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Sunday, October 12, 2025
TopicIndia-China ties

Topic: India-China ties

Why India-China rivalry persists amid thaw & MiG-21 bows out after ‘decades of admiration & infamy’

Global media looks at how tech giants are generating opportunities for India to serve as the world's AI backbone.

Wang Yi’s Delhi visit shows India is shifting away from US, say Chinese analysts

Even as Chinese discourse celebrates rapprochement, commentators stress its fragility. A thaw does not equate to normalisation of bilateral ties.

India in talks with China for resumption of trade via 3 border passes ahead of Modi’s SCO visit

PM's August-end trip will his first to China since 2018. India-China trade through Lipulekh, Shipki La & Nathu La passes have all remained paused since the pandemic & 2020 Galwan clashes.

Indians zoom past China on private jets, tale of the fake embassy & world’s 2nd biggest IPO market

BBC reports on ‘positive move’ of India resuming tourist visas for Chinese nationals after nearly five years and Scotch market in India.

India-Pakistan conflict exposed the real danger — China

For New Delhi, the path forward lies not in indulging theatrical appeals to ‘Asian brotherhood’, but in resolutely preparing to confront Chinese fire with the tempered steel of Indian resolve.

Rupee’s slide ‘taking shine off of’ Indian economy & what Sri Lanka-China friendship means for India

Global media also highlights India’s growing military presence in the Indian Ocean, with recent naval manoeuvres and ongoing tensions with China shaping its strategic stance.

India can learn from China’s discipline, scale & deep reform. PM Modi has already begun

When he was Gujarat CM, Narendra Modi visited China several times & saw its progress first-hand. As prime minister, he brought discipline, planning, and reform to his office.

China says Doval & Wang Yi reached ‘6 points of consensus’ for ‘acceptable package’, India mum

Package harks back to '2005 agreement'. MEA does not formally deny the Chinese claims of consensus, but it is learnt that the readout from China was not a joint statement.

Rajnath Singh to hold bilateral talks with Chinese counterpart today, review of LAC on cards

In China, the defence minister is a largely ceremonial role and is the public face of military diplomacy with other countries.

How Chinese media explains LAC ‘thaw’—India has given up on US support

China wants to disregard India’s global status as the key factor forcing its hand toward military disengagement. But it can’t ignore New Delhi’s engagements with the US and its allies.

On Camera

Nepali student Bipin Joshi is also Hamas hostage. Friends & family don’t know if he’s alive

When the conflict is narrated, it is the Israelis and Palestinians who fill the frame, while the forgotten foreigners—like Bipin Joshi—are left on the margins.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.