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India's venture capital funding jumps 70% in January, outpaces China

Notable VC funding deals announced in India during the first month of the year include fundraising by building materials platform Infra

Taiwan seeks to give away chip industry to US as 'souvenir', says China

US President Donald Trump has criticised Taiwan for taking away American semiconductor business

US lawmakers warn that China could use Elon Musk to influence Trump

China's Washington embassy said China welcomed mutually beneficial cooperation" with people from all walks of life in the United States

Taiwan detects 11 Chinese military aircraft, 14 vessels around territory

Of the 11 aircraft, nine crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered the island's ADIZ

Michael Sheridan's book explores the Xi enigma and China's power dynamics

It is hard to shake the feeling that the book fails at multiple levels, principally because of the author's biases

Green plan: IPCC gathers to draft outlines of seventh assessment report

IPCC Chair Jim Skea said it was a "pivotal session" for the delivery of the next report on global climate science

Taiwan detects 12 Chinese aircraft, 14 vessels operating near its shores

Earlier on Monday, Taiwan detected five sorties of Chinese aircraft, 10 Chinese vessels, 2 official ships and two Chinese balloons around its territory, as per MND

The Conscience of the Party: A definitive biography of Hu Yaobang

The book documents Hu's more accommodating policies towards ethnic minorities, who had suffered greatly during the Cultural Revolution

Xi affirms 'no limits' partnership with Putin on Ukraine war anniversary

Xi has told Putin in recent years that the two have the chance to drive "changes the world has not seen in a century", which many analysts see as an attempt to challenge a US-led global order

China calls for post-war governance in Gaza, holds talks with Egypt, Saudi

China's diplomatic push comes as it seeks to expand its influence in West Asia, particularly following widespread regional rejection of Trump's displacement plan for Gaza

Japan, Philippines to boost ties due to mutual alarm over China aggression

Japan and the Philippines agreed on Monday to further deepen their defense collaboration and talk about protecting shared military information in the face of mutual alarm over China's increasing aggressive actions in the region. Japanese Defence Minister Gen Nakatani and his Philippine counterpart, Gilberto Teodoro, forged the agreements in a meeting in Manila where their concern over China's actions in the disputed South China Sea and East China Sea was high in the agenda. Japan and the Philippines are treaty allies of the United States, and the three have been among the most vocal critics of China's assertive actions in the region, including in the contested waters. At the opening of his meeting with Nakatani, Teodoro said the Philippines was looking forward to boosting defense relations with Japan against unilateral attempts by China and other countries to change the international order and the narrative". Nakatani said after the meeting that he agreed with Teodoro to strengthen

Trump admin ramps up economic measures against China amid rising tensions

US-China trade war: China has strongly condemned Washington's actions, accusing the US of politicising and weaponising economic and trade relations

Taiwan records 8 Chinese aircraft, 7 vessels, 2 ships near its territory

The MND further noted that 3 of these sorties crossed the median line, entering Taiwan's northern and southwestern Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ)

Covid-like bat virus discovered by researchers at Wuhan lab in China

The study was led by Shi Zhengli, Chinese virologist from the controversial Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), where the Covid-19 was alleged to have emanated from

US Treasury chief expresses 'serious concerns' in call with China

Friday's call came as China and the U.S. seek to manage their relationship as the world's two largest economies stand on the precipice of a renewed trade war

Airlines warned as Chinese navy to hold live-fire exercises off Australia

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told reporters on Friday afternoon that the time period for the Chinese navy exercises had expired, and it was unclear if live fire had been used

China's hopes to be Ukraine mediator collide with its goals on Trump, trade

China's priorities are clear: it is focused on repairing its economy and trying to hammer out a deal with US President Donald Trump to avoid another damaging trade war

India's EV push needs high-speed trains to match China's adoption rate

If linking trains to EVs seems odd, that's only because the complementary nature of the two modes of transport has gone unexplored

China opposes US State Dept's revised fact sheet, alleges misrepresentation

Changes made by the US State Department on its 'US-China Relations' page and 'US Relations With China' fact sheet misrepresent the facts, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said

Jaishankar calls on S African prez, meets counterparts from Russia, China

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday called on South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and conveyed the warm greetings of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Jaishankar, who is in Johannesburg on a two-day visit to South Africa to participate in the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting, assured India's support for South Africa's G20 priorities. Honoured to call on President @CyrilRamaphosa of South Africa on the sidelines of the G20 FMM in Johannesburg. Conveyed the warm greetings of Prime Minister @narendramodi. Assured India's support for South Africa's G20 priorities, Jaishankar said in a post on X. South Africa holds the Presidency of the G20 for this year, the first time that it is being hosted on the African continent. On the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting, Jaishankar interacted with several world leaders, including Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan. Glad to meet FM Sergey