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Topic: China

China is a South Asian country, sharing borders with 14 countries including India. Its significance lies in its rise in the region and hegemonic influence over smaller countries through loans and the Belt and Road Initiative. China and India have fought a major war in the 60s and have disputes over the Aksai Chin and LAC, and tensions over the Indo-Pacific.

China says expelled Philippine vessels from Scarborough shoal

Reuters -
Tensions flared again in the South China Sea as the Philippine coast guard offered no further details on the incident. The submerged reef is a flashpoint between the two countries.

Germany accuses China of spying on it, arrests 4 Germans. Beijing denies, summons envoy

Pia Krishnankutty -
Arrests come amid growing friction between Berlin and Beijing, with German ambassador to China Patricia Flor calling the summon ‘a telling move’.

China warns US not to cross ‘red line’ as Blinken meets with Xi in Beijing

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Secretary of state concludes trip to China after meeting President Xi Jinping & foreign minister Wang Yi. Wang calls on US to refrain from sending ‘wrong signals’ to Taiwanese separatists.

Central banks on buying spree, strong retail demand — what’s fuelling the big gold price rally

Radhika Pandey -
Gold’s ability to hold value in times of political and economic uncertainty makes it a favoured asset in central bank reserves. It is considered a long-term hedge against inflation.

China is silent on the Middle East crisis. It has a new friend to appease

Sana Hashmi -
Beijing’s strategy involves delicately balancing its alignment with regional partners while sidestepping direct confrontation with Israel.

India 4th highest military spender, China at $296 billion second only to US, says SIPRI report

Smruti Deshpande -
America spent a whopping $916 bn, accounting for 37 percent of the total global expenditure. Russia, India & Saudi Arabia occupy next three spots.

Govt enacts emergency response plans amid fears of massive river flooding in China’s Guangdong

Bernard Orr -
The province has seen torrid downpours for several days and strong winds due to severe convective weather, which has affected several parts of China over the past few weeks.

Israel-Iran conflict is bad news for Russia. Moscow is dependent on Tehran for drones

Seshadri Chari -
The US no longer enjoys the ‘rewards' of regime change in Iran brought about by the CIA, and at best, it could refrain from attempting another coup in Tehran.

Germany is trying to de-risk from China but Olaf Scholz can’t take hawkish approach just yet

Swasti Rao -
It will be interesting to see which side actually de-risks more from the other at what cost and how it impacts geopolitics, particularly China’s backing of Russia.

Hardened shelters, radars, defence systems & more — IAF quietly upgrades bases focused on China

Snehesh Alex Philip -
New infra projects involve not just repair work of runways and creation of additional taxi ways to enable better tempo of operations, but also storage of spare parts and munitions.
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Opinion

America, your Natural History museum has a problem. ‘Hall of Asian Peoples’ is a hall of shame

+TFP Priya Satia -
Every day, the New York City’s American Museum of Natural History, a popular school trip destination, exposes children to racist depictions that enable hate crimes against Asian Americans.

90 mins is a long time in politics. Trump-Biden debate may be the push Democratic Party needed

Biden couldn’t answer that single burning question in the debate. It’ll cost the Democrats

Economy

Unproductive speculation, rising household debt — SEBI, RBI’s concerns about India’s F&O market

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
RBI said India’s rising retail participation in the F&O market may pose several challenges, and the stock of household debt is 'comparatively high' in relation to GDP per capita.

Defence

Base price of Rafale agreed upon, fighters for Navy to have India-specific enhancements

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Navy team has already visited Ambala air station where IAF has kept one squadron of Rafales to understand commonalities of maintenance that can be pursued.

National Interest

Modi’s new universe: the normal irritants of democracy & awkward chai with Rahul Gandhi

Shekhar Gupta -
Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.

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