A Chinese commentator noted that the J-20’s recent public appearance marked the maturation of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force’s stealth fighter programme.
Japan sent a lower-level delegate to the NATO summit. Chinese analysts frame it as a broader strategic awakening: a resistance to Cold War-style blocs imposed by external powers.
The escalating Middle East conflict opens a new front for China-Russia cooperation, and an opportunity for Beijing to assert its narrative of resistance against perceived American hegemony.
Chinese commentaries highlight the launch of the China–Kyrgyzstan–Uzbekistan railway and a $1 billion mining deal between China and Kazakhstan, as signs of a quiet pivot toward Beijing.
Beijing is content to avoid resolution, distract with historical revisionism, and provoke through offensive rhetoric. This is hardly the posture of a country seeking peace.
An article on Baidu described Spider’s Web as a “choreographed NATO production” designed to probe Russia’s red lines. Zelenskyy is seen as risking national security for Western backing.
The conversation has shifted beyond India’s manufacturing capacity to the strategic risks of decoupling from China: Can ‘Made in India’ truly replace ‘Made in China’?
Chinese commentary repeatedly casts India as a hegemonic upstream actor leveraging its geographic position, while China is painted as a stabilising force.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
Consider the volume of merchandise trade, although imports greatly exceed exports. Continuing to grow despite tension in the relationship. India and China can do good business with each. Perhaps more investment flows in future as well. PM Albanese has paid a successful visit to China. So has PM Lawrence Wong . India and China have to learn to live together in peace. This troubled phase should draw to a close, with sincerity on both sides.
Consider the volume of merchandise trade, although imports greatly exceed exports. Continuing to grow despite tension in the relationship. India and China can do good business with each. Perhaps more investment flows in future as well. PM Albanese has paid a successful visit to China. So has PM Lawrence Wong . India and China have to learn to live together in peace. This troubled phase should draw to a close, with sincerity on both sides.