NEW DELHI, July 13 — The succession of Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is a thorn in China-India relations, the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi said today, as India's foreign minister prepares to visit China for the first time since deadly border clashes in 2020.

BEIJING, June 21 — China today threatened to impose the death penalty in extreme cases for “die-hard” Taiwan independence separatists, a ramp-up of pressure, though Chinese courts have no jurisdiction on the island.