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Chinascope is a weekly roundup about China that digs into the minds of China’s leaders, scholars, thinkers, business tycoons and Chinese people.

Don’t be surprised by China ignoring LAC at G20 meet. It’s a feature, not a bug

Aadil Brar -
China's 5G rollout along LAC disrupting Indian Army plans. And Chinese social media is full of posts 'celebrating' ex-Japanese PM Shinzo Abe’s assassination.
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Chinese leadership touring ‘democratic’ Hong Kong, Pakistan. There’s a message for mainland

Aadil Brar -
Beijing ensured that no one could spoil its celebration in Hong Kong. But US and its G7 allies' $600 billion plan to counter BRI won't make Xi happy.
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Chinese officials will have a secret meeting with Xi. The big problem? Tesla cars on street

Aadil Brar -
BRICS summit was an opportunity for China to present its accommodating side, but Xi Jinping pushed his rhetoric on countering the ‘Western-led international order’.
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What the Chinese govt, media told people on two years of Galwan

Aadil Brar -
In its version of the clash, a Chinese military channel ran a clip from a documentary featuring Chen Xiangrong, one of the four PLA soldiers who died in Galwan.
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Beijing’s 25 fighter jets, upcoming airfields — India-China border row is far from over

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At the Shangri-La dialogue, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin accused China of carrying out 'provocative and destabilising military activity near Taiwan'.
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Ukraine sanctions testing Russia-China ‘no-limit partnership’. Frustration grows in Moscow

Aadil Brar -
If Xi wants to help Moscow, he will have to find ways to buy Russian goods, but even that looks difficult. The buck might stop again on oil and gas.
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PLA published an article on Indian Navy. China’s eyes are on INS Vikrant

+TFP Aadil Brar -
There are a few moments in world history when we observe change unfold before our eyes. Beijing's gamble in the Pacific, promotion of Chinese elites are some.
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Xi missing from front pages of CCP’s People’s Daily, experts reading between the lines

Aadil Brar -
No one is arguing against the growing evidence for Li Keqiang’s increased media mentions. But there is no evidence that Li has CCP’s support to challenge Xi.
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Restricting citizens’ entry-exit to targeting academia, China grows more authoritarian

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China stopped issuing new passports for non-essential travel in 2021. Citizens have to come up with fake job offers to get a new passport.
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In China, a growing pressure to find a scapegoat for disastrous Covid handling in Shanghai

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CCP wants to quickly develop remote regions near Arunachal Pradesh border. In Shanghai & Beijing, Covid testing could cost up to $257 billion.
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Former Deutsche Bank CEO Anshu Jain dies at 59

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Jaipur-born Jain was the first non-European to head Deutsche Bank; family remembers his fighting spirit till the very end

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Chinese research vessel Yuan Wang 5 has ‘slowed down’ but still en route Sri Lankan port

Raghav Bikhchandani -
Yuan Wang 5 is currently 599 nautical miles away from Hambantota, having been at sea for 35 hours since departing the Chinese port of Taicang, according to latest data.

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Tiranga vs Tiranga: Gloves are off as Kejriwal joins the ‘nationalism’ battle with Modi

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Kejriwal’s maun vrat on Modi has ended. This is an important turn in Indian politics. In some ways rivalling the dramatic turn in Bihar.

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