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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.

China eyeing ‘security pact’ with Pacific Island nations, floats 5-year action plan, says report

Pia Krishnankutty -
Reuters report details China 'plans' for cooperation with Pacific Island nations in policing, security, and trade, among other areas, ahead of Wang Yi's tour of 8 island nations.

Life sentence to Yasin Malik shuts door on ill-judged govt policies that gave him impunity

ThePrint Team -
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Not Sun Tzu or Confucius, Xi Jinping & elite Chinese politicians are reading this philosopher

Aadil Brar -
The Chinese State has grown more and more authoritarian – behind that is a philosophy that stressed on State power, reward and punishment.

US to join Quad partners in move to curb illegal fishing in Indo-Pacific

Jennifer Jacobs -
The five-year initiative announced Tuesday aims to uphold a free and open Indo-Pacific by tracking dark shipping and fishing through radio-frequency and other technologies.

China’s coal expansion plans threaten to emit 6 million tons of methane a year

Bloomberg News -
According to a Global Energy Monitor report, China has plans for 169 new and expanded coal projects. Methane has 84 times the warming power of CO2 during first 20 yrs in the atmosphere.

Beijing sees record number of Covid cases as lockdown woes continue

Bloomberg News -
The city reported 99 cases for Sunday, up from 61 on Saturday with the case tally hovering around 50 a day.

China commences test flights at 1st ‘super-high plateau airport’ in Xinjiang region

Raghav Bikhchandani -
The Taxkorgan airport is being built at a height of 3,250 m above sea level. Equipped with a 3,800-metre runway, the airport is designed to handle 1,60,000 passengers annually.

India to join US-led Indo-Pacific ‘economic arrangement’ next week, bloc aimed at taking on China

Nayanima Basu -
US President Joe Biden expected to extend to Prime Minister Narendra Modi an invitation to join Indo-Pacific Economic Forum when they meet in Tokyo next week for Quad Summit.

US Special Coordinator for Tibet Uzra Zeya meets Dalai Lama in Dharamshala

PTI -
The Tibetan government-in-exile, in a press statement, said that during the brief audience, Zeya conveyed US President Joe Biden and the American people's greetings to the Dalai Lama.

‘Told to do by someone in cockpit’: Report says China Eastern plane crash was likely intentional

ThePrint Team -
A Boeing 737-800 jet had plummeted from cruising altitude in a near-vertical descent to crash in the hills near the Chinese city of Wuzhou on 21 March.
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No more lip service on UNSC reforms—it’s time to form an implementation roadmap

Gen MM Naravane (Retd) -
Most of the UNSC’s failures stem from the use of veto power by the P5. In a world that champions democracy, the UNSC is inherently the most undemocratic entity possible.

Drop that cigarette. Smokers are twice as likely to develop skin cancer compared to non-smokers

Indians are musically poor. We aren’t a good market for cutting-edge international bands

Economy

10 yrs ago, battery leasing failed to boost demand for EV cars in India. Now, it’s making a comeback

Yuthika Bhargava -
Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.

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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