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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.

Sanctions on Russia have sent shockwaves through Central Asia. And China can’t fill in yet

Vijay Prashad -
Roughly 5.2 million migrant workers entered Russia in 2021 from Central Asian countries. The economies of these republics are fundamentally integrated into that of Russia.

Amid Ukraine war, Chinese foreign minister could soon visit India to discuss LAC standoff

Nayanima Basu -
Wang Yi, who is also one of the State Council leaders of the CCP, is planning a week-long visit to South Asia and so could drop in for a day. But talks at a ‘premature’ stage.

Don’t add fuel to fire: China on US telling allies Xi is offering support to Russia

Caroline Vakil -
China expressing willingness to provide financial and military aid to Russia will have 'significant consequences', said the US.

Covid rising in China, but Xi busy colluding with Russia against US—and looking at Taiwan

Aadil Brar -
Premier Li Keqiang stepped down, Shanghai and Jilin are going under lockdown due to the Covid surge, but Xi has other issues on his mind.

China’s daily Covid cases hit two-year high, reports nearly 2,000 new infections

K J M Varma -
Meanwhile, the situation continue to deteriorate in Hong Kong where officials confirmed 27,647 new Covid-19 cases, the South China Morning Post reported on Sunday.

China encroaching Nepal’s territory along border, says report

ANI -
The report commissioned by the Nepalese government further suggested the deployment of security forces to counter the increasing Chinese surveillance in the area.

With US out of Afghanistan, challenges ahead for Comrades as they eye the Mullahs

ThePrint Team -
Published by HarperCollins, 'The Comrades and the Mullahs: China, Afghanistan and the New Asian Geopolitics’ by Ananth Krishnan and Stanly Johny will be released on 14 March on ThePrint’s SoftCover.

Why did Tamil merchants build Hindu temples in China? Answer lies in commerce

+TFP Anirudh Kanisetti -
Indian Ocean history is full of violence. What's important is that its peoples developed long-term commercial strategies through diplomacy.

China boosting nuke stockpile to be on par with US, Russia, says ex-diplomat Jayant Prasad

Pia Krishnankutty -
Jayant Prasad, who has served as member of UN Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, was speaking at event hosted by Institute of Chinese Studies.

Metaverse — the reason Xi’s crackdown on China’s tech industry isn’t working

Aadil Brar -
Xi Jinping might be in for a rude awakening as tech industries hit by the policies under the ‘common prosperity campaign’ are now resisting suppression.
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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

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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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