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Thursday, September 4, 2025
TopicIndia China trade

Topic: India China trade

China finally releases Covid data but citizens don’t believe it’s just 60,000 deaths

‘Wolf warrior’ diplomat Zhao Lijian was removed as the foreign ministry spokesperson and moved to the Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs.

Who is India’s biggest trade partner? New Delhi hits back as China contests data which says US

Commerce ministry data shows that US beat Beijing as India's top trading partner in FY22. China has contested the data, and said it remains India's largest trading partner.

In 1955, India tried ‘mango diplomacy’ with China. The outcome wasn’t really sweet

In 1955, India dispatched eight mango saplings to China—and it was more than just a gesture of appreciation.

What conflict? India’s imports from China soar to almost $100 bn, led by smartphones, machinery

According to China's official data, its exports to India reached $97.52 billion in 2021, while total two-way bilateral trade touched $125.66 billion.

Why ‘98% of oximeters in Indian market are Made-in-China’ but buyers don’t care

India has been reporting over 3 lakh Covid cases daily over past few days, leading to massive demand for items like pulse oximeters.

Why India’s complete economic disengagement from China is unrealistic

If India hopes to implement infra projects in the neighbourhood to restrain China, it will have to create management groups to support diplomats on the ground.

China still India’s largest source of import for many critical sectors, says top govt official

Sanjay Chadha, Additional Secretary, Commerce, however, also says competition with Beijing is likely to increase as India starts looking at 'supply-chain resilience',

India ‘critically dependent’ on China in imports across 86 tariff lines, GoM report says

GoM to promote manufacturing suggests govt departments should work to cut down imports like refrigerators, point-of-sale machines, 5G optical fibre.

‘Enormous’ US-China confrontations after vote no matter who wins, political scientist warns

Don’t see a Cold War between US and China but will see antagonism in a lot of key areas, said Ian Bremmer, who heads the risk consultant Eurasia Group.

China share in India imports up 5% points in April-July over last year, despite overall decline

Trade experts say India’s dependence on China for items like APIs for medicines will continue, but not-essentials like toys & plastics could be cut back.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.