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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.

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.

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei says anti-Covid protests won’t shake Xi Jinping govt

Catarina Demony -
Ai, whose art has often criticised Beijing’s policies, said the protests were not likely to carry on because demonstrators lack organisation and leadership.

UK PM Rishi Sunak says ‘golden era’ of relations with China is over

David Milliken -
During a speech, Sunak said Britain's approach to China needed to evolve and Beijing was 'consciously competing for global influence using all the levers of state power'.

Xi skilled in coercion but won’t be able to shoot his way out of the ongoing protest

ThePrint Team -
ThePrint view on the most important issues.

BBC accuses Chinese police of assaulting journalist covering protests in Shanghai

Reuters -
The journalist, Ed Lawrence, was beaten and kicked by the police and held for several hours before being released, BBC spokesperson said.

China’s Covid cases hit fresh record high after weekend of protests across the country

Martin Quin Pollard -
Cities like Guangzhou and Chongqing with thousands of cases are struggling to contain outbreaks while hundreds of infections were recorded in several cities across the country on Sunday.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen resigns as party head, after election strategy fails

Sarah Wu -
Her strategy was to frame local elections as showing defiance to China's rising bellicosity, but it failed to pay off and win public support.

Mean or nice? It’s time for India to decide what kind of economic policy it wants to follow

TN Ninan -
Hypocrisies of yesterday’s rule-makers contribute to India’s nationalist impulse, but it must choose if it wants to be admired for its soft power or be seen as an arbitrary state.

Chinese-Canadian actor & former K-pop idol Kris Wu sentenced to 13 years in jail for rape

Reuters -
A Chinese court in Beijing said investigations showed that from Nov to Dec 2020, Wu raped three women. He was also found guilty of assembling a crowd to engage in sexual promiscuity.

Covid infections in China hit record high, cities impose lockdowns, mass testing

Reuters -
The curbs are taking a toll on locked-down residents as well as output at factories, including the world's biggest iPhone plant, which has been rocked by clashes.
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Influencers aren’t the best ‘Indian representation’ at Cannes. Filmmakers are

Triya Gulati -
Even if fashion was a core feature of Cannes, Indian influencers failed at that too. No one, barring Nancy Tyagi, was able to turn heads on the red carpet.

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Economy

Support to farmers, food security, outdated data — WTO members question India’s agriculture policies

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
WTO's Committee on Agriculture met last week in Geneva. During this meeting, members could question each other on agricultural policies that potentially impacted trade.

Defence

Italy’s Leonardo returns to Indian aviation market, focuses on civil orders for helicopters

Snehesh Alex Philip -
In November 2021, India lifted ban on AgustaWestland & its parent company Leonardo, paving way to take part in multiple ongoing projects & bid for upcoming defence contracts.

National Interest

Abki baar 90 paar for Congress? Why even 30 more seats will ruffle BJP

Shekhar Gupta -
Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?

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