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Topic: China

China is a South Asian country, sharing borders with 14 countries including India. Governed by the Communist Party of China (CPC) since 1949, it has rapidly transformed into a global manufacturing hub and technological leader. Its significance lies in its economic rise in the region and hegemonic influence over smaller countries through loans and the Belt and Road Initiative.

As the epicenter of COVID-19, China faced global scrutiny over its pandemic response. Its strict zero-COVID policy and economic slowdowns have affected global markets, while trade disputes and technological restrictions with the US, EU, and India continue to shape its global relations.

China’s foreign policy is marked by its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), expanding influence through infrastructure projects, and territorial disputes, particularly in the South China Sea, Taiwan Strait, and along the India-China border. It fought a war with India in 1962 over Aksai Chin, and tensions persist along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), most recent being the Galwan Valley clash in 2020.

How wolf warrior diplomacy cost China its soft power in 2020

Srikanth Kondapalli -
In 'Decoding China', edited by Ashok K Kantha, Indian diplomats, military officials, and scholars evaluate the country's internal and external dynamics.

Chinese checkers: India readies masterplan to draw 65 GW hydropower from Brahmaputra basin

Moushumi Das Gupta -
In its report, Central Electricity Authority estimates an expenditure of Rs 6.42 lakh crore to put in place the required transmission system in the region.

Tejashwi Yadav’s govt job promise in Bihar tells us about the real problem in India—unemployment

Dhiraj Nayyar -
India’s playing catch-up in AI and green tech. It would gain more by focusing on manufacturing to address the jobs crisis.

America gifted China its rare-earth monopoly — and India helped too

+TFP Praveen Swami -
The rare-earth crisis shows how misplaced government policies and corporate greed can collude to create a strategic crisis.

US-China trade war: Trump announces extra 100% tariff on Beijing

Reuters -
The actions signaled the biggest rupture in relations in four months between US & China. Many questioned whether an uneasy economic detente reached over the summer can survive.

Trump threatens tariff hike, cancels Xi meeting as US-China tensions spiral

Reuters -
Trump, set to meet Xi in three weeks in South Korea, accused China on social media of holding the global economy hostage after Beijing expanded its rare earth export controls Thursday.

India stands out as renewables overtake coal; ‘striking growth’, says global media

Antara Baruah -
Electric bike upgrade in India and Keir Starmer's India visit also grab global attention.

China unveils F-35-like stealth fighter jets. It’s the ‘nimble disruptor’

Sana Hashmi -
The J-35 and J-35A are portrayed as a turning point in China’s pursuit of air dominance. They serve as symbols of national confidence and mastery over technologies once monopolised by the West.

China is run by engineers. India lacks such first-generation technocrats

TN Ninan -
STEM students account for a much larger share of the graduates emerging from China’s increasingly high-quality universities each year, compared to any other country.

India must ‘underwrite’ infra projects in neighbourhood to ensure stable ties in long term—Jaishankar

Keshav Padmanabhan -
India’s growing role in funding such projects gives it baseline for cooperation with neighbours, the EAM said, amidst looming shadow of China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
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Lt Samuel Kamalesan’s dismissal for religious stand shows colonial mindset. Army must end it

+TFP Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) -
The case of Lt Samuel Kamalesan was a rare clash between an officer’s beliefs and the Army’s traditions, but today’s climate of politicised religiosity and a hierarchy pandering to it makes reform urgent.

Nobel Prize was designed for a scientific world that no longer exists

Vande Mataram was anti-British. Here’s how it became ‘anti-Muslim’

Economy

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Udit Bubna -
Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

Defence

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Vaibhav Pant -
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

National Interest

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

Shekhar Gupta -
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.

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