Wednesday, 6 July, 2022
TopicPeng Shuai

Topic: Peng Shuai

Beijing says opposed to acts that politicise sports after WTA suspends tournaments in China

K J M Varma -
Women's Tennis Association President & CEO Steve Simon said all tournaments will be halted in Hong Kong too, after failing to get a satisfactory response on Peng Shuai's wellbeing.

Peng Shuai saga shows Communist Party doesn’t want US-style #MeToo movement in China

Yan Bennett -
Peng, a former Wimbledon champion, has disappeared since she penned a social media post accusing former Chinese Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli of sexual misconduct.

Was Peng Shuai’s ‘Winnie the Pooh’ selfie a distress signal? Social media users obsess over it

Pia Krishnankutty -
Peng last week uploaded a series of photos on WeChat, including one with Winnie The Pooh in the background. The cartoon character is used as a derogatory nickname for President Xi.

‘Prepare to fight,’ China tells citizens. Xi Jinping has big plans for party and security

Aadil Brar -
Chinascope — The Week Behind The Wall is everything you need to know about what’s happening in China this week.

On Camera

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Opinion

(L-R) Joe Biden, Xi Jinping, and Narendra Modi | ThePrint

India has interests on both sides of US-China divide. Cold War holds clues for path ahead

Lt General Prakash Menon -
India’s strategic balance is weighted towards the West and its economic balance is towards China. But it needs more to build a multipolar world order.
The Supreme Court of India | Manisha Mondal | ThePrint file photo

What India—Hindus and Muslims—missed in Supreme Court’s ‘lecture’ on Nupur Sharma

Photo of Malabar pit viper and gliding frog in Maharashtra's Cherrapunji' | Nachiket Awadhani/Environmental Conservation Organisation NGO

‘To live is to kill’ — a Malabar pit viper and gliding frog affirm nature’s basic law

Economy

Illustration by Soham Sen

Keep calm and carry on: Unlike wheat, rice isn’t hot yet

Sayantan Bera -
The world is worried that India might restrict exports of rice after wheat, pushing prices higher and worsening global food security.

Defence

File photo of a defence personnel armed with a SiG 716 rifle near the Line of Control | Photo: Snehesh Alex Philip | ThePrint

Army puts out tender for 30k ‘night sights’ so its US-made assault rifles can aim better in dark

Raghav Bikhchandani -
While an open tender has been issued for procurement of the optical instruments, Bengaluru-based firm Tonbo Imaging, whose services the Army has previously used, is a frontrunner.

National Interest

Moral, political & ideological questions on Maharashtra: 1st is simplest to answer, 3rd trickiest

Shekhar Gupta -
What is Shiv Sena’s ideology? We might say it’s been a convenient mix of extreme ethnic chauvinism & unforgiving Hindutva. Within the second, the party retained space to manoeuvre.

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