She noted that China's growing middle class was a huge market for American goods and services and that Washington's actions against Beijing were based on national security concerns.
US national security adviser said, in China, one of Blinken’s objectives will be to manage escalation to ensure that world’s two biggest military powers do not ‘veer into conflict.’
UN experts and rights groups estimate that over a million people, mainly Uyghurs and Muslim minorities, have been detained in camps & subjected to ideological training and abuse.
Blinken likely to meet with officials in Beijing on 18 June. Washington's top diplomat scrapped planned trip earlier this year over suspected Chinese spy balloon that flew across the US.
The US military command responsible for the Indo-Pacific said the manoeuvre by a Chinese J-16 aircraft occurred last week and forced the US RC-135 plane to fly through its wake turbulence.
It used to be Tatas and Birlas in the loose political rhetoric of the 1970s and the 1980s. Today, it is Adani and Ambani in the heated Lok Sabha election campaign.
About 300 employees had called in sick Wednesday, allegedly in protest against mismanagement of airlines. Remaining staff given ultimatum to rejoin work by end of Thursday.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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