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Wednesday, May 20, 2026
TopicChina-India

Topic: China-India

Ties moved to new level since Modi-Xi meets, must realise ‘dragon-elephant tangle’—China’s envoy to India

4th China-India Youth Dialogue, a diplomatic initiative aimed at strengthening relations through youth engagement, held in Delhi. Hosted by Chinese Embassy & Confederation of Young Leaders of India.

India, China emerge biggest winners after US Court blocks Trump’s tariffs

While Trump later proposed 15% global tariff, Bloomberg Economics estimated that it equals about 12% effective rate, the lowest since his 'Liberation Day' tariffs were released in April.

Amid expiration of New START, US says China held ‘covert’ nuclear test days after 2020 Galwan clash

China rubbishes claims, says US allegation an attempt to gain sole control over nuclear power after the official expiration of the arms control treaty with Russia.

‘Merging history, geography, mystery’—new book explores life and politics along the Brahmaputra

Author Sanjoy Hazarika talked about how travelling with filmmaker Jahnu Barua inspired him to write the book 'River Traveller' on the Brahmaputra.

Amid Delhi’s smog, China says will share Beijing’s journey from pollution woes to ‘blue sky’

China once struggled with severe smog & we stand ready to share our journey toward blue ones, writes Chinese embassy spokesperson Yu Jing.

China will be more central to India now. Though an anti-US unity is premature

Even with the option of EU markets, China will have to be a significant part of India’s economic policy. But the difficult security relationship is an important complication.

Trump is cosying up to rogue nations, dumping friends. He’s set a perilous course for US

The US military may still be the strongest but real deterrence comes from soft power.

China’s information war against Rafale

‘Buying Rafale joins the EU’s circle of friends. China offers arms without strings but also without political protection,’ read a post on Weibo.

Victor Gao claims all land north of Ganga for China. People say he’s a ‘diplomatic fighter’

Beijing is content to avoid resolution, distract with historical revisionism, and provoke through offensive rhetoric. This is hardly the posture of a country seeking peace.

On Camera

Norway’s Modi cartoon was not satire. Just colonial laziness

Political satire is indispensable to democracy, racial caricature isn’t. If Europe’s liberal press still cannot tell difference, then decolonisation never happened in their imagination.

Recovery of unclaimed shares, dividends now takes days, not yrs. EAC-PM credits investor watchdog revamp

PM-EAC paper says overhaul of Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority system sharply improved processing speed and reduced paperwork for investors.

Dragon’s armour: How Xi reshaped China’s military with theatre commands a decade before India’s push

While India yet to set in motion theaterisation of armed forces, China's military reforms combined China’s Army, Navy, Air Force and Rocket Force aimed at regional dominance & tight political control.

Pakistan is tactically brilliant, strategically disastrous. It’s primed for repeated blunders

Pakistan has ended up losing every war against India but that hasn’t prevented it from claiming victory. We will go over the evidence to anticipate what to expect next.