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Eye On China

ChatGPT makes it look like US is ahead of China. But the AI race is still wide open

China can establish leadership in 5G, AI, quantum technology, cybersecurity, clean energy, and biotechnology despite US dominance in these areas.

Xi-Blinken peace is fragile and won’t last

Although Chinese President Xi Jinping struck a conciliatory tone during the meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, it is clear that he wants a truce on his own terms.

China evicting last Indian journalist a new low in ties. A bridge has been burnt for now

China has asked Press Trust of India reporter KJM Varma to leave Beijing by the end of the month. The latest expulsion has left Indian media organisations in a blind state.

India standoff is hurting Chinese universities. Studying Pakistan, Bangladesh is the only option

Indian scholars too have turned to Taiwanese universities for collaborations as invitations from Chinese universities have declined.

China building a new city to ease Beijing. 6 years on, Xiong’an still a construction site

Launched in 2017 as Xi’s pet urban project, Xiong’an has faced delays and limited progress despite the talk of turning the area into the next Shenzhen or Shanghai.

Xi wanted to meet Zelenskyy, Modi beat him to it. ‘Opportunist’ jibe is China’s frustration

Indian pursuit of ‘national interest’ weakens China’s strategy to maximise the ‘benefits’ of the Russia-Ukraine war. But there is another reason Modi-Zelenskyy meet has unsettled China.

Education, language, politics — Xi Jinping wants Central Asia to depend on China, not Russia

The Central Asian leaders will meet Xi at a summit in Xi’an, the beginning of the Silk Route. Putin is a significant omission from the line-up.

China is overcoming security fears to connect with Taliban. It will keep LAC dispute alive

Beijing’s plan to connect CPEC with Afghanistan will bring more Chinese security forces to the Khunjerab Pass in the Pamir Knot–shrinking India’s strategic space in South Asia.

China is in a middle-income trap. And it can’t escape like Japan, South Korea, Singapore

China needs to transition from a manufacturing-driven economy to an innovation-driven economy to level up to the big boy’s club. But there are multiple fault lines.

US spying leads China to drastically change espionage law. It means more control on citizens

Documents leaked by US airman Jack Teixeira show that America is gathering information through intercepting 'signals intelligence' of countries with which China interacts.

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India can’t fight Trump tariffs with emotion. Smart talks, sector relief, reforms are key

India must reduce its overdependence on the US by cultivating alternative markets—concluding the EU FTA, advancing the UK deal, and exploring entry into the CPTPP, the open, rules-based bloc of Japan, Korea, and Australia.

Amid Trump’s tariff bombs, India’s business with America surged while imports from Russia dipped 10%

As India-Russia trade decreases, India's April-July exports to the US this year increased by 21% compared to last year & imports from the US grew by 12%.

China pushes for separation of border issue from larger bilateral ties at 24th round of talks with India

New Delhi: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Tuesday pushed for a “dual-track” progress for ties with India, separating economic ties from the boundary question,...

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

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?