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Thursday, November 7, 2024
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Topic: China

SubscriberWrites: Is China really RED?

The reforms by Deng Xiaoping from 1980s opened China up to foreign investments & technology, and introduced its vast labour force to the world, making it the fastest-growing economy.

China isn’t mocking India as usual. It’s praising Modi’s Russia-West balancing act instead

One Chinese commentator suggested Modi’s visit coincides with a period of Ukrainian passivity, potentially allowing India to make the most of the situation.

How India and China can beat the ‘middle-income trap’ & why young Indian bankers are job hopping

Global media also explores the need for UN veto powers to be recalibrated in accordance with the new world order & the looming threat of extinction faced by India’s iconic Irani cafes.

ASEAN-China Week 2024 to focus on trade, investment & tourism

The week-long event was officially opened in the presence of the Deputy Secretary-General for ASEAN Community and Corporate Affairs.

Andaman & Nicobar Command undergoing major upgrade. A Chinese threat looming close by

The militarisation of the Coco Islands by Tatmadaw, combined with the wider Chinese developments occurring inland, could pose a security challenge to India.

India has wisely avoided committing a folly by not joining the West against Russia

In ‘Global Tumult: India As A Pole Star’, Sujan Chinoy delves into India’s foreign and defence policies, and its achievements, from his vantage point as Director General of Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses.

3 Chinese research vessels enter Indian Ocean, tracked by Navy

The large Chinese ships are believed to be gathering information for naval planners — currents, bathymetry, salinity of the water etc — which are all relevant to submarine warfare.

Being US ally means being a ‘vassal’ & India’s shift from ‘Russian-dependent fleet’ — global media

Global media also explores India's continued reliance on coal, despite growing renewable energy capacity and story of Gauri Lankesh through the prism of 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

China is keeping a close watch on Bangladesh. It’s an opportunity to counterbalance India

Sheikh Hasina’s administration had generally favoured closer ties with New Delhi, while its relationship with Beijing was somewhat ambivalent.

SubscriberWrites: Charting India’s strategic autonomy amid global turmoil: Implications of PM Modi’s Russia visit

Strategic autonomy has been the cornerstone of India's foreign policy, allowing it the flexibility to manoeuvre through global challenges without being tethered to any one power bloc.

On Camera

Trump has called Delhi a big abuser of tariffs. India-US economic ties are about to change

How Trump responds to the growing Russia-China alliance and their anti-American diatribes will require some strategising among the Indian foreign policy and national security mandarins.

How Adani halving power supply to Bangladesh could land the country in ‘dire straits’

Bangladesh is already reeling from low coal-fired power production & inability to import enough coal, gas. Now, Adani has cut supplies over unpaid dues. However, this could hurt Adani too.

India, Bangladesh Army chiefs discuss issues of ‘mutual interest’

Video call between two Army heads is their first interaction after political upheaval in Bangladesh forced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to flee to India in August.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.