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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 plans to send probe to near-Earth asteroid around 2025

Ryan Woo -
The asteroid orbits around the sun on an elliptical path that also approximates the Earth's. It also circles around Earth like a 'quasi-satellite', according to NASA.

China’s military support for Russia to increase. For now it’s training, non-lethal assistance

Aadil Brar -
Beijing sees a strong ally in Lula who has been a longtime proponent of an anti-US stance in international politics.

China’s cooperation with Europe ‘unlimited’ as with Russia, says Chinese envoy to EU

Ryan Woo -
EU foreign policy chief said last month that it would be 'extremely difficult' for EU to trust China if it does not contribute to the search for a political solution on Russia-Ukraine war.

Macron’s gaffes in China open a door for India — unwavering French support at the UNSC

Swasti Rao -
Macron’s views do not and will not change his policies either towards the Indo-Pacific or towards Taiwan and least of all towards Ukraine.

‘Look at not just size but also quality’, says China as India set to become most populous country

Dishha Bagchi -
Foreign ministry spokesperson emphasises that China has strategy to deal with ageing population & demographic dividend remains strong, with nearly 900 million people of working age.

‘Lacks basic understanding’ — Chinese state media slams Western hype of its population decline

Farah Master -
India is overtaking China as the world's most populous nation, and will have almost 3 million more people than its neighbour by mid-2023, said data released by the UN Wednesday.

India surpasses China to become world’s most populous nation with 142.8 cr people, says UN data

PTI -
Estimates by different agencies have suggested that India’s population is expected to keep rising for nearly three decades before it peaks at 165 crore and then start declining.

China calls G7 communique full of arrogance, prejudice against Beijing

Laurie Chen -
Communique by G7 meeting grossly interfered in China’s internal affairs, and maliciously smeared and discredited country, said Chinese foreign ministry.

China disputes US claims of Beijing setting up ‘secret police station’ in New York

Laurie Chen -
China maintains a policy of non-interference in other countries and these alleged police stations do not exist, China foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin told media.

G7 will stand up to ‘any coercion’ from China to exert control in Taiwan, says top US official

Humeyra Pamuk -
Concerns about China's increasingly aggressive stance on Taiwan have been in sharp focus during talks among G7 foreign ministers in Japanese resort town of Karuizawa.
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Opinion

Ratan Tata mettle revealed in 1980s’ PepsiCo battle. Shook up fuddy-duddy business practices

Amitabha Pande -
Ratan Tata’s political naiveté and his complete inability to engage in the ‘deal-fixing’ culture of Indian businesses made him a great ally during the PepsiCo battle of the 1980s.

Ratan Tata laid strong foundations for Tata Motors—not a nano contribution to Indian auto

Ratan Tata brought a sense of ‘we are India, India is ours’ to business: Milind Deora

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

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.

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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