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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.

Organisational changes, possible cabinet reshuffle? BJP top rung’s flurry of meets spark speculation

ThePrint Team -
A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

‘Strong tie with China means tough conversations. It’s better than no talks,’ says New Zealand PM

Renju Jose -
The country has long been seen as a moderate voice on China, and is carefully managing its interests amidst the US-China strategic rivalry.

China to ban food imports from 10 Japanese prefectures due to safety reasons, say customs

Reuters -
The country will also strictly review the documents for food, especially aquatic products, from other parts of Japan, customs said in a statement.

‘Weaponisation of trade’, ‘resilience of supply chains’ — what new foreign-policy buzzwords mean

Keshav Padmanabhan -
From G7 communique, to Indo-US joint statement, leaders have been talking about making supply chains more resilient. ThePrint explains what the concern is all about.

Who after Xi Jinping? No clear successor means chaos ahead for China

Aadil Brar -
Chinese history shows when power transition goes wrong, there has always been internal turmoil.

China hosts 2 Russian warships that sailed past Taiwan, Japan; joint navy drill likely

Albee Zhang -
The two frigates - Gromkiy and Sovershenniy - made port at Shanghai, Chinese state television reported. Both vessels belong to Russia's Pacific Fleet, headquartered in Vladivostok.

China’s stand on Russia’s nuclear threat to Ukraine important, says top Zelenskyy adviser

Dan Peleschuk -
Andriy Yermak wrote on the Telegram messaging app, ‘(This is) an important position of (China) regarding the nuclear threat from the insane Russian terrorist.’

US treasury secretary Janel Yellen’s first visit to China aims at recalibrating ties

Andrea Shalal -
US officials said Yellen will push to open new lines of communication and coordination on economic matters, and stress the consequences of supplying lethal aid to Russia.

China firmly opposes US arms sales to Taiwan, says China defence ministry

Reuters -
US State Department approved potential sale of ammunition and logistics support to Taiwan in two separate deals valued at up to $440 million, the Pentagon said last week.

India-hosted virtual SCO Summit tomorrow: Putin’s 1st summit after mutiny, Iran to become member

Dishha Bagchi -
China President Xi Jinping, Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif, Russia’s Vladimir Putin & Belarus President Alexandr Lukashenko will be among attendees at summit chaired by PM Modi.
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Opinion

Read the Kashmir verdict. It’s time to stop treating it like a national security crisis

+TFP Praveen Swami -
Election after election has seen Kashmir’s people demonstrate that, like other Indians, they seek a future shaped by democratic rights and norms

Haryana, J&K results hold one lesson—INDIA alliance should be the face in fight against BJP

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

Economy

RBI’s policy-setting body keeps rates unchanged for 10th straight time, changes stance to ‘neutral’

Sampurna Panigrahi -
Change in stance signals possibility of rate cuts, potentially as early as December, depending on inflation trends & global economy. Growth projection for FY 2024-25 retained at 7.2%.

Defence

US approves sale of lightweight torpedoes to arm Indian Navy’s Romeos

Smruti Deshpande -
India had requested to buy 53 MK 54 MOD 0 Lightweight Torpedo all up rounds, says Defense Security Cooperation Agency. A large part of it will be bought directly from US Navy stock.

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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