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Saturday, November 8, 2025
TopicIndia-China

Topic: India-China

Trump once again offers to mediate India-China border issues. New Delhi says ‘no’

US President Trump made the offer during a joint press conference with PM Modi. In May 2020, during his first presidency, he also offered to be a mediator amid the Galwan clashes. 

Indian Army must adopt subterranean warfare to counter China. Learn from military history

The military differential between India and China is predominantly in the domains of electronic and cyber warfare, and in the quality and quantity of precision-guided munitions.

Modi govt’s political, diplomatic & economic balancing acts & India’s chances of ‘replacing’ China

Global media explores how Trump’s illegal immigration clampdown has created a ‘headache’ for PM Modi & why meeting Indians’ long-term economic aspirations is a difficult task.

A mighty river & a Great Bend: China’s plan to build world’s largest dam over Brahmaputra

This is the transcript of ThePrint CutTheClutter Episode 1585, published on 10 January 2025, looking at China’s plan to build the world’s largest dam on the Brahmaputra river.

Why India is falling behind in its ‘own backyard’ & Indians are praying to ‘H-1B gods’

Global media also reports on India's preemptive move to avoid a trade war with the US by slashing tariffs on American-made Harley-Davidson bikes.

Watch CutTheClutter: What’s behind India’s naval strategy & strategic move toward submarines

In episode 1602, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta & Defence Editor Snehesh Alex Philip discuss future plans for strengthening India's maritime defence capabilities.

India’s ‘preemptive, proactive’ approach to Trump & US shooting itself in the foot with Adani indictment

Global media also reports on India and the US exploring a deeper defence partnership, with Trump pushing Modi to buy more American-made weapons.

India, China agree on resumption of Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, direct flights

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri was in China for a two-day visit starting 26 January till 27 January for the Foreign Secretary-Vice Minister dialogue mechanism.

India-China should meet halfway, says Beijing as foreign secy Misri meets Chinese FM Wang Yi

The Indian foreign secretary was in Beijing for a 2-day visit. This follows the Chinese foreign minister's meetings with EAM Jaishankar & NSA Ajit Doval last year.

India’s bid to ‘appease’ Trump amid immigration clampdown & why China wants to ‘cooperate’ with India

Global media also looks at MF Husain’s controversial history in light of a court-ordered seizure of 2 of his paintings & ‘rising tide of illiberalism against artistic expression in India’.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.