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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.

Why Xi wants Chinese women to foster ‘marriage & childbearing culture’ — population, economic decline

Dishha Bagchi -
Speaking at 13th National Women’s Congress this week, Chinese president said, 'Doing a good job in women’s work... related to family harmony... national development and national progress'.

CJI’s anguish over adjournment requests is valid. Impose costs if appeals are flimsy

ThePrint Team -
ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Days after boundary talks with China, Bhutan king to make 2nd trip to India this yr, meet Modi

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Visit will last 8 days, from 3 to10 November. Bhutan's border talks with China could impact India since they involve areas near India's borders that could fall into Chinese control.

China begins national population change survey among 1.4 mn people amid declining birth rate concern

Farah Master -
China expects survey to provide basis to monitor population developmental changes & for the govt and Communist Party to formulate economic, social development and population-related policies.

Israel missing from Chinese digital maps by Baidu and Alibaba, region appears without label

Raghav Bikhchandani -
The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that these Chinese online maps no longer label Israeli territory. This remained the case Tuesday, ThePrint verified.

Threat for India, advantage China — what Thai PM’s ‘doodle’ at BRI Forum signifies for the 2 nations

Cut The Clutter by Shekhar Gupta -
This is the full transcript of ThePrint Cut The Clutter Episode 1337, published on 27 October 2023, on the proposal for an infrastructure project over the Isthmus of Kra in Thailand.

This Indonesian island has been ‘gifted’ to China. They’re victims of green energy boom

Nikita Sud -
7,500 inhabitants of Rempang are facing eviction. A Chinese solar panel manufacturing firm and the Indonesian government plan to transform it into a hub for global green energy.

Pakistan Army needs a pawn to trick China for loans. Will Nawaz Sharif play into its hands?

Seshadri Chari -
Pakistan is a textbook case of Chinese control over countries that are willing to barter their sovereignty and autonomy for pittance.

China’s former Premier Li Keqiang dies of heart attack at 68

Laurie Chen -
Once viewed as top Communist Party leadership contender, Li Keqiang was sidelined in recent years by Xi Jinping. He had stepped down in March after heading China's cabinet for a decade.

A Chinese vessel is docked in Sri Lanka again — why Beijing ‘research ships’ worry India

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Shiyan 6, a Chinese research vessel on an 80-day expedition, entered Colombo port Wednesday. This comes a year after China’s Yuan Wang 5, a ‘spy’ vessel, sailed into Hambantota. 
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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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