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China: Shanghai’s gleaming streets hide a city where even peaceful gatherings face swift police action, digital censorship, and legal ambiguity. Behind the modern façade, control, pre-emption, and fear of escalation shape urban life.

India’s Operation Sindoor losses have become a global debate, but Maj Gen Sudhakar Jee says India lost no aircraft and claims China ran a propaganda drive with Pakistan to damage Rafale’s global reputation.

Gwadar’s Chinese-run port faces scrutiny as meth and cocaine trafficking near Balochistan highlights gaps in customs oversight. Low traffic, opaque processes, and regional unrest raise fears of smuggling opportunities despite “clean” CPEC claims.

A new report says China used Pakistan's 88-hour Operation Sindoor clash with India to test its modern weapons and push its defence sales. Beijing also ran a global disinformation campaign to harm Rafale fighter jet's market, using fake images online.

China expands its Indian Ocean influence subtly through partner navies like Pakistan’s, using Chinese-built ships, training, and tech. This indirect approach embeds strategic control without a direct military footprint.

Three Chinese astronauts returned safely to Earth on Friday after their Shenzhou-20 spacecraft was damaged by space debris, forcing a delayed return and an alternative plan to use Shenzhou-21.

At 13,700 feet, India’s new Nyoma airbase near the LAC marks a turning point in its Ladakh strategy. Built for fighters like Rafale and Su-30MKI, it strengthens India’s high-altitude deterrence against China and redefines Himalayan airpower dynamics.

A massive fire on November 12 damaged the 1,500-year-old Yongqing Temple in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu province, one of China’s oldest Buddhist temples. The blaze destroyed a multi-storey pavilion but spared the main structure.

From the 2013 Southern Weekly revolt to Xi Jinping’s “Party surname” doctrine, China’s press became a propaganda arm — a stark contrast to India’s constitutional and litigable media space that still defends contestation over control.

China-backed mining in Myanmar’s Shan State has surged, devastating forests and poisoning rivers. A 2022 joint venture with Beijing firms drives rare earth extraction threatening ethnic communities, the Kok River, and regional ecosystems.