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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.

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.

German chancellor Olaf Scholz kicks off China visit, his longest to any country

Andreas Rinke -
German CEOs are accompanying Scholz amidst Europe's concerns over Chinese trade practices. China is one of Germany's top trade partners.
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Congress can’t deny Modi’s charge of Muslim quota. Karnataka & 2009 manifesto are proof

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The issue of the Muslim quota has the potential to polarise SCs, STs, and OBCs along religious lines in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. It benefits the BJP.

Indira, Manmohan, Modi, all raised income inequality. Until Hindu fears took the driving seat

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Economy

Foreign policy resonating among more Indians in 2nd & 3rd tier towns of India, says EAM Jaishankar

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Defence

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

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Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

National Interest

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

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A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.

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