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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.

US refutes China’s claim over Arunachal Pradesh, recognises it as Indian territory

Lalit K Jha -
China claims Arunachal Pradesh to be South Tibet and routinely objects Indian leaders' visits to the state to highlight its claims. Beijing has also named the area Zangnan.

Amid review for last tranche of $3 bn loan, Pakistan indicates interest in longer IMF bailout

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Any new agreement will build upon its current stand-by arrangement worth $3 billion. Overall, Pakistan & IMF have signed 14 agreements since 1988.

Taiwan vice-president’s win was unexpected, unwanted in China. He must brace for a hard time

Sana Hashmi -
Beijing is expected to intensify economic coercion, diplomatic poaching and intimidation through grey zone activities against Lai’s Taiwan.

China targets dissident over social media posts

ThePrint Team -
In a statement released on Tuesday, police said that they had asked Li to “chat” with them about the “sensitive accounts” he followed on X.

Hong Kong passes new domestic law on treason & mutiny, in line with Chinese National Security Law of 2020

Keshav Padmanabhan -
The new law passed unanimously by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong contains 39 offences, with penalties including life imprisonment for certain crimes.

How Xi Jinping went from China’s Gorbachev to a combination of Mao and Stalin

Ram Madhav -
In ‘The Indian Reality’, Ram Madhav writes about how Xi Jinping rose to power on the back of his father’s clout.

‘No cost too high for China’ — how Beijing is seeking to undermine Taiwanese diplomacy

Keshav Padmanabhan -
In the past decade, 10 countries have shifted their diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China. The cost? Almost $2 bn. The loss of Taipei's diplomatic reach also damages the US.

Pakistan has a new battle tank Haider courtesy China, but it’s plagued by problems

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The Haider tank, which will be Pakistan’s Main Battle tank, is a product of collaborative efforts between Norinco China and several industries within Pakistan. 

Pakistan Navy gets its first spy ship, PNS Rizwan, courtesy China 

Snehesh Alex Philip -
With this ship, smaller than the Indian counterpart, Pakistan has joined an elite list of countries to operate these ships, including India, France, the US, the UK, Russia, and China.

‘We stand with you’ — Modi’s message behind his visit to Bhutan next week

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Govt is closely monitoring Bhutan’s border talks with China as it can impact New Delhi’s strategic interests because Beijing is eyeing Bhutanese territory bordering India.
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Opinion

BJP goes ‘headless’ – Why Modi-Shah can’t decide Nadda’s successor

+TFP D.K. Singh -
JP Nadda recently appointed in-charges and co-in-charges in 23 states. The problem is that he made these appointments five days after his term as party president was supposedly over.

NIRF parameters ill-designed & lead to absurd university ratings. Govt must order a review

Kargil War 25th anniversary is the time to finish an incomplete task–overhaul defence ministry

Economy

Jobs, rural India likely to be focus of new Modi government’s first budget, says Goldman Sachs

Ira Dugal -
The budget proposal for the financial year ending March 2025 will be presented on 23 July, the government said over the weekend.

Defence

India’s indigenous light tank ‘Zorawar’ unveiled, fastest product development by DRDO, L&T

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Tank will go for desert trials later this yr in coordination with Army & eventually high-altitude areas of Ladakh to test its capabilities to operate in such terrain & extreme winters.

National Interest

Modi’s new universe: the normal irritants of democracy & awkward chai with Rahul Gandhi

Shekhar Gupta -
Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.

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