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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.

Don’t ‘quench thirst with posion’: Taiwan warns Honduras against taking aid from China

Reuters -
Honduran Foreign Minister Eduardo Enrique Reina said the decision to switch allegiance to China was partly because it was 'up to its neck' in financial debt & owes $600 million to Taiwan

Concerned by shrinking population, China draws up over 20 proposals to boost birth rates

Farah Master -
The proposals include subsidies for families raising their first child, expanding free public education & improving access to fertility treatments.

After Saudi-Iran, China wants to displace America. But won’t be ‘policeman of the world’

Aadil Brar -
Xi’s upcoming meeting with Putin & chat with Zelenskyy part of vision to undercut US influence via the Global Security Initiative.

Nepal seeks ‘easy, more generous’ market access to China

Gopal Sharma -
Nepal's imports from China fell to $1.84 billion in 2022, while exports totalled $5.39 million, down from $8.37 million in the same period, official data showed.

Australia, US & UK strike ‘$245 billion’ submarine deal to counter China

Suchet Vir Singh -
Deal envisages sale of American US Virginia class submarines to Canberra & development of a new nuclear-powered submarine. Beijing calls it ‘serious nuclear proliferation’.

India must prepare for these 3 wars before tackling China, Pakistan threat

Lt General Prakash Menon -
There’s a chance India will have to fight simultaneously with China and Pakistan. But it does not alter the type of conventional war it has to undertake.

Australia’s nuclear submarine plan with US, UK to cost up to $245 billion, says defence official

Lewis Jackson -
The new AUKUS submarines will be built in the state of South Australia, where A$2 billion will be spent on infrastructure, while the naval base in Perth will be upgraded.

Leh-based 14 Corps gets new commander ahead of LAC talks with China likely this month

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The Corps Commander level talks have failed to make any headway with regard to Depsang and Demchok, where tensions predate the ongoing stand-off.

Xi Jinping plans to meet Vladimir Putin in Russia as soon as next week, say sources

Reuters -
Plans for a visit come as China has been offering to broker peace in Ukraine, an effort that has been met with scepticism in the West given China's diplomatic support for Russia.

UK approves increased submarine-related exports to Taiwan, risking angering China

Andrew MacAskill -
The value of licences granted by UK to companies for the export of submarine-related components & technology to Taiwan totalled a record 167 million pounds during the first 9 months of last year.
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A frosty start featuring ‘ULFA tapes’, thawed by a love of dogs. My conversations with Ratan Tata

Shekhar Gupta -
Besides politics, his frustrations with business environment & inspirational ideas ranging from entrepreneurship to technology, aviation, philanthropy, we discovered a common passion: dogs

Ratan Tata’s least acknowledged and biggest contribution was to Assam

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

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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