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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.

WHO calls on China to provide data on Covid-19, says it’s a ‘moral and scientific imperative’

ANI -
Five years after the outbreak, WHO reiterated in a statement Monday that China should provide data and access to understand the virus’s origins.

Trump’s call to buy Greenland isn’t crazy. Makes perfect strategic sense

+TFP Praveen Swami -
As geopolitical competition intensifies, Trump is determined to exercise more direct, physical control over America’s near neighbourhood.

China’s 2025 economic agenda – boost domestic consumption, create buffer against Trump

Sana Hashmi -
China’s prioritisation of domestic consumption marks a departure from its earlier emphasis on science-driven innovation and initiatives.

Breaking silence on possible drills, China says it will not be soft on Taiwan independence activities

Joe Cash -
Beijing views democratically governed Taiwan as its territory, a claim rejected by the government in Taipei which says only Taiwanese people can decide their future.

With Assad’s ouster, China loses a friend in Middle East. But Beijing is playing the long game

Sana Hashmi -
The West wrongly thinks that China’s influence in the Middle East is limited, as seen in the ousting of Assad and China’s inability to resolve the Israel-Hamas conflict.

China’s loans worth $48.1 bn to South Asian nations 5 times that of India’s, Pakistan largest recipient

Keshav Padmanabhan -
World Bank's International Debt Report 2024 finds Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka & Maldives together owe $324.6 bn to external lenders.

Photos taken, GPS logging done, India wraps up first set of patrols in Depsang Plains

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Indian troops had on 5 November carried out patrol to PP 10, and since then have covered PP 11, 11A, 12, and 13 in Ladakh's Depsang Plains.

Xi’s anti-corruption sweep is bringing instability to the Chinese system

Sana Hashmi -
China has initiated a 'zero tolerance' crackdown on corruption since 2012. To date, 14 generals, 22 lieutenant generals, and 85 major generals have been investigated and penalised.

Beijing court sentences journalist Dong Yuyu to seven years in jail on espionage charges

Laurie Chen -
Dong, a Neiman Fellow & visiting professor at a Japanese University, edited the Guangming Daily when detained in 2022. His articles in state media called for 'moderate reforms.’

Watch CutTheClutter: Xi Jinping’s ‘corruption’ purge & China’s military system

ThePrint Team -
In episode 1562 of #CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at how China PLA's top officials are being dismissed under graft charges, with some disappearing mysteriously.
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Opinion

Smog’s unseen impact: pollutants on our food plates

Shoba Suri -
Air pollution not only harms health but also lowers protein, iron and micronutrients in food, risking nutrition and food security.

Vaishno Devi medical college crisis is manufactured. Jammu needs institutions, not provocation

Delhi has too many actors to tackle air pollution. Beijing offers an alternative

Economy

Grounded no more: Andhra govt revives no-frills Dagadarthi airport near Nellore to boost south coast link

Prasad Nichenametla -
As Visakhapatnam readies a mega airport, the Andhra Pradesh government has revived its shelved Dagadarthi project, aiming to boost cargo and connectivity on the south coast.

Defence

Oreshnik, ATACMS & Storm Shadow: All about the missiles Russia and Ukraine are firing

Olesia Safronova -
Both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries are leaning on drones, but they’re also firing cruise and ballistic missiles, some of them relatively new and experimental.

National Interest

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

Shekhar Gupta -
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.

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