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    China’s new global initiatives mask an intrusive agenda

    China has introduced three new initiatives, namely the Global Development Initiative (GDI), Global Security Initiative (GSI), and Global Civilisation Initiative (GCI), as part of its foreign policy under President Xi Jinping. These initiatives aim to establish China as a leader in global governance and offer alternatives to the Western-led global order.

    China's hidden overseas police stations are a new security threat

    Originally designed to serve overseas Chinese, the Chinese Overseas Police Stations were branched out by PSBs amid the COVID pandemic and rising anti-China sentiments that put a restraint on Fox Hunt operations aimed at persuading Chinese fugitives by pressure and cajoling to return 'voluntarily'. Some of the stations are responsible for propaganda and talent recruitment as well.

    The United States must help China avoid Covid catastrophe. Here's how

    The challenge will be made harder by the arrival of the coronavirus's most infectious subvariant to date, XBB1.5. In the United States, which has high vaccination rates using highly protective vaccines, XBB1.5 accounts for nearly half of all Covid cases. If the U.S. experience is any indication, XBB1.5 could be devastating if it spreads widely in China.

    Child labour, caste-based discrimination, poverty closely interlinked in India: UN Special Rapporteur

    In Asia and the Pacific, the Middle East, the Americas and Europe, between 4 and 6 per cent of children are said to be in child labour, and the percentage is much higher in Africa (21.6 per cent), with the highest rate in sub-Saharan Africa (23.9 per cent). The report also notes that systematic discrimination has profound implications for the ability of affected individuals and communities to live a life of dignity and enjoy human rights on equal footing with others.

    View: Can Taliban tame ETIM, checkmate ISIS-K and ensure China’s security?

    ETIM’s move to align with the ISIS-Khorasan or the ISIS-K, a banned terror outfit which has accused the Taliban of abandoning jihad in favour of negotiated peace settlement in Afghanistan is a cause of deep concern.

    UNSC: China and Russia team up, abstain from voting on Afghanistan resolution

    Russia went a step further to highlight the “negative impact of evacuation of highly skilled, qualified Afghan personnel” on Afghanistan’s “socio-economic situation”.

    The Economic Times
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