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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.

Govt bans 54 Chinese mobile apps over ‘threat’ to country’s security

PTI -
These apps include Sweet Selfie HD, Beauty Camera, Music Player, AppLock among others. This will be second major action against Chinese apps after 59 apps were banned in June 2021.

RSS concern about China has moved from security to economy. Cultural links don’t count

Abhishek Pratap Singh -
RSS' views on China have been long overlooked even as they undergo change during the Narendra Modi's leadership.

China’s concern on Afghanistan increases and a top Beijing watcher advises CCP on ‘war’

Aadil Brar -
Beijing’s support to Taliban was initially a surprise. But China is back to dealing with an old problem in Afghanistan – the East Turkestan Islamic Movement.

Take China-Russia ties with a pinch of salt. Their arms cooperation is just political show

Marcin Kaczmarski -
It's unlikely that Moscow and Beijing are coordinating to pull the US into a two-front war, but keeping this fear alive in the West is valuable.

China’s PLA encroaching on Indian territory in Ladakh, not letting cattle graze, says BJP official

Raghav Bikhchandani -
Nyoma block development council chairperson Urgain Chodon tweets video showing ‘PLA soldiers’ chasing a herd of cattle. Army sources say it’s an old video.

China slams Quad as tool to contain Beijing’s rise, says such moves ‘doomed to fail’

PTI -
Terming Quad as a 'deliberate move' to stoke confrontation, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said 'relevant countries' should abandon the 'outdated Cold War mentality'.

US presses Quad to counter ‘more aggressive’ China as Melbourne meet begins

Ben Westcott -
Speaking at the meet, Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he doesn't consider a conflict in Indo-Pacific inevitable but China has been acting more aggressively.

‘Study medicine without practicals’: Tough road for Indians enrolled in China as visa ban stays

Kritika Sharma -
In light of Covid, China banned visas for international students, affecting 23,000 Indian students studying there before the pandemic. Medical students form bulk of this.

A new headache for Indian foreign policy — Russia-China growing ties on Ukraine and Taiwan

Shyam Saran -
Should Russia in Ukraine and China in Taiwan succeed, India may have to fight a China-dominated Asia becoming an uncomfortable reality.

No, Russia-India chasm isn’t deepening with Ukraine. It counters US’ divide-and-rule ploy

Andrew Korybko -
President Putin’s visit to India in early December saw the two sides agree to a whopping 99-paragraph “Partnership for Peace, Progress and Prosperity”. It says a lot.
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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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