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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.

Xi meets Blinken during rare China trip, hails ‘progress’ of communication between two nations

Humeyra Pamuk -
The meeting, on the final day of Blinken's two-day visit, could help facilitate a summit between Xi and US President Joe Biden later in the year.

New Delhi wants Indian heads for Chinese Xiaomi, Vivo, Oppo. It’s mirroring China’s practice

Aadil Brar -
The US may have planned Bill Gates’ visit to Beijing to signal easing of tensions and a resumption of US-China dialogue.

Free-trade agreement between Iran and Russia likely by year-end, reports TASS news agency

Lidia Kelly -
Russia-Iran commodity turnover rose 20% in 2022. A regional agreement with Iran will replace an interim pact that already provides reduction in custom duties on hundreds of goods.

Blinken meets China’s top diplomat, all eyes on whether he will meet Xi Jinping on last day

Humeyra Pamuk -
Analysts expect Blinken's visit will pave way for more bilateral meetings, including possible trips by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.

US State Secretary Blinken lands in China on rare trip with low hopes for any breakthrough

Humeyra Pamuk -
Since postponing a February trip due a suspected Chinese spy balloon entering US airspace, Blinken is the highest-ranking government official to visit China in the Biden administration.

‘Old friend’: Chinese President Xi meets Bill Gates in Beijing, discuss AI, global health

Reuters -
During the meeting, Xi said China would not 'follow old path' of seeing hegemony but work with other countries for common development.

Taliban’s central bank governor and Chinese ambassador meet to discuss banking and business ties

Charlotte Greenfield -
China does not have formal diplomatic ties with Afghanistan but has continued to maintain an embassy in Kabul since Taliban took over in 2021.

Beijing to cover IVF, other fertility treatments under healthcare system to boost birth rate

Farah Master -
The decision comes ahead of a court verdict for Therese Xu who sued a Beijing hospital for refusing to freeze her eggs because she's unmarried.

Palau asks US for more military presence after incursions by Chinese vessels in its waters

Sakura Murakami -
President Surangel Whipps Jr. said Palau identified vessels in its waters last month, when a ship appeared to be surveying near fibre optic cables vital to country’s communications.

SubscriberWrites: Revisiting the 1962 War

Vinay Shankar -
If we had not had a dysfunctional National Security apparatus & a mentally agile proactive military leadership, we would have analyzed those initial battles and within a year or so.
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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

Massive in size & capable of heavyweight strikes. Russia’s S-70 Okhotnik is unlike any other drone

Smruti Deshpande -
No clarity on whether it was shot down intentionally or accidentally.Some reports suggest that it was purposely brought down to prevent Ukrainians getting their hands on the drone.

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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