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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.

Muted at home, Chinese musicians find anti-war voice through Ukrainian folk song

Sukriti Vats -
A video of a Ukrainian soldier singing a song amid the war was picked up and remastered by many Chinese musicians. It is doing very well on Twitter.

The Hindu Right is turning against the US, but India needs to see reality over rhetoric

+TFP Vir Sanghvi -
Until a few years ago, the Hindu Right was largely pro-US. Now, Joe Biden is seen as antagonistic — if not to India, then to the sort of India that Modi’s supporters want to create.

Instead of obsessing about LAC wastelands, India must deal with the real threat — China

+TFP Praveen Swami -
Fond dreams of capturing Aksai Chin need to be replaced with clear-eyed thinking on the borders India considers worth fighting for, and what is needed to defend them.

US airplane crash investigators head to China for probe into 737 Boeing crash

Julie Johnsson -
The fatal accident, which killed 132 people, comes at a time of geopolitical tension and sensitivities are heightened because it involves China's state-owned airline & largest US exporter.

Biden cites ‘pacing challenge’ of China, seeks $813bn for defence spending from Congress

Suchet Vir Singh -
$35-bn hike from last year’s proposed budget is also aimed at dealing with ‘acute threats’ from Russia, and setting aside big sums for R&D, nuclear modernisation, missile defence.

Wang Yi at OIC shows China’s deep inroad into the Muslim world

Ayjaz Wani -
Muslim countries are authoritative and feel threatened by democracies because of interventionist policies. Beijing took the advantage of these conditions.

China is all praise for Arnab Goswami as ‘angry host’ trends on Weibo

Aadil Brar -
Goswami exchanging barbs with a US professor has been viewed 4.7 million times on Weibo.

Hope of summer thaw in India-China relationship has been shattered by Wang Yi’s visit

ThePrint Team -
ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

What’s behind India’s Ukraine policy, Western hypocrisy & how nations act in self-interest

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s abstentions at UN drew Western criticism, taunts of immorality. There are many reasons we can’t examine India’s policy in those terms. Those who do should search within.

Doval tells Wang LAC disengagement a must, could visit China after ‘immediate issues’ resolved

Snehesh Alex Philip -
During delegation-level talks at the South Block, India made it clear that continuation of the present situation is not in mutual interest.
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Opinion

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

Deepali Bhardwaj -
A noticeable effect of smoking is premature aging. Studies indicate that the skin biopsy of a 40-year-old heavy smoker can resemble that of a 70-year-old non-smoker.

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

Is your boyfriend Dalda or ghee? Try introducing him to your close friends

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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