Foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said the curbs are appropriate and don't target India alone but apply to everyone equally, including Chinese citizens coming from overseas.
China’s diplomats are recasting themselves as one of the Communist Party’s most vocal defenders, & are widely known as 'Wolf Warriors' in a nod to a 'Rambo'-like action film series.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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