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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.

Trump suggested a US-Russia-China alliance to take down Int’l Criminal Court when he met Xi—FT report

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The court came into existence in 2002 and has the authority to prosecute individuals involved in genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes of aggression. 

Narrative control loading: China deploys new AI tool DeepZang to deepen digital control in Tibet

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Presented as a Tibetan-language AI breakthrough, DeepZang is emerging as Beijing’s latest instrument to shape discourse, reinforce state narratives and consolidate control across Tibet.

Great Nicobar Project is a necessity. India cannot ignore China’s maritime footprint

Rami Desai -
Great Nicobar Project debate cannot be reduced to a binary choice between ecology and security. In the Indo-Pacific, strategic inaction can permanently weaken India’s position.

Anthropic paints two pictures of AI in 2028. Can’t let China get ahead, says AI-giant

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The experiment, ‘2028: Two scenarios for global AI leadership’, comes after Anthropic’s Mythos AI recently sent off alarms because of ‘threats’ it could pose to global cybersecurity.

Why Xi Jinping’s ‘trap’ theory is a strategic prank

R Jagannathan -
The joke, assuming Xi can take one, is on him. It is not just the USA, but China as well, that is likely to fall into the Thucydides trap when it sees India’s rise.

Meet the only Indian on Trump’s China delegation. Kanpur-born Sanjay Mehrotra heads Micron

Anushka Srivastava -
Micron Technology sought approval last year to invest $2.75 billion in setting up a semiconductor testing and packaging unit in Gujarat.

A year after Op Sindoor, China admits to providing ground support to Pakistan

Debdutta Chakraborty -
On Thursday, Zhang Heng, an engineer, talked about being in Pakistan during the four-day conflict to ensure that the J-10 and associated systems could ‘perform at their full combat potential’.

Dhaka may not wait for India even after Mamata rout, Bangladesh FM says Teesta to be discussed in China

Debdutta Chakraborty -
Khalilur Rahman's remarks followed the fall of the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government in West Bengal Monday. In 2011, Banerjee stalled a proposed Teesta water sharing agreement.

Iranian FM Araghchi to travel to Beijing as China steps up regional diplomacy ahead of Trump visit

Keshav Padmanabhan -
The US has increasingly imposed sanctions on Chinese firms in an attempt to weaken Iran’s last remaining economic linkages as Beijing continues to buy Iranian oil.

US invests in South Africa mining project despite running spat as rare earths race with China heats up

Jaydeep Gadhavi -
Phalaborwa Rare Earths Project has American support through a $50 million equity investment by the International Development Finance Corporation.
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