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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.

‘Broad consensus’ achieved along LAC through dialogue, Rajnath Singh says day after Modi-Xi meet

Smruti Deshpande -
Speaking at the Chanakya Defence Dialogue in New Delhi, the defence minister says that consensus has been achieved on patrolling and grazing in traditional areas.

China terms LAC disengagement plan ‘positive’, says will work with India on implementation

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Chinese foreign ministry confirmed Tuesday that New Delhi & Beijing are in agreement over new arrangement for patrolling friction points along LAC in eastern Ladakh.

UNICEF Chief visits China, highlights country’s progress

ThePrint Team -
During her visit, Russell traveled to Beijing and the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, where she met with government officials, UNICEF partners, and children and families.

China’s rise in research papers has an unfair ‘home bias’, say US, Japan studies

Sandhya Ramesh -
New papers from US, Japan say Chinese researchers citing country's papers more than those in English journals can skew global research rankings. But not all academics convinced.

China launches survey to understand ‘fear of having children’ amid struggle to boost birth rate

Farah Master -
Beijing is trying to encourage young couples to have children after China posted a second consecutive year of population decline in 2023.

China building capacity to rapidly strike Taiwan, senior Taiwanese official says

Yimou Lee -
Taiwan reported a record 153 Chinese aircraft took part in drills, and an unprecedented 25 Chinese navy, coast guard boats also approached close to Taiwan's 39km contiguous zone.

From Nepal to Bhutan—China’s pressure for diplomatic ties camouflages territorial intent

Rishi Gupta -
In just the last five years, Beijing has aggressively and systematically laid claim to Ladakh, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and Arunachal Pradesh.

Trudeau calls Chinese interference in Canadian politics ‘part of what diplomats do’

Keshav Padmanabhan -
His remarks before Foreign Interference Commission come even as Canadian intelligence reports claim Beijing clandestinely interfered in 2019 & 2021 Canadian elections, which Trudeau won.

ADB approves $200 million loan for China’s green district

ThePrint Team -
The program will finance the Chongqing eco-district by supporting measures such as enhanced flood mitigation capacity and urban green spaces.

‘Will not renounce use of force over Taiwan,’ says China as Xi Jinping visits frontline island

Joe Cash -
China staged drills around the island Monday that it said were a warning to ‘separatist acts’ following last week's national day speech by Taiwan President Lai Ching-te.
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Opinion

Trump has called Delhi a big abuser of tariffs. India-US economic ties are about to change

Monish Tourangbam -
How Trump responds to the growing Russia-China alliance and their anti-American diatribes will require some strategising among the Indian foreign policy and national security mandarins.

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Economy

Resurgence in India’s air cargo expected to continue as Red Sea crisis crosses one-year mark

Yuthika Bhargava -
After negative growth in 2022-23, air cargo volumes grew 18% year-on-year from October 2023 to March 2024 and 20% year-on-year from April 2024 to August 2024.

Defence

Rifles slung upside down, on ponies. Indian troops go on their 1st patrol in Depsang since 2020

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Troops patrolled up to Patrolling Point (PP) 10 on Monday. Though there are PP 10, 11, 12, 12A & 13 in Depsang Plains, it was decided that only one or two PPs would be patrolled.

National Interest

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

Shekhar Gupta -
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.

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