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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.

Thousands forced to evacuate their homes as Typhoon Doksuri passes Beijing

Liz Lee -
Doksuri is one of the strongest storms to hit China in years and caused widespread flooding over the weekend in the southern province of Fujian.

US unveils $350 million weapons aid package for Taiwan

Mike Stone -
China has repeatedly demanded the United States, Taiwan's most important arms supplier, halt the sale of weapons to the island.

What are ‘stapled visas’ that China has issued to athletes from Arunachal Pradesh

ThePrint Team -
The Ministry of External Affairs has deemed China's action 'unacceptable' and said India will 'suitably respond' to it.

Germany’s China document a sign of Europe’s changing perception. It’s shifting to New Delhi

Swasti Rao -
Pessimists sighed at its ambiguity and optimists saw it as a balancing act. But it is a harbinger of the end of the golden era of Germany-China relations.

‘Will protect China’s interests’: New Chinese foreign Minister Wang Yi makes first statement

Ethan Wang -
Wang, Qin Gang's predecessor at the ministry, held the foreign minister's post from 2013 to 2022. He is also director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission.

Power lines cut, factories and schools shut as Typhoon Doksuri reaches China

Bernard Orr -
Doksuri is the second typhoon to make landfall in China in less than two weeks, and it will move north towards 10 provinces according to weather forecasts.

More Indians see China negatively since 2019. Africa, Latin America see Xi rosier: Pew survey

Madhavi Jha -
A new report released by US-based Pew Research Center looks at how 24 countries view China’s global role, its threat to peace and security, and its economic power.

Little-known trading firms export half of Russian oil to India, China, finds Reuters

Dmitry Zhdannikov -
It marks a major departure from well-established oil majors such as BP & Shell and top trading houses like Vitol & Glencore that handled Russian crude & oil products for decades.

Biden welcomes Italian PM Giorgia Meloni to Washington, China among top items on agenda

Trevor Hunnicutt -
Meloni's first trip to the US comes at a time when Italy's membership in the Washington-opposed Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) infrastructure plan is in question.

What a sacked Chinese foreign minister & his boss have to do with India-China relationship

Jyoti Malhotra -
Xi has been invited to Delhi to participate in the G-20 summit. But will he show up if no understanding between India and China has been reached after 18 rounds of talks?
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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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