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Best of BS Opinion: RBI strategy, Greenspan's legacy, and Kolkata's renewal

Today's opinions explore India's forex reserve strategy, Alan Greenspan's complex legacy, West Bengal's urban renewal agenda, maize-led farm growth and China's coercive diplomacy

China's Wars: A useful guide to China's paradox of power and insecurity

Vijay Gokhale's China's Wars examines Beijing's use of military coercion and diplomacy, offering insights into China's strategic behaviour and its implications for India

WTO to set up dispute panel in China's case against India's trade measures

The World Trade Organization's dispute settlement body on Tuesday agreed to set up a panel in a case filed by China against India over its measures for the solar cells, modules, and IT goods, an official said. China has alleged that India's tariffs and incentive measures discriminate against Chinese solar energy and information technology products and violate WTO norms. India had earlier in May blocked China's request to set up a dispute panel under the aegis of the WTO in the case. However, China's second request was accepted by the dispute settlement body, a Geneva-based official said. The request was accepted during a meeting of the body on Tuesday in Geneva. The panel will now determine whether import duties and other measures applied by India on certain imported high-tech goods, as well as certain incentive measures for solar energy products, are consistent with India's WTO commitments. The request follows the failure of bilateral consultations on reaching a mutually-agreed .

Govt begins anti-dumping probe into imports of electrical steel from China

India has initiated an anti-dumping probe against imports of electrical steel, used in transformers, from China, Japan, Korea and Russia, a commerce ministry notification said. The investigation followed a complaint in this regard by JSW JFE Electrical steel Nashik Pvt Ltd to the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR). The applicant has alleged that the cheap imports of 'Cold Rolled Grain Oriented Electrical Steel and Amorphous Metal' is significantly harming the domestic industry. "On the basis of the duly substantiated written application submitted by the applicant and having reached satisfaction based on the prima facie evidence submitted by the applicant concerning dumping of the product...the authority hereby initiates an anti-dumping investigation," the DGTR's notification said. In the probe, the directorate would determine the existence, degree and effect of the alleged dumping of the chemical exported from China and Japan. If it is established that the dumping has ca

China's 'digital parents': How young Chinese are finding solace online

Digital parents are middle-aged content creators who speak directly to viewers as though they were their children, offering praise, comfort and everyday life advice

China opens domestic stock markets to qualified foreign firms for listing

China will support eligible foreign-invested enterprises seeking listings on domestic stock exchanges

China's tech drive puts it at the forefront of global innovation, AI race

China's strong focus on self-reliance comes as concerns about tech sovereignty spread globally

Trump team questions ASML over fears banned EUV chip machine reached China

ASML is scrambling to rebut US concerns that its advanced EUV chipmaking technology may have reached China despite export curbs

Chinese FM Wang Yi to attend BRICS NSA meeting in New Delhi next week

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will attend the meeting of the National Security Advisors of BRICS countries to be held in New Delhi on June 22-23, Beijing announced on Thursday. The BRICS National Security Advisors Meeting is a high-level platform that brings together the National Security Advisors (NSAs) of the 11 BRICS member-states to exchange views on key security challenges. Wang Yi will attend the meeting upon invitation, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told a media briefing in Beijing. Wang will exchange views with other BRICS member states on the current international security situation and major international and regional issues, Lin said. The Chinese foreign minister is also a member of the Political Bureau of the ruling Communist Party of China and Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission. The meeting will also discuss joint responses to traditional and non-traditional security challenges and make preparations for the BRICS summi

Taiwan says Chinese pressure on countries over it is 'new normal'

Attempts by China to exert pressure on other countries to limit Taiwan's access to international events has become "the new normal", the island's foreign minister has said. Lin Chia-Lung was speaking on Wednesday after Taiwanese delegates were detained in Kenya and denied access to an ocean conference, reportedly due to Chinese pressure on the organisers, according to Taiwan's Foreign Ministry. China regards Taiwan, a self-ruled democracy, as a breakaway province and has not renounced the use of force to annex it. In recent months, Beijing has ramped up a campaign of pressuring other countries to limit the access of Taiwanese officials or delegates to various events. In April, Taiwan's president postponed a planned visit to the African nation of Eswatini after three countries withdrew permission for him to fly over their territories after pressure from China, his office said. He arrived days later, on a plane chartered by Eswatini's king. In the latest incident, two Taiwanese ...

Microsoft builds strong AI presence in China by selling OpenAI models

Social media and AI giant ByteDance Ltd. has generally been Microsoft's biggest AI customer in recent years, largely using OpenAI models

China's industrial output rises 4.5% in May but retail sales contract

The reading beat expectations of a 4.3 per centincrease in a Reuters poll

China's retail sales fall for first time since 2022 as consumption slows

Retail sales, a key gauge of consumption, slid 0.6 per cent in May, reversing April's 0.2 per cent rise and below the estimated 0.0 per cent, the first monthly fall since December 2022

China's challenge to US tech supremacy grows as AI race reshapes rivalry

Geopolitical tensions and the US steps to keep China from catching up in AI and in chip technology has created two distinct worlds

China issues new rules for financial services data in cybersecurity push

Cybersecurity regulator says sector data will be classified into four levels based on importance, sensitivity and potential harm from leaks

China condemns US move to blacklist major tech firms over military links

The list includes a broad swathe of China's top technology firms key to advancing Beijing's military and industrial prowess, reflecting Washington's security concerns

Gold demand in India slightly improves as prices slip; China premiums ease

Gold prices in India ​dropped to their lowest since April 2 at ₹146,444 per 10 grams ‌on Thursday, and are down 1.5 per cent for the week so far

China lures foreign patients with cutting-edge, low-cost medical care

China is pushing to upgrade its economy and reshape its global image from just a manufacturing hub into a provider of high-value services, and demand for medical tourism is surging