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TopicLai Ching-te

Topic: Lai Ching-te

Why China has launched mega military drills around Taiwan and what do these entail

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Taiwanese President in a speech had said Beijing & Taipei are not 'subordinate' to each other & that he's 'determined to defend' Taiwan's 'national sovereignty', drawing China's ire.

China can’t stand Taiwan President’s independence speech. Beijing’s using it to hinder peace

Sana Hashmi -
Beijing won't engage with Taiwanese President Lai Ching-Te because it perceives him as a separatist and an agitator.

Taiwan vice-president’s win was unexpected, unwanted in China. He must brace for a hard time

Sana Hashmi -
Beijing is expected to intensify economic coercion, diplomatic poaching and intimidation through grey zone activities against Lai’s Taiwan.

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Opinion

Economy

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Esha Mishra -
Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant -
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

National Interest

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Shekhar Gupta -
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

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