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Rapid, disruptive advance of Chinese hard power on Xi Jinping’s watch has ended era of unquestioned US supremacy in Asia
•Xi Jinping is also stepping up military pressure on Taiwan, Japan and India. Alongside a massive arsenal of missiles capable of striking Taiwan, Chinese naval and air forces conduct increasingly complex exercises that regularly encircle the self-governing island.
India's no-show at China's Belt Road Forum meet no surprise, but New Delhi must abandon over-cautious Beijing policy
Vinaykaura •As expected, India is not going to be represented at this year's Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRFIC) that begins on Thursday in Beijing
US rattled as China's construction work under Belt and Road initiative reaches Panama in Central America
•China's expansion in Latin America of its Belt and Road initiative to build ports and other trade-related facilities is stirring alarm in the US.
TEDxGateway 2018: Raghu Rai, Shanta Rau Barriga, Gitanjali Rao, others share transforming ideas at 10th edition of the event
Fp Staff •One of the speakers at TEDxGateway 2018, photojournalist Raghu Rai said, “If journalism is the first draft of history then photo journalism is the witness to that history."
US-China trade war fallout: Jack Ma says Alibaba can no longer meet its promise to create 1 million jobs in America
•Ma has already warned that the trade war between the world’s two largest economies could last decades and that China should focus exports on the “Silk Road” trade route
India-US 2+2 talks: US defence official says America 'bullish' on high level meet even as concerns rise over S-400 deal
Nikhila Natrajan •The upcoming India - US - India 2+2 talks - an apex bilateral meetup in New Delhi next week - is not just ‘historic’ but will throw up a set of ‘very concrete outcomes’ which will serve as enablers for the India US relationship well beyond the high optics of September 6 and 7, a top official of the US Defence Department in Washington DC Wednesday.
China launches new meteorological satellite, Fengyun-2H, to provide free weather data to Belt and Road Initiative countries
•China has launched the Fengyun-2H meteorological satellite which will provide free weather data to Belt and Road Initiative countries.
Chinese drone company breaks Guinness World Record for flying 1,374 drones spread over a kilometre in a 13-min flight
Ians •During a night performance on 3 May in the Chinese tourist city of Xian, the drones took on 16 different 3D formations
Narendra Modi in China: For US networks, Wuhan summit fades against Kim Jong Un's 'historic' walk across Korean border
Fp Staff •Indian prime minister Narendra Modi's high stakes meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Wuhan made headlines on wire services, print and digital media but was overshadowed on US television networks by the "Super Bowl plus Oscars" kind of spectacle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un created by stepping across the border.
SCO Summit 2018: India not mentioned in portion of joint communique backing China's OBOR project
Ians •India stayed clear of the joint communique by the member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Summit (SCO) supporting China's One Belt, One Road (OBOR) project