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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.

Chinese cities ease Covid curbs after historic protests as infections keep spreading

Martin Quin Pollard -
Covid curbs fuelled dozens of protests in more than 20 Chinese cities in a show of civil disobedience unprecedented in mainland China since President Xi Jinping took power in 2012.

Two Chinese cities ease Covid curbs, day after protesters clash with police

Brenda Goh -
Curbs were lifted in parts of Guangzhou, near Hong Kong. Chongqing will allow close contacts of people with Covid, who fulfil certain conditions, to quarantine at home.

Overseas Chinese nationals step up protests, call for ‘free China’ and Xi to step down

Anna Mehler Paperny -
Chinese citizens and their supporters rallied in major cities like Sydney, Tokyo, Hong Kong, New York and Toronto, with more protests planned in coming days.

China’s national strategy aims at ‘great rejuvenation of nation’ by 2049, finds US report

Suchet Vir Singh -
China relies excessively on the PLA to fulfil its ‘global ambitions’, the report says, adding, the growing capabilities of the PLA enhances China’s capacity to ‘fight and win wars’ against a strong enemy.

Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, 96, dies of leukaemia & multiple organ failure

Tony Munroe -
Jiang headed China's Communist Party after the Tiananmen crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in 1989 & broke the country out of its subsequent diplomatic isolation.

3 Chinese astronauts board space station ‘Celestial Palace’ in historic mission

Ryan Woo -
Shenzhou-15 was the last of 11 missions needed to assemble the multi-module station. The previous Shenzhou crew will return to Earth after a one-week handover.

China protests a ‘grey rhino’ moment for Xi Jinping. And it will only get stronger

+TFP Aadil Brar -
Chinese agitators aren’t shying away from connecting demands to lift Covid restrictions with broader political appeals.

India’s laptop imports surged to $5 bn in first 9 months of 2022. Nearly 73% came from China

Nikhil Rampal -
Since 2017, China has accounted for around 75 per cent of India’s laptop imports, but the government is now expanding its list of importing partners.

Indian students, expats cautious amid China’s widespread protests against strict Covid policy

Suchet Vir Singh -
Students attending online classes from hotel rooms or dorms said protests were happening in big cities; an Indian businessman felt the western media had unnecessarily amplified the dissent.

Images of scantily-clad women are what Twitter users getting in search for China’s Covid protest

ThePrint Team -
Disinformation researchers say the Chinese government is trying to drown out searches with pornography, spam and even gibberish.
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CEA Nageswaran says India’s FY24 growth could hit 8%, but World Bank warns this is ‘above potential’

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Speaking at an event, World Bank country director Auguste Tano Kouamé said growth above potential would result in high inflation.

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Three Indian Navy ships deployed to South China Sea

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Deployment comes at a time when Yuan Wang 03, a Chinese missile and satellite tracking vessel, has entered Indian Ocean Region.

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Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

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A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.

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