensitive corps sharing bor- ders with China and Pakistan strategically, said "there are certain areas of difference the way...

USAID's Western Hemisphere ActivitiesAdolfo A. Franco,Assistant Administrator,Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean Testimony before the Senate Committee on Foreign RelationsWednesday, April 2, 2003Dirksen Office Building, Room SD-419 Mr. Chairman, Members of the Committee, it is a pleasure to appear before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to discuss with you how USAID's Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is promoting the President's vision for the Western Hemisphere. The chairman refers in his letter of invitation to this hearing to the most pressing issues facing Latin America: democracy, good governance, anti-corruption, counternarcotics, and efforts to increase support...