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India-China border conflict has had a direct impact on trade. Recently, India identified several Chinese companies including Alibaba, Tencent, Huawei, Xindia Steels Ltd. which it considers are linked with the Chinese army and now may face action by the Indian government.

Russia-China-Iran Axis: The $400 billion pact has generated both anxiety and interest in Iran, with critics of Hassan Rouhani’s government terming it a “secretive” agreement. However, Rouhani and his Cabinet colleagues have strongly come out in its defence.

Since 1993, India and China have signed five comprehensive agreements to maintain peace at the LAC. “These agreements didn’t really anticipate in which way the border would change in the following 25-30 years.

China and India were recently engaged in a bitter border conflict in Galwan Valley, near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh. To India’s astonishment, Beijing has reportedly claimed the entire Galwan Valley, which even exceeds the Chinese territorial claims of 1962.

The British government on Tuesday was urged to “take strong action” against China over the "ethnic cleansing of Uighur Muslims,” in a missive by...