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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’s new premier Li Qiang seeks to reassure private sector as parliament wraps up

Eduardo Baptista -
Making his public debut in a media conference, the close ally of President Xi said China will take measures to boost jobs & urged officials to 'make friends' with entrepreneurs.

China achieves what even US could not in the Middle East

Aadil Brar -
US has sanctioned five Chinese companies for selling aerospace components to Iran, which is supplying drones to Russia for use in the Ukraine war.

China role in Saudi, Iran deal a tricky test for US

Phil Stewart -
Relations between US & China have become highly contentious over issues ranging from trade to espionage and increasingly the two powers compete for influence in parts of the world.

‘Pro-business, pro-Xi Jinping’, criticised for lockdown handling — who is new Chinese premier, Li Qiang

Amogh Rohmetra -
63-year-old Li holds a master's degree in business administration & is expected to help China recover from impact of Covid-19 pandemic on country's economy.

Who are India’s friends & foes? Modi govt is caught in a messy US-China-Russia-Pakistan jalebi

Shekhar Gupta -
Modi government has let, even fuelled the building, of a Westophobic & pro-Moscow public opinion while the course it has set on strategic policy is exactly the opposite.

China-Russia cybersecurity ties taking darker turns. India needs to worry too

Swasti Rao -
Huawei is instrumental in strengthening the backbone of Kremlin statecraft. Does India have capabilities lest Huawei's spying is rerouted through Russia’s channels?

Dutch govt plans restricting semiconductor tech exports to China to protect national security

Toby Sterling -
In a first, the Dutch joined US efforts to hobble China's chip-making industry and slow its military advances.

Finance to tech, Xi bringing key sectors under CCP control. He wants to deal with US better

+TFP Aadil Brar -
Xi Jinping asked CCP to 'calmly observe' changes in the international situation, suggesting he is concerned about Chinese bureaucracy's overreactions.

Indo-Pacific strategy bound to fail, says Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang in 1st press meet

Pia Krishnankutty -
While not mentioning India even once, Qin said a ‘Ukraine-style crisis’ should not be repeated in Asia. Mishandling of Taiwan will shake foundation of US-China ties, he warned.

US’ views of China distorted & needs to change or conflict will follow, says Foreign Minister

Yew Lun Tian -
US has been engaging in suppression and containment of China rather than fair or rule-based competition, Qin Gang said at a news conference on Tuesday.
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Harsh V. Pant -
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Economy

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

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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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