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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.

Xi pushes global AI rules as China weighs curbs on overseas access to advanced AI models

Bloomberg News -
At Shanghai’s AI summit, Xi urged global cooperation even as Beijing weighs restricting foreign access to top AI models over security concerns amid rapid advances in Chinese AI.

Xi bets on open-source AI to challenge US dominance in race to shape global tech rules

Catherine Thorbecke -
At China’s flagship AI summit, Xi cast open-source development as Beijing’s path to global influence, even as rapid advances and security concerns reshape the AI rivalry with the US.

China beats US in global popularity as confidence in Xi rises, US ahead in India—Pew survey

Pakhi Khare -
Survey across 36 countries earlier this year finds China now viewed more favourably than US in most nations, even as America retains an edge in terms of personal freedom of citizens.

Why China built a full-scale replica of a US Navy destroyer in Xinjiang province

Sana Hashmi -
For China, a replica Arleigh Burke-class destroyer is turning into a laboratory where PLA studies an adversary’s systems and rehearses actions required before a conflict begins.

Shaolin Soccer spin-off is a hit in China. Critics say more spectacle than storytelling

Harsh Tiwari -
Nearly 25 years after Shaolin Soccer, Stephen Chow’s gender-swapped reboot, Kung Fu Soccer, has opened to $73.6 million in two days in China, even as critics call its visuals ‘AI slop’.

China’s reusable rocket didn’t land on its legs. It was caught in a net

Janaki Pande -
Not only is this the first time a carrier rocket has been caught using the net system, it is also the first time China has recovered a rocket booster.

China is leading a rooftop solar boom in the Philippines

Sing Yee Ong -
China’s solar exports to its neighbour more than doubled in the first five months of 2026 from a year earlier, according to Trade Data Monitor.

China rejects South China Sea ruling on 10-year anniversary

Bloomberg News -
China said disputes involving territorial sovereignty & maritime delimitation fall outside scope of compulsory dispute-settlement procedures under UN Convention on Law of the Sea.

Modi courts Pacific partners as China, US reshape region

Shruti Srivastava -
The Prime Minister has recently signed a flurry of agreements underscoring New Delhi’s ambition to play a bigger strategic role in the region.

Typhoon Bavi nears China, triggers highest emergency alert in Zhejiang

Mary Hui -
Authorities suspend transport and schools as the storm brings heavy rain and strong winds after disrupting Taiwan and leaving 10 dead in the Philippines.
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