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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.

‘Fragile security situation in South China Sea’ — Navy chief highlights danger to sea order

Smruti Deshpande -
Owing to increased presence of multinational forces & differing interpretations of laws, there is fear that global commons can change to contested seas, Admiral R. Hari Kumar adds.

Does China-Bhutan thaw signal trouble for India? Not quite

Sana Hashmi -
The border dispute-resolution talks between China and Bhutan have stirred anxiety in India, as the outcome could have far-reaching consequences for the region’s geopolitical landscape.

Pakistan and China to conduct maiden joint patrolling with submarines and destroyers

Smruti Deshpande -
Two navies are currently jointly conducting the third edition of Sea Guardian-3. This comes soon after India, US held the fifth edition of annual 2+2 ministerial dialogues on 10 November.

China proposes additional cybersecurity checks for auditors working for national security

Albee Zhang -
Over the past two years, China's cybersecurity authority has established policies that outline how all businesses should handle and implement security assessments and checks.

How much debt is too much debt? Curious case of Pakistan’s $69 billion Chinese debt trap

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Data shows China has committed $68.91 bn in long-term loans to Pakistan & that Islamabad secured at least one emergency rescue loan from Beijing each year from 2012 till 2021.

‘Still facing severe challenges’: Chinese ambassador on US-China relations

Bernard Orr -
In a video address, China's US ambassador also said both sides believe that it was beneficial and necessary for China and the United States to maintain dialogue.

Infra lender to emergency creditor — BRI 2.0 is China’s new strategy to ensure its debts are paid

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Beijing’s flagship overseas development assistance, BRI, evolved from focus on infra projects to giving emergency funding to low- and middle-income countries, report by AidData finds. 

Chinese EV maker sold 5x what India’s whole industry did, and in 1/3rd time. What’s behind this gap

+TFP Yuthika Bhargava -
With its own EV market in a nascent stage, India could be an attractive investment destination because China's economy is slowing and Europe is looking to curb Chinese imports.

Indians believe in US’s economic power more than people in its fellow NATO countries — Pew essay

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Data essay by Pew Research Center looks at differences in views of respondents in 24 countries on China and US, covering more than 10 different measures. 

China calls on Myanmar for cooperation to maintain peace along shared border

Ella Cao -
An alliance of ethnic minority armies have launched coordinated attacks on junta targets. 1 Chinese citizen was killed Saturday after shell fired by Myanmar military struck Chinese side.
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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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