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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.

Myanmar crisis has put India in a difficult situation. Can it balance competing interests?

Praveen Swami -
Ever since the Myanmar military regained control of the State in 2021, India—like China and other nations in Southeast Asia—has seen its power as a kind of necessary evil.

Chinese ambassador summoned over South China Sea ‘harassment,’ says Philippines’ foreign ministry

Neil Jerome Morales -
The ministry has asked China to direct its vessels to cease and desist from ‘illegal actions and dangerous manoeuvres against Philippine vessels.’

‘Pure aggression’ — Philippine military chief aboard boat in latest clash with China as tensions rise

Dishha Bagchi -
Chinese coast guard & militia ships targeted Philippine vessels on 2 consecutive days this weekend with water cannon blasts and crashed into one of them, Philippine officials have said.

‘Shadow banking’, ‘rotten tails’ & mortgage boycotts — how China’s housing market unravelled

Cut The Clutter by Shekhar Gupta -
This is the edited transcript of ThePrint CutTheClutter Episode 1363, published on 7 December 2023, on China’s housing crisis & ‘shadow banking’ sector.

China says Japanese vessels illegally entered waters around East China Sea

Reuters -
The waters are around disputed islands, called Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan, which are claimed by both countries.

As Italy withdraws from BRI after 4 yrs, a look at whether it benefited from China’s initiative

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Italy has reportedly notified China of its intention to exit Belt & Road Initiative. Since joining initiative in 2019, the move has been criticised by Italian politicians like PM Meloni.

As China’s slowing economy faces capital flight, focus is on ‘managing the crisis’

Keshav Padmanabhan -
July-September quarter saw China record 1st FDI deficit. It's also grappling with exit of individual wealth triggered by factors like loss of faith in real estate sector, say experts.

India to become world’s third-largest economy by 2030 says S&P Global Ratings report

Nandan Mandayam -
S&P expects India, currently world’s 5th largest economy, to grow at 6.4% this fiscal. In contrast, it expects China’s growth to slow to 4.6% by 2026 from estimated 5.4% this year.

Decoupling, derisking, China + 1. All Beijing wants is a less hostile, more predictable US

Zorawar Daulet Singh -
For China, the real upside from San Francisco is that a US-led containment strategy has been neutralised.

US is having a crisis of commitment. India must ask what it means for Indo-Pacific stability

Rajesh Rajagopalan -
There is little doubt that America is growing weary of its global commitments, and it’s a sentiment that is prevalent on both the Left and Right in the US.
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Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

Shekhar Gupta -
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.

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