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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.

India responsible for transgressions at LAC, says Chinese Defence minister Wei Fenghe

Suchet Vir Singh -
Apart from blaming India for ‘transgressions’ along the LAC, PLA General Wei Fenghe also reiterated China’s claim on Taiwan and said Beijing does not support the war in Ukraine.

Big brother problem — Unlike India, China’s ties with our neighbourhood not marred by history

Shantanu Roy Chaudhury -
In ‘The China Factor’, Shantanu Roy-Chaudhury writes that while China’s strategic interests in India’s neighbourhood have increased, this has not been an entirely unilateral decision.

Pakistan’s economic survey shows donkey boom. And China really needs them

Suchet Vir Singh -
The growth of Pakistan’s donkey population to 5.7 million represents a broader trend of the government prioritising agriculture and livestock to boost economy.

China’s base in Cambodia is a nightmare for US. Indo-Pacific has tripwires everywhere

Aadil Brar -
The Chinese military base in Cambodia can't be hidden anymore. Geopolitical jockeying between US and China in the Indo-Pacific is growing.

Lanka to Africa, China funding follows a pattern: Home base of leaders gets more funds, book says

Pia Krishnankutty -
Banking on Beijing, published last month, analyses 4,368 Chinese-funded projects (aid and debt) across 138 countries worth roughly $354 billion.

3 Chinese astronauts begin 6-month mission to complete Beijing’s first permanent space station

Sandhya Ramesh -
Astronauts landed on space station Tiangong, considered crown jewel in Beijing's 30-year-old crewed space programme, Sunday. Assembly likely to be completed by 2022-end.

Ukraine sanctions testing Russia-China ‘no-limit partnership’. Frustration grows in Moscow

Aadil Brar -
If Xi wants to help Moscow, he will have to find ways to buy Russian goods, but even that looks difficult. The buck might stop again on oil and gas.

Tech issues behind delay of China’s 3rd, and most advanced, aircraft carrier, says media report

Raghav Bikhchandani -
Type 003 was originally supposed to be launched on 3 June. Satellite imagery from US-based think-tank CSIS shows the extent of preparations for its launch before it was put off. 

China was world’s biggest nation but now is about to shrink — and India may overtake it

Xiujian Peng -
While strict Covid measures might have contributed to the slowdown in births, China saw it coming for years. It's bad news for its economy.

India’s goal can’t be to become another China – it needs to work out its economy first

Shyam Saran -
In ‘How China Sees India And The World’, Shyam Saran writes that the West and Japan recognise that India is the only country that has the civilizational heft, area, and skills to match China.
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Opinion

Tirupati scandal isn’t political or communal. It’s about temple economics

R Jagannathan -
A private temple could make crores by selling better laddus and investing in goshalas and captive production units to control quality.

PM Modi is rescuer of India’s stolen heritage. He’s reclaiming country’s past, lost identity

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Falling fertility rates won’t stop economic growth. See Tamil Nadu

Economy

After a brief surge, private investment & hiring has again turned cautious. Focus is on cutting debt

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
Financial year 2022-23 saw private investments & hiring surge, but since then firms are using cash to reduce debt. General elections didn’t help matters, either.

Defence

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

National Interest

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

Shekhar Gupta -
How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?

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