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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 ends day-long war games around Taiwan, but leaves door open to more

Ben Blanchard -
The democratically-governed country had been bracing for the war games since last week's national day speech by President Lai Ching-te, who had said China had no right to represent Taiwan.

Why China has launched mega military drills around Taiwan and what do these entail

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Taiwanese President in a speech had said Beijing & Taipei are not 'subordinate' to each other & that he's 'determined to defend' Taiwan's 'national sovereignty', drawing China's ire.

Modi takes aim at China at East Asia Summit, calls for ‘development’, not ‘expansionism’

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Modi also called on ASEAN & China to create robust maritime code to resolve issue with Philippines, while calling for more engagement with Myanmar to ensure its return to democracy.

Amid concerns about use of Chinese parts in drones, Army general urges industry to be transparent

Smruti Deshpande -
Maj Gen CS Mann, ADG, Army Design Bureau, cites national security concerns. This comes after intelligence agencies flagged use of Chinese components in drones purchased by armed forces.

‘China has no right to represent Taiwan,’ says Taiwanese President in 1st National Day speech

ANI -
William Lai Ching-te vows to resist annexation, maintain 'status quo of peace & stability across the Taiwan Strait' and pledges to cooperate with Beijing on various issues.

China must know India is too important for South Asia to abandon. Muizzu visit is proof

Sana Hashmi -
From China’s perspective, this visit is less a diplomatic pivot and more an economic imperative.

IAF chief AP Singh red-flags Tejas delay, says China ahead in technology & production capacity

Smruti Deshpande -
Air force chief says HAL needs to churn out 24 aircraft per year. It is important for IAF to have indigenous weapons systems to deal with any security challenges, he says.

Army gets high-altitude artillery firing range in Arunachal, 2 more to come up in the north

Smruti Deshpande -
The artillery regiment has incorporated simulators in a big way for various functions like driving & weapons training, especially for Agniveers to get realistic training.

China’s newest nuclear-powered attack submarine sank earlier this year, says US defence official

Idrees Ali -
Satellite images from Planet Labs from June appear to show cranes at Wuchang shipyard, where the nuclear-powered attack submarine would have been docked.

Top Chinese economist who ‘criticised Xi’ is latest in long list of disappearances

Sanya Mathur -
Zhu Hengpeng is most high-profile case after then foreign minister Qin Gang & defence minister Li Shangfu disappeared from public view before being relieved from roles last year.
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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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