#India-China

[impriindia]

Navigating the New Norm: China's Assertiveness and India's Response Reshaping Asian Geopolitics

Harsh V Pant & Kalpit Mankikar On India’s part, it has stood up to the China challenge on several fronts. At the 2024 iteration of Raisina Dialogue, Asia’s premier conference on geopolitics, China featured prominently in the discussions, given that there has been a tense standoff at the border between the Indian and Chinese armies for nearly four years. The clashes between the two armies in…

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#Foreign Affairs #Geopolitical #india-china #Security Council

[daily-current-affairs]

China passes new land border law

India-China Dispute: चीन की नेशनल पीपुल्स कांग्रेस के स्थाई सदस्यों की तरफ से नया भूमि सीमा कानून पास किया गया है. भारत के साथ वास्तविक नियंत्रण रेखा (एलएसी) पर चल रही तनातनी के बीच चीन ने नई चाल चली है. इस कानून के अंतर्गत चीन सीमावर्ती इलाकों में अपनी दखल बढ़ाने जा रहा है. वे इन इलाकों में आम नागरिकों को बसाने की तैयारी कर रहा है, जिससे किसी भी अन्य देश के लिए इन इलाकों में सैन्य कार्रवाई और भी…

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#China new #India-China #India-China border dispute #India-China dispute #India-China News in hindi

[reasonsforhope]

The World's Forests Are Doing Much Better Than We Think

You might be surprised to discover... that many of the world’s woodlands are in a surprisingly good condition. The destruction of tropical forests gets so much (justified) attention that we’re at risk of missing how much progress we’re making in cooler climates.

That’s a mistake. The slow recovery of temperate and polar forests won’t be enough to offset global warming, without radical reductions in carbon emissions. Even so, it’s evidence that we’re capable of reversing the damage from the oldest form of human-induced climate change — and can do the same again.

Take England. Forest coverage now is greater than at any time since the Black Death nearly 700 years ago, with some 1.33 million hectares of the country covered in woodlands. The UK as a whole has nearly three times as much forest as it did at the start of the 20th century.

That’s not by a long way the most impressive performance. China’s forests have increased by about 607,000 square kilometers since 1992, a region the size of Ukraine. The European Union has added an area equivalent to Cambodia to its woodlands, while the US and India have together planted forests that would cover Bangladesh in an unbroken canopy of leaves.

Logging in the tropics means that the world as a whole is still losing trees. Brazil alone removed enough woodland since 1992 to counteract all the growth in China, the EU and US put together. Even so, the planet’s forests as a whole may no longer be contributing to the warming of the planet. On net, they probably sucked about 200 million metric tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere each year between 2011 and 2020, according to a 2021 study. The CO2 taken up by trees narrowly exceeded the amount released by deforestation. That’s a drop in the ocean next to the 53.8 billion tons of greenhouse gases emitted in 2022 — but it’s a sign that not every climate indicator is pointing toward doom...

More than a quarter of Japan is covered with planted forests that in many cases are so old they’re barely recognized as such. Forest cover reached its lowest extent during World War II, when trees were felled by the million to provide fuel for a resource-poor nation’s war machine. Akita prefecture in the north of Honshu island was so denuded in the early 19th century that it needed to import firewood. These days, its lush woodlands are a major draw for tourists.

It’s a similar picture in Scandinavia and Central Europe, where the spread of forests onto unproductive agricultural land, combined with the decline of wood-based industries and better management of remaining stands, has resulted in extensive regrowth since the mid-20th century. Forests cover about 15% of Denmark, compared to 2% to 3% at the start of the 19th century.

Even tropical deforestation has slowed drastically since the 1990s, possibly because the rise of plantation timber is cutting the need to clear primary forests. Still, political incentives to turn a blind eye to logging, combined with historically high prices for products grown and mined on cleared tropical woodlands such as soybeans, palm oil and nickel, mean that recent gains are fragile.

There’s no cause for complacency in any of this. The carbon benefits from forests aren’t sufficient to offset more than a sliver of our greenhouse pollution. The idea that they’ll be sufficient to cancel out gross emissions and get the world to net zero by the middle of this century depends on extraordinarily optimistic assumptions on both sides of the equation.

Still, we should celebrate our success in slowing a pattern of human deforestation that’s been going on for nearly 100,000 years. Nothing about the damage we do to our planet is inevitable. With effort, it may even be reversible.

-via Bloomburg, January 28, 2024

#deforestation #forest #woodland #tropical rainforest #trees #trees and forests #united states #china #india #denmark #eu #european union #uk #england #climate change #sustainability #logging #environment #ecology #conservation #ecosystem #greenhouse gasses #carbon emissions #climate crisis #climate action #good news #hope

[chinablogger-blog]

Indian Government Bans Chinese-linked Betting and Loan Apps

The Indian government has taken a major step to ban 230 apps, which include 138 betting and gambling apps, and 94 lending apps. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeiTY) is in the process of implementing the ban immediately, acting upon the recommendation from the Ministry of Home Affairs.

According to a government source, these apps were maintained by foreign entities and include Chinese entities. Almost all of Chinese entities are controlled by the Chinese communist party, and the party would have access to user data through these apps.

The apps could collect users’ location data, browsing data, contact information and enable developing profiles for espionage purposes. They could also collect sensitive national security information from government employees. These apps, would therefore, pose a national security threat.

The apps could use user data to influence people by promoting some content, while censoring other information. Section 69 of IT Law allows government to ban such apps that pose national security threats.

The lending apps were operating with a lack of transparency and customers were taking out huge loans without realizing the proper terms and conditions. These apps charged high interest rates up to 3000 percent. When customers were unable to repay, the representatives would resort to harassment, which include threats to release their morphed photos.

A series of suicide incidents of people who have lost money in betting, or taken huge loans occurred in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The state governments have reported the cases and urged the central government to take action on the apps. On investigating, it was found that there were 288 such apps, with 94 of them on the app store, while others were available through third-party links.

In the past, the Indian government banned many Chinese apps including TikTok, PUBZ, Xender, Shien, Garena Free Fire, Canscanner etc. that gather users’ sensitive data, and are detrimental to the country’s sovereignty and integrity.

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#india #china #india-china #china apps #chinese apps #tiktok #ban chinese apps #indian government

[bharatlivenewsmedia]

India-China Conflict : तवांग चकमकीचे संसदेत पडसाद; सोनिया गांधींच्या नेतृत्वात विरोधकांचा सभात्याग

India-China Conflict : तवांग चकमकीचे संसदेत पडसाद; सोनिया गांधींच्या नेतृत्वात विरोधकांचा सभात्याग

India-China Conflict : तवांग चकमकीचे संसदेत पडसाद; सोनिया गांधींच्या नेतृत्वात विरोधकांचा सभात्याग India china clash : भारत व चीन सैनिकांदरम्यान तवांग येथे झालेल्या चकमकीचे पडसाद संसदेत उमटले. विरोधकांनी सभागृहातून वॉकआऊट करत सरकारचा निषेध नोंदवला. India china clash : भारत व चीन सैनिकांदरम्यान तवांग येथे झालेल्या चकमकीचे पडसाद संसदेत उमटले. विरोधकांनी सभागृहातून वॉकआऊट करत सरकारचा निषेध…

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#|संसदेत #conflict: #india-china #अपडेट न्यूज #आजची बातमी #आताची बातमी #ऑनलाईन बातम्या #गांधींच्या #चकमकीचे #ठळक बातम्या #तवांग #ताज्या घडामोडी #नेतृत्वात #न्यूज फ्लॅश #पडसाद #बातम्या #भारत लाईव्ह न्यूज मीडिया #मराठी बातम्या #मराठी समाचार #महाराष्ट्र #लेटेस्ट बातमी #विरोधकांचा #सभात्याग #​सोनिया

[markulyseas]

China and the Quest for Influence in the International Order, Guest editorial by Dr Namrata Goswami.

#india-china #communist party of china #liveencounters

[macleod]

NASA Says Earth Is Greener Today Than 20 Years Ago Thanks To China, India

In contrast to the perception of China and India's willingness to overexploit land, water and resources for economic gain, the countries are responsible for the largest greening of the planet in the past two decades. The two most populous countries have implemented ambitious tree planting programs and scaled up their implementation and technology around agriculture.

India continues to break world records in tree planting, with 800,000 Indians planting 50 million trees in just 24 hours.

The recent finding by NASA and published in the journal Nature Sustainability, compared satellite data from the mid-1990s to today using high-resolution imagery.

Source: Forbes (September 5th, 2022, February 28th, 2019) - Tweet

#ecology #environmentalism #green #science #climate change #world #mine #research #NASA #China #India

[pinkflipphonez]

I'd like to think that we ruled the world for a short moment in time.

femslash february day 1: POWER

#hetalia #indchu #nyo india #nyo china #femtalia24 #yes I am ONE WEEK LATE to DAY 1 of femtalia #I’m so embarrassed I am never promising anything again I am a fool I'm so sorry #but indchu…. god they’re amazing…. literally crying as I go thru their history #the real Silk Road pair don’t @ me #kikidoodlez

[queerism1969]

#lgbtq #lgbtq community #lgbt pride #lesbian #sapphic #nonbinary #lgbtqia #queer #nonbinary lesbian #gay girls #bangladesh #india #pakistan #south asia #myanmar #china #gay pride #pride and prejudice #bi pride #pride flag #pride month #pride #pride month 2023 #pride 2023

[mapsontheweb]

All the countries that once accounted for over 1/3 of the world economy.

#maps #us #uk #india #china

[peonycats]

MISC ART DUMP 6

bit of a short one but I'm quite proud of these pieces and wanted to get this out here! oh my god the tags

from left to right, top to bottom

India, China (The prompt for this was wedding themed indchu 🥺🥺I still adore how this one looks I love it so much)

Zanzibar (Haven't drawn her in forever and wanted to make some art of her for her new pfp!)

Malaysia, Kenya, Uganda, Botswana, Cuba, Philippines, Indonesia, India, Ecuador, Turkey, Cameroon, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Singapore, Vietnam, Egypt (Oh my god I ran out of tags while tagging all the characters- this piece has been split into two bc i think it looks nicer!)

Yemen (An experimental piece! I wanted to practice more backgrounds and full bodies and i'm so pleasantly surprised with how it turned out!)

transparent version of yemen below read more if anyone wants it 😺😺

#hetalia #historically inaccurate hair is historically inaccurate #hws yemen #hws india #hws china #aph india #aph china #hws zanzibar #indchu #hws malaysia #aph malaysia #hws kenya #aph kenya #hws uganda #aph uganda #hws botswana #aph botswana #hws cuba #aph cuba #hws indonesia #aph indonesia #hws philippines #aph philippines #indophil #aph ecuador #hws ecuador #hws turkey #aph turkey #hws egypt #aph egypt

[asdfghjkl-png]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE WATCH THIS!!! ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE ASIAN OR YOUR COUNTRY HAS BEEN COLONIZED!!!!

#asian #korea #philippines #singapore #china #japan #indonesia #malaysia #thailand #asia #india #nepal #palestine #free palestine #colonization

[captain-price-unofficially]

A lone B-25H Mitchell from the 12th Bomb Group over Burma in 1944.

#wwii #aviation #burma campaign #china-india-birma theater

[cookieshower]

template

#hws seychelles #aph italy #hws indonesia #hws philippines #hws monaco #hws portugal #hws cameroon #hws india #hws australia #aph china #hws spain #i like monacos old man personality lol #context 4 piri is lapu lapu #convenience store!toni abt to end his shift but a customer walks in<3 #hetalia #drawing #nyotalia

[mseirtaku]

A cardverse AU I've done sketches for quite a while ago~ Mainly focused on each royal family!

#hetalia #hetalia cardverse #hws ancient egypt #hws egypt #hws turkey #hws china #hws india #hws taiwan #hws vietnam #hws south korea #hws singapore #hws greece #hws ancient greece #hws rome #hws germany #hws germania

[bharatlivenewsmedia]

Rajnath Singh, India-China Clash in Tawang: चिनी अतिक्रमणाचा डाव भारतीय जवानांनी उधळून लावला, एकाचाही मृत्यू नाही!

Rajnath Singh, India-China Clash in Tawang: चिनी अतिक्रमणाचा डाव भारतीय जवानांनी उधळून लावला, एकाचाही मृत्यू नाही!

Rajnath Singh, India-China Clash in Tawang: चिनी अतिक्रमणाचा डाव भारतीय जवानांनी उधळून लावला, एकाचाही मृत्यू नाही! संरक्षण मंत्री राजनाथ सिंहांनी लोकसभेत दिलं उत्तर Go to Source

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#clash: #india-china #rajnath #singh: #tawang: #अतिक्रमणाचा #उधळून #एकाचाही #चिनी #जवानांनी #डाव #नाही #बातम्या #भारतीय #मृत्यू #लावला