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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.

Global Pulse: China and Russia are planning a “Polar Silk Road”

Vandana Menon -
The melting of the Arctic presents a new opportunity for China and Russia to trade directly with Europe through the north & open up a new economic frontier.

China’s troop buildup in Doklam is to tell Bhutan: ‘India can’t protect you, only we can’

Ravi Rikhye -
ThePrint has noted that Doklam now has helipads, housing for 1,800 troops, artillery, communication trenches & air defence. It is not a temporary station.

Newspapers in the northeast reveal that the states like China a lot less than we think

Rakhahari Chatterji -
Perception about China from the bordering areas is distinctly more negative compared to the perception projected by newspapers published from the national capital.

Global Pulse: North Korea agrees to talks on dropping its nuclear weapons

Vandana Menon -
North Korea has apparently agreed to enter into a dialogue with the United States about abandoning nuclear weapons.

Friends with limited benefits: China won’t save Pakistan during crises of its own making

Andrew Small -
There are areas where, although China is willing to spend political capital on Pakistan’s behalf, it doesn’t like being repeatedly put in the position where it has to do so.

China can now potentially blind or destroy India’s satellites

Col. Vinayak Bhat (retd) -
Barely 125 kms from LAC, Ngari station could be site for laser, direct anti-satellite weapons.

China’s Belt and Road Initiative may bankrupt 8 nations while financing infrastructure

John Hurley -
China’s track record managing debt distress has been problematic. It has not signed on to a binding set of rules of the road to avoid unsustainable lending and addressing debt problems.

Global Pulse: Italy has voted, and exit polls indicate that there is no clear majority

Vandana Menon -
According to exit polls, Italy might have the 31 year old Luigi Di Maio as PM, but the country would have to wait to find out what kind of govt it will get.

China is only a few points away from dislodging the US from being global super power

Seshadri Chari -
China has already embarked on an ambitious ‘expand geography’ project through OBOR, forays into the South China Sea, building a string of pearls in IOR.

Global Pulse: Australia hopes its new deputy prime minister can stabilise its weak coalition

Vandana Menon -
Malcolm Turnbull, Australia's prime minister, can breathe a sigh of relief now that his coalition has a new deputy prime minister.
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Opinion

Who is an Indian woman? Laapataa Ladies Oscar entry shows she must be submissive too

Theres Sudeep -
The sweeping statements by Film Federation of India Oscar jury dismiss the urban Indian woman’s life, and struggles, as foreign.

Ingredients of Tirupati laddu row—Christian Jagan, Hindu temple, and beef panic

The first batch of ThePrint’s J-school has graduated—what students want in the next

Economy

10 yrs ago, battery leasing failed to boost demand for EV cars in India. Now, it’s making a comeback

Yuthika Bhargava -
Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.

Defence

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

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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