scorecardresearch
Sunday, August 17, 2025
TopicChina

Topic: China

China is a South Asian country, sharing borders with 14 countries including India. Governed by the Communist Party of China (CPC) since 1949, it has rapidly transformed into a global manufacturing hub and technological leader. Its significance lies in its economic rise in the region and hegemonic influence over smaller countries through loans and the Belt and Road Initiative.

As the epicenter of COVID-19, China faced global scrutiny over its pandemic response. Its strict zero-COVID policy and economic slowdowns have affected global markets, while trade disputes and technological restrictions with the US, EU, and India continue to shape its global relations.

China’s foreign policy is marked by its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), expanding influence through infrastructure projects, and territorial disputes, particularly in the South China Sea, Taiwan Strait, and along the India-China border. It fought a war with India in 1962 over Aksai Chin, and tensions persist along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), most recent being the Galwan Valley clash in 2020.

Covid-19 pandemic — Hong Kong’s ‘vaccination bubble’ plan, robots battle virus in Rwanda

Revathi Krishnan -
As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

India a pivotal world player, shares many security challenges with us, says NATO chief

Nayanima Basu -
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says India truly matters on the global scene, and adds that China is challenging the rules-based international order.

Covid-19 pandemic — China’s ‘admission’ on its vaccines’ efficacy, UAE vaccinates 90% people

Pia Krishnankutty -
As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

A nation shares its queen’s grief on Prince Philip’s death, and PM Johnson shifts goalposts

Yimkumla Longkumer -
The best international cartoons of the week, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

US Navy’s selective application of coast State regulations helps it punish a target country

Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha (retd) -
US Navy conveyed to China that it exercises the right to freedom of navigation through EEZ of coalition partners like India & South China Sea isn’t an exception.

What the illegal entry of USS John Paul Jones into India’s EEZ could mean

ThePrint Team -
In episode 721 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta unpacks the issues of international relations through the sea laws after the US ship sailed through Indian EEZ without intimation.

Nepal still ‘topsy-turvy’, its political system prone to not being stable: Ex-Indian envoy

Pia Krishnankutty -
At a virtual event, former Indian ambassador to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri also said Nepal's 'convoluted constitution' was to be blamed for its politics.

Naval exercise between Quad & France should be conducive for regional peace, says China

PTI -
Indian naval ships Satpura & Kiltan along with P-8I long range maritime patrol aircraft are participating in multilateral exercises in the eastern Indian Ocean.

China claims its ethnic minorities, rural poor have made notable progress in fighting poverty

Pia Krishnankutty -
Between 2016 & 2020, number of poor dropped by 15.6 mn in 5 autonomous regions and 3 provinces with large multi-ethnic populations, China said in a 'white paper'.

‘Blatant falsehoods’: Philippines hits out at China over its remarks on vessels in Whitsun Reef

Pia Krishnankutty -
Manila and Beijing have been engaged in a verbal tussle since last month, when more than 200 Chinese fishing vessels were sighted near Whitsun Reef.
1...185186187...440Page 186 of 440

On Camera

YourTurn

Opinion

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

Souvik Nath -
For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

China wants to create new order in Myanmar. India must switch gears or be dealt out of the game

+TFP

Mahindra is gearing up for future buyers. Unveils limited edition ‘Bat’ BE6, 4 new concepts

Economy

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Udit Bubna -
Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

Defence

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

National Interest

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Shekhar Gupta -
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?

Follow us

Copyright © 2025 Printline Media Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved.