Quick notes: Competing over Nepal, Ancestry testing...
- Nepal uses India-China rivalry to fund its railway network: Delhi is funding the reconstruction of the Janakpur line that will allow it to connect to the rest of the subcontinent's expansive rail network. Beijing pledged USD 8.3 billion to build roads and hydropower plants in Nepal, dwarfing India's commitments of USD 317 million. Feasibility studies are also underway for a Beijing- backed railway connecting Kathmandu to Lhasa in Tibet, cutting straight through the Himalayas at an estimated cost of $8 billion.
- China refuses to share hydrological data:
China has also blocked a tributary of the Brahmaputra river in Tibet as
part of the construction of its hydro project, which is causing concern
in India.
- Leaking data: Government asks 21 smartphone makers, most of them Chinese, to share security information.
- Defense tech: China's making major progress with its aircraft carrier tech
- Racial purity: White supremacists have stumbled into a huge issue -- Genetic Ancestry Testing
- Violation of anti-smoking laws: Govt threatens Philip Morris with ‘punitive action
- Winning the meeting:
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