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Topic: Taiwan Strait

China launches war games around Taiwan, drawing anger in Taipei, concern from Washington

Yimou Lee -
By Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) -China's military launched a new round of war games near Taiwan on Monday, saying it was a warning to the "separatist acts of Taiwan independence forces

Canadian warship passes through Taiwan Strait in ‘routine transit’, China says it ‘undermines peace’

James Pomfret -
According to the Canadian Defense Ministry, the naval exercise was a 'reaffirmation of Canada's commitment to a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific'.

China’s second day of war games around Taiwan tests ability to ‘seize power’

Bernard Orr -
China views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory and denounces its new president Lai as a ‘separatist’

China announces mega military drills around Taiwan, fighters & missiles put on high alert

Keshav Padmanabhan -
During his inaugural speech, Taiwan’s new president Lai Ching-te Monday had urged Beijing to recognise existence of Taipei.

US to revitalise partnerships with India, stand up against China’s unfair economic practice: Biden

Lalit K Jha -
In his last State of the Union address before the elections, US President Joe Biden claimed that the US is in a strong position to compete and win against China.

Tuvalu elects new PM without vote amid questions on Taiwan stance

ThePrint Team -
This was the first time in the pacific island nation's history that a contender was elected prime minister without a vote.

Taiwan President-elect meets US lawmakers, hopes for support to bolster ‘self-defence’

Ben Blanchard -
Lai Ching-te of the DPP said that freedom and democracy are values Taiwan shares with US, its significant arms supplier.

US Navy sails its first warship through Taiwan Strait, riles Beijing

Bernard Orr -
US Navy says the destroyer USS John Finn transited through a corridor in the Taiwan Strait that was 'beyond the territorial sea of any coastal state'.

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Opinion

Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

MA Venkata Rao -
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

NJ 9842 launched the Siachen conflict. Where is it actually located?

Gen Z and the art of the side quest—why purposelessness is the ultimate flex

Economy

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

Hallie Gu -
War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Defence

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

Adurthi Ashwin Swarup -
From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

National Interest

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

Shekhar Gupta -
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.

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