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In China, battle is raging for the soul of Tibet
On the edge of the Himalayas, a tourist boomtown sells Chinese visitors a commoditized, politically palatable version of Tibetan culture.
7 min read06:42 AM ISTChina’s banking shake-up: 670 lenders vanish as Beijing moves to contain financial risks
China closed a record 670 banks in 2025 as Beijing consolidated weaker rural lenders amid rising bad loans and slower economic growth.
3 min read5 Oct 2026DeepSeek narrows AI gap with US rivals to just 3%, threatening American dominance
Chinese AI models now trail leading US models by just 3%, down sharply from 15% earlier this year, according to Bloomberg Intelligence. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash ranked sixth globally on LiveBench, signalling rapid gains by Chinese AI developers.
2 min read5 Oct 2026Unusual rest breaks for Xi Jinping sucked hours out of summit With Trump
Beijing pared back the schedule and insisted on private downtime for China’s 73-year-old leader.
5 min read3 Oct 2026Diesel Diplomacy! Trump says Europe will release ‘massive amount’ of diesel as China cuts fuel exports
Trump says Europe will release diesel reserves as China restricts fuel exports, adding pressure to a global market already facing supply disruptions.
4 min read2 Oct 2026India formally names 28 places and features in Ladakh on official map amid China push | Why it matters
India has formally named and mapped 28 places and geographical features in Ladakh on official Survey of India maps, following a similar exercise in Arunachal Pradesh. The move comes amid China’s practice of assigning Chinese names to locations in Indian territories.
2 min read2 Oct 2026AI race: Why America and China both need to act responsibly at this critical juncture
Researchers from both countries have flagged serious AI dangers. However, the arms-race thinking that dominates the discourse around regulation (or lack of it) is dangerous. Both need to back down.
4 min read2 Oct 2026China’s ‘10 million tonnes’ US coal bet is about more than energy: What Beijing gets from trade deal | Explained
US coal purchases could give American miners a new export market, while helping China offer concessions in wider trade talks with Washington.
4 min read29 Sep 2026The future of money: Why the West and China are betting on banks over Big Tech to lead the way
Attention is shifting from dollar clones like stablecoins to tokenized deposits, which are standard bank liabilities whose transfers can be executed with algorithms. Here's how programmable bank money could dominate global transactions.
4 min read29 Sep 2026Managed rivalry: The world’s top two powers have made a move on mutual risk reduction
Last week, Washington and Beijing showed that they are capable of compartmentalizing their differences, even as the larger structural contest over technology, trade, security and regional influence persists. For India and the international system, adapting to that new equilibrium will be key.
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