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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.

China detains foreign national for allegedly spying for UK’s MI6

ANI -
China's civilian spy agency said they had apprehended an individual surnamed Huang working with MI6 while leading a foreign consultancy in China.

India must use dialogue to solve border conflict with China. Military solution not viable

+TFP Gen MM Naravane (Retd) -
Negotiations must be carried out from a position of strength, with a clear vision of the desired outcomes. For any settlement to succeed, it must be a win-win solution.

Pakistan to go in for J-31 Chinese stealth fighters. What this could mean for balance of air power

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Once Pakistan acquires J-31, also known as Shenyang FC-31, these stealth fighters could replace early versions of the F-16 part of PAF fleet, it is learnt.

What’s China’s roadmap for 2024? Xi’s New Year speech shows economic stability most important

Sana Hashmi -
Xi referred to China as a great nation with a rich civilisation and emphasised its role as a responsible major power.

Xi admits ‘headwinds’ staring down Chinese economy — slowdown, unemployment

Smruti Deshpande -
Chinese President Xi Jinping in his New Year's Eve speech said these issues remained at ‘forefront’ of his mind & that his govt would ‘deliver a better life’ for the Chinese people.

Death toll in China earthquake rises to 149, two still missing after a week

Ryan Woo -
Gansu province was the worst affected with over 200,000 homes wrecked, 145,000 people displaced, 117 killed and 781 wounded in the province, as of 22 December.

All’s not well for China in Southeast Asia. Xi Jinping’s Vietnam visit just showed

Sana Hashmi -
Xi Jinping's recent visit to Vietnam, rather than showcasing seamless relations, brought the simmering tensions in South China Sea to the forefront.

China earthquake death toll up to 134, rescuers still searching for survivors

K J M Varma -
The 6.2-magnitude earthquake on 19 December was the worst in nine years, has injured over 980 people in the northwest districts of China.

Why BRI isn’t taking off in Nepal—China’s mixed signals, PM Dahal’s second thoughts

Kamal Dev Bhattarai -
Six years on, it seems that the Nepal govt has understood the basic fact of BRI—it's essentially about taking loans from Chinese banks and repaying the amount in due time.

Death toll rises to 111 after 6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes China’s Gansu

Liz Lee -
Rescue and relief efforts underway and a working group has been dispatched to assess the impact of the disaster, with the number of missing people in the quake’s aftermath unknown.
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Opinion

Why Modi-Shah have failed to develop mass leaders in states the way Vajpayee-Advani did

+TFP D.K. Singh -
BJP had leaders like Modi, Chouhan, Raje, Raman Singh, BSY, and Dhumal who kept the party’s flame burning. Those promoted by Modi-Shah in the last 10 years fail to inspire confidence.

Arikamedu is an ancient Indo-Roman trading port. There’s a reason you’ve never heard of it

Beijing is concerned about anti-China sentiment in India. New Delhi is focused on border

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Economy

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Swenja Surminski -
Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

Defence

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Prabhakar Tamilarasu -
Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

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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