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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.

China begins ‘unprecedented’ military exercise around Taiwan after Nancy Pelosi’s unannounced visit

ThePrint Team -
China’s warning to Pelosi not to visit the self-ruled island, which it considers its own, fell on deaf ears as the US pushed forward its agenda on ‘democracy and human rights’.

Resolve crisis of students back from China & Ukraine mid-course, House panel tells MEA 

Nayanima Basu -
Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs says it is 'deeply concerned' as students have neither been able to return to China & Ukraine nor complete their training in India.

‘Joint blockade’, live-fire drills — how China is retaliating after Pelosi’s Taiwan visit

Suchet Vir Singh -
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Tuesday became first high-ranking US official to visit Taipei in 25 years, after which China launched swathe of military exercises in zones around Taiwan.

Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan with a burden of course-correction — ‘US has lost China’

Aadil Brar -
The failure at turning the People’s Republic of China into a ‘liberal democracy’ has brought back the long shadow of the Cold War and US’ entrenchment in Asia.

Irked by Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei, China bans import of Taiwanese food products

ANI -
Beijing has also announced economic sanctions and import bans on several Taiwanese companies producing pastries, baked goods and sweets.

Why Maldives’ Nasheed vs Solih is trouble. Delhi doesn’t want to rock the boat in Indian Ocean

Jyoti Malhotra -
Delhi knows China’s favourite politician in Maldives will benefit if the political chaos spreads. Keeping the Indian Ocean democratic is a priority.

Talk of Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit has China on edge. PLA ‘preparing for war’

Aadil Brar -
The People’s Liberation Army has announced a live fire exercise off the coast of Taiwan as a show of force ahead of Nancy Pelosi’s possible visit.

BJP is remodelling India as a one-party state. And there’s a striking resemblance to China

+TFP Shruti Kapila -
Modern China gave the world capitalism without democracy. Now India looks set to give the world a one-party state in a multi-party polity.

Taiwan off the itinerary, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi begins Asia tour

Pia Krishnankutty -
This comes after a week of heightened US-China tensions and Chinese President Xi Jinping's warning to US President Joe Biden to not ‘play with fire’ over Taiwan.

Navy monitoring Chinese research vessel headed for Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port

Suchet Vir Singh -
The Yuan Wang 5 is a space-tracking ship used to monitor satellites, rockets and intercontinental ballistic missile launches. Exact purpose of its visit to Hambantota unclear.
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Ghatkopar hoarding collapse a typical Mumbai disaster—too many agencies, no one to blame

Manasi Phadke -
As per the BMC, there are 1,025 officially approved hoardings in the city right now. However, any Mumbaikar can tell you that number is a ludicrous underestimate.

Mamata’s ‘outside support’ push has many meanings. Does she want INDIA to pick TMC over Left?

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Economy

India’s GDP to grow at 6.9% in 2024 — UN agency revises its January projection of 6.2%

Moksha M. Munoth -
Latest report by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs says global growth to be faster than estimated earlier & India’s 'robust performance' to boost South Asia’s growth.

Defence

Spain denies port call to vessel carrying shipment of ‘arms to Israel from India’

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The Spanish foreign minister says 'the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace'. Spain has been very critical of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.

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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