GREAT POWER RIVALRY
'Power rivalry in space': China lunar mission fuels US misinformation
China's Chang'e 6 mission returned with samples from the Moon's far side, sparking misinformation about NASA's Apollo landings. Chinese-language posts falsely claimed the 1969 US moon landing was staged, fueling anti-US sentiment amid the US-China space race. Researchers warn that this misinformation could hinder space diplomacy. The Chinese government has heavily invested in its space program, with plans for a crewed mission by 2030. Meanwhile, the US aims to return astronauts to the Moon by 2026.
Third term for Modi likely to see closer defense ties with US as India's rivalry with China grows
Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasizes on boosting India's military preparedness and clout, focusing on expanding defense production and exports to counter China's influence in the Indo-Pacific region.
Friends from the old neighborhood turn rivals in Big Tech's AI race
Microsoft's push into artificial intelligence with its partner, OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, has rattled Google. The two companies are now fighting to control what many experts see as the next dominant computing platform, a battlefield as important as the web browser and the smartphone before it. Hassabis is driving the creation of Google's AI technology, while Suleyman works to put Microsoft's AI in the hands of everyday people.
China's foreign minister says major powers should avoid rivalry in South Pacific
Wang Yi emphasizes South Pacific neutrality, mutual support, and opposition to power games. China prioritizes common development without geopolitical interests, advocating for free trade agreements and respecting Solomon Islands' choices.
Top Chinese scholar acknowledges India is now a 'major power', 'new geopolitical factor' with rapid economic development
"What I feel about the 'Bharat narrative' in India" Zhang said while India has always considered itself a world power, "it has only been less than 10 years since India shifted from multi-balancing to multi-alignment, and now it is rapidly transforming toward a strategy of becoming a pole in the multipolar world," he says in an opinion piece in the Global Times.
Independence Day: How India & Pakistan divided money, assets, a buggy and a trombone
India and Pakistan were divided 76 years ago, but there remain outstanding financial claims between the two nations due to asset division. When the British Empire divided the countries, Lord Radcliffe drew the lines on a map but the division of assets was a much more difficult negotiation. Assets ranged from moveable ones, such as office furniture and lightbulbs, to personnel, with government departments, defence forces and the central bank requiring careful division. Even today, both countries still claim the other owes them money, stemming from disagreements over payment of outstanding balances.
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Geopolitical rivalries are transforming the contours of trade
The shifting contours of the global trading system mark a kind of “reglobalization” where multinational companies are adapting their trade networks to accommodate the new economic and geopolitical challenges.
Younger Chinese are spurning factory jobs that power the economy
The rejection of grinding factory work by Zhu and other Chinese in their 20s and 30s is contributing to a deepening labour shortage that is frustrating manufacturers in China, which produces a third of the goods consumed globally.
'House of the Dragon' ratings surge ahead of 'Rings of Power' premiere
HBO is banking on its prequel matching the wild popularity of the original.
India-ASEAN: Moving towards comprehensive strategic partnership
Delhi Dialogue is India's premier annual track 1.5 international conference bringing together dignitaries, senior officials, business leaders, scholars, academicians and eminent persons of India and ASEAN to discuss ways to further strengthen the ASEAN-India Strategic Partnership.
ET Awards 2021: Strong defence capabilities are irreplaceable when it comes to protecting national interests, says Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
Only a prosperous country can support an adequate level of defence spending, improve the quality of its human resource and fund the science and technology ecosystem in the long run. The Ukrainian conflict has reminded us that strong defence capabilities are irreplaceable when it comes to protecting national interests, said Rajnath Singh at the ceremony.
The great Chinese white elephant of Sri Lanka
Rajapaksa has presided over the economy’s undoing: It began with an expensive tax cut soon after taking office in 2019; that was followed by an ill-conceived enthusiasm for organic farming, which destroyed production of both rice, the local staple, and tea, a crucial export; and then there’s the bizarre embrace of a Chinese-built tax haven as a ticket to growth.
Global rivalries are miring the clean energy revolution
In particular, a rivalry between China and the United States could have far-reaching implications for the shared global goal of safeguarding the earth.
Power equations to checkmate Afghan trouble
While the US formed a new Quad comprising Pakistan, Afghanistan & Uzbekistan at the Tashkent connectivity meet, Pakistan and China are trying to work with Afghanistan to secure their interests.
View: India needs to strengthen its comprehensive national power
Calls by developing countries for some relaxation of IPR protections to meet what is unquestionably a global health emergency have fallen on deaf ears.
Indian Ocean Region will feel ripple effects of power rivalry in western Pacific: Vice Admiral Tripathi
"There is considerable churn in the geopolitical situation in the IOR and broader Indo-Pacific. As great power rivalry intensifies in western Pacific, the IOR will feel its ripple effects. No doubt," Tripathi said at a webinar.
View: India and US will have to break out of their usual moulds to check China
Both countries — through completely different dynamics — have come to realise that the battle against China actually begins on the home front. The debate is at its peak in the US, while it has only just started in India. And how it takes shape on both ends will determine if the Delhi and Washington sides can forge the next level in their strategic partnership.
US-China Cold War: The two world powers are entering dangerous territory, warn experts
Stephen Walt, a professor of international affairs at Harvard University, said the world's two largest economic powers were engaged in a long-term competition over "incompatible strategic visions," including China's desire to dominate Asia.
The US-China rivalry is broadening from trade to everything
The expectations are that threats and counter threats will only ratchet up further ahead of the US polls.
Appointment of CDS will boost India’s national security and power projection capabilities
CDS will be a stepping stone to remaking how India aggregates its manpower, deploys its firepower, allocates its funds and prioritises its long-term security goals.
India-Pakistan match 2019: The death of a great contest
Otherwise, how would you explain the hyperbole around an India-Pakistan match in 2019? You could justify it in 1990s or 2000s, when both teams had an equal chance of beating each other.
The China-US power struggle is just beginning
The current trade rumble between the US and China is far more than just a spat over market restrictions, intellectual property rights and the epic US deficit.
New Formula1 season, same old rivalry
F1 has never witnessed four time champions go head-to-head, this season’s expected contest will mark the first time that two drivers have competed for a fifth title.
Next great battle to wage between Google and Amazon over AI computing
Google carries the burden of both staving off Amazon's voice assistant and of proving that its own rival can add something to the market.
Narendra Modi has shown great courage by elevating Yogi Adityanath. Here's why
One has to grant Narendra Modi this: even at his peak, he has promoted a new leader, two decades younger than him. It could be a great gamble.
Great show! Indian masters mark their return at the Toronto International Film Festival
A Malayali and a Bengali film was screened one after the other at TIFF, which concludes today.
No cut throat rivalry between India, China in Africa: Media
As members of the BRICS mechanism, China, India and South Africa have been keenly pursuing economic cooperation and reconstructing global orders, the report said.
As in 'Celebrity Apprentice,' Donald Trump fosters rivalries
Trump's penchant for encouraging rivalries is now roiling his presidential campaign just as he's captured the GOP nomination, creating deep uncertainty among Republicans about his preparedness for a complex and costly general election campaign.
There are inter-corporate rivalries at play: Sajjan Jindal, JSW Steel
The devalued rupee is a huge fillip. Last year, we exported 1.5 million tonnes of steel. This year, we may cross four million tonnes, says Sajjan Jindal.
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