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DW
2 days ago
- Business
- DW
China's new J10-C jet fails to make European debut in Paris – DW – 06/19/2025
China's much-touted J-10C fighter jet never landed at the Paris Air Show, yet its absence is the talk of Le Bourget. Only scale models and unanswered questions on price, performance and support remain. The Paris Air Show, renowned as the world's premier aviation event, showcases every major deal, rivalry, and new aircraft. However, visitors were disappointed when China's highly anticipated J-10C fighter jet did not make its European debut, with only a model displayed instead. Despite its competitive price of around 43 million euros, significantly lower than Western counterparts like the Dassault Rafale and Lockheed Martin F-35, the J-10C's dependency on Chinese parts and systems raises concerns about supply chain reliability under potential sanctions. While Western powers are cautious, countries with closer ties to China, such as Indonesia, Cairo, and Bogotá, find the cost savings and long-term credit offers appealing. This video summary was created by AI from the original DW script. It was edited by a journalist before publication.
India Today
2 days ago
- Business
- India Today
Hope PM will finally agree to debate on China during Monsoon session: Congress
The Congress on Thursday said it has been calling for a detailed debate on China for the last five years and hopes that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will finally agree to such a discussion in the forthcoming Monsoon session of opposition party also said it is important to collectively work towards a national consensus on vital national security and economic challenges posed by China's emergence as the world's dominant manufacturing power and as the world's second-largest general secretary in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh said, "Today is the fifth anniversary of PM Modi's infamous clean chit to China, when he said 'Na koi hamari seema mein ghus aaya hai, na hi koi ghusa hua hai' only four days after 20 of our brave soldiers gave their lives for the nation in Galwan on 15 June 2020." "This sorry episode concluded with a withdrawal agreement on October 21, 2024, under which Indian patrols require Chinese concurrence to reach their patrolling points in Depsang, Demchok, and Chumar," he said in a post on X."Buffer zones" in Galwan, Hot Spring, and Pangong Tso lie predominantly within the Indian claim line and seemingly permanently prevent our troops from accessing points to which they had unrestricted access before April 2020, Ramesh is nowhere close to the status quo as demanded by our Armed Forces and represents a tremendous territorial setback to India" he further imports from China are booming - especially electronics, electric batteries, and solar cells, he pointed out important sectors like telecom, pharmaceuticals, and electronics are critically dependent on Chinese imports."The trade deficit with China has reached a record USD 99.2 billion in 2024-25. Meanwhile, exports to China are lower today than they were in 2013-14 despite a much weaker should in theory have made exports more competitive," he surrender to Chinese economic might is the result of the External Affairs Minister's similarly infamous statement when he said: "Look, they are the bigger economy. What am I going to do? As a smaller economy, am I going to pick up a fight with the bigger economy?" Ramesh Congress leader said it is now increasingly clear that China played a pivotally embedded role in Pakistan's military operations during Operation Sindoor."This support goes deeper than the supply of weapon systems such as the J-10C fighter and PL-15E air-to-air missile. It encompasses the domains of AI, multi-domain operations and stealth, with Pakistan likely to get up to 40 J-35 stealth fighters from China in the near future," Ramesh challenge of a single front encompassing our northern and western borders appears to be a reality today" he added."The Congress party has been calling for a detailed debate on China for the past five years. That has not happened. We hope that the Prime Minister will finally agree to such a discussion in the forthcoming session of Parliament," Ramesh is important to collectively work towards a national consensus on these vital national security and economic challenges posed by China's emergence as the world's dominant manufacturing power and as the world's second-largest economy - that may well overtake that of the USA in a decade, he Watch
India Gazette
2 days ago
- Business
- India Gazette
"Today is the fifth anniversary of PM Modi's infamous clean chit to China": Jairam Ramesh
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): Congress General Secretary in charge of Communications Jairam Ramesh on Thursday said the withdrawal agreement with China in 2024 resulted in a 'tremendous territorial setback to India' and slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'infamous clean chit to China.' He also called for a national consensus on the security and economic challenges posed by China. 'Today is the fifth anniversary of PM Modi's infamous clean chit to China, when he said 'Na koi hamari seema mein ghus aaya hai, na hi koi ghusa hua hai' (No one has entered our border, nor is anyone inside), only four days after 20 of our brave soldiers gave their lives for the nation in Galwan on 15 June 2020,' Ramesh said in a post on X. He said that this 'sorry episode' concluded with a withdrawal agreement on 21 October 2024 under which Indian patrols require Chinese concurrence to reach their patrolling points in Depsang, Demchok, and Chumar. ''Buffer zones in Galwan, Hot Spring, and Pangong Tso lie predominantly within the Indian claim line and seemingly permanently prevent our troops from accessing points to which they had unrestricted access before April 2020. This is nowhere close to the status quo as demanded by our Armed Forces and represents a tremendous territorial setback to India,' he said. The Congress leader pointed out that imports from China are booming, especially electronics, electric batteries, and solar cells. Important sectors like telecom, pharmaceuticals, and electronics are critically dependent on Chinese imports, he said. 'The trade deficit with China has reached a record $99.2 billion in 2024-25. Meanwhile, exports to China are lower today than they were in 2013-14 despite a much weaker rupee, which should, in theory, have made exports more competitive. This surrender to Chinese economic might is the result of the External Affairs Minister's similarly infamous statement when he said: 'Look, they are the bigger economy. What am I going to do? As a smaller economy, am I going to pick up a fight with the bigger economy?' he said. He said that it is now increasingly clear that China played a pivotally embedded role in Pakistan's military operations during Operation Sindoor. This support went deeper than the supply of weapon systems such as the J-10C fighter and PL-15E air-to-air missile. 'It encompasses the domains of AI, multi-domain operations and stealth, with Pakistan likely to get up to 40 J-35 stealth fighters from China in the near future. The challenge of a single front encompassing our northern and western borders appears to be a reality today,' he said. He said that the Congress had been calling for a detailed debate on China for the past five years. 'That has not happened. We hope that the Prime Minister will finally agree to such a discussion in the forthcoming Parliament session. It is important to collectively work towards a national consensus on these vital national security and economic challenges posed by China's emergence as the world's dominant manufacturing power and as the world's second-largest economy, which may well overtake that of the USA in a decade,' he said. (ANI)
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Business Standard
2 days ago
- Business
- Business Standard
Hope PM will agree to debate on China during Monsoon Session: Congress
Ramesh pointed out important sectors like telecom, pharmaceuticals, and electronics are critically dependent on Chinese imports Press Trust of India New Delhi The Congress on Thursday said it has been calling for a detailed debate on China for the last five years and hopes that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will finally agree to such a discussion in the forthcoming Monsoon session of Parliament. The opposition party also said it is important to collectively work towards a national consensus on vital national security and economic challenges posed by China's emergence as the world's dominant manufacturing power and as the world's second-largest economy. Congress general secretary in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh said, "Today is the fifth anniversary of PM Modi's infamous clean chit to China, when he said 'Na koi hamari seema mein ghus aaya hai, na hi koi ghusa hua hai' only four days after 20 of our brave soldiers gave their lives for the nation in Galwan on 15 June, 2020." This sorry episode concluded with a withdrawal agreement on October 21, 2024, under which Indian patrols require Chinese concurrence to reach their patrolling points in Depsang, Demchok, and Chumar, he said in a post on X. "Buffer zones" in Galwan, Hot Spring, and Pangong Tso lie predominantly within the Indian claim line and seemingly permanently prevent our troops from accessing points to which they had unrestricted access before April 2020, Ramesh claimed. This is nowhere close to the status quo as demanded by our Armed Forces and represents a tremendous territorial setback to India, he further claimed. Meanwhile, imports from China are booming - especially electronics, electric batteries, and solar cells, he said. Ramesh pointed out important sectors like telecom, pharmaceuticals, and electronics are critically dependent on Chinese imports. "The trade deficit with China has reached a record USD 99.2 billion in 2024-25. Meanwhile, exports to China are lower today than they were in 2013-14 despite a much weaker rupee, that should in theory have made exports more competitive," he said. "This surrender to Chinese economic might is the result of the External Affairs Minister's similarly infamous statement when he said: 'Look, they are the bigger economy. What am I going to do? As a smaller economy, am I going to pick up a fight with the bigger economy?" Ramesh said. The Congress leader said it is now increasingly clear that China played a pivotally embedded role in Pakistan's military operations during Operation Sindoor. "This support goes deeper than the supply of weapon systems such as the J-10C fighter and PL-15E air-to-air missile. It encompasses the domains of AI, multi-domain operations and stealth, with Pakistan likely to get up to 40 J-35 stealth fighters from China in the near future," Ramesh said. The challenge of a single front encompassing our northern and western borders appears to be a reality today, he added. "The Congress party has been calling for a detailed debate on China for the past five years. That has not happened. We hope that the Prime Minister will finally agree to such a discussion in the forthcoming session of Parliament," Ramesh said. It is important to collectively work towards a national consensus on these vital national security and economic challenges posed by China's emergence as the world's dominant manufacturing power and as the world's second largest economy - that may well overtake that of the USA in a decade, he said. (Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
Hindustan Times
3 days ago
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Allies eye India data on Chinese weapons
As India's armed forces continue sifting through and analysing the information gathered during last month's clashes with Pakistan, there is growing interest among New Delhi's strategic partners in gaining access to electronic and digital signatures of Chinese-origin weaponry scooped up by Indian air defence systems. The air forces of India and Pakistan were involved in several engagements between May 7, when New Delhi launched Operation Sindoor to target terrorist infrastructure in retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack, and May 10, when the two sides reached an understanding on halting military actions. Experts have characterised these as the most intense air-to-air combat engagements in recent times. People familiar with the matter said on condition of anonymity that Indian air defence systems and radars gathered considerable information on Chinese-origin equipment, particularly the J-10C and JF-17 combat jets, PL-15 active radar-guided beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile and HQ-9 long-range surface-to-air missile. This was the first known use in combat for most of this equipment, they said. China, which hasn't fought a war in more than four decades, has emerged as Pakistan's main supplier of military hardware, accounting for 81% of weapons imported by Islamabad, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). According to experts, the clashes were the first test for China's military exports such as the J-10C jets and PL-15 missiles. 'All the information gathered by the Indian side would be of great relevance to many countries in the Indo-Pacific, which encounter Chinese aircraft and weaponry in regions such as the South and East China Sea and are preparing for possible hostilities involving such weapon systems,' said a diplomat from an Asian nation engaged in a maritime dispute with China, declining to be named. A defence official from an European nation acknowledged that France, in particular, would be keen to get an insight into the electronic and digital signatures of Chinese-origin weaponry gathered by India's air defence systems, especially in the context of numerous reports about the shooting down of a Rafale combat jet. 'The parameters of weapons systems can be reconfigured for export versions but if one has access to basic information on the Chinese-origin equipment such as electronic signatures, a country's defensive equipment can be set up better to counter such threats,' the defence official. 'In that sense, all this information on equipment that hasn't been used in combat before would be invaluable.' Indian officials declined to comment on the matter. It also could not be immediately ascertained whether any of India's strategic partners have made formal requests for access to information on Chinese-origin equipment. Chris Clary, an associate professor of political science at the University at Albany, State University of New York, who closely tracks security matters related to India and Pakistan, pointed to the importance of electronic and digital signatures in developing counter-measures. 'Comprehensive and up-to-date threat libraries are crucial for electronic warfare to defeat adversary threats. In addition to recovering physical debris in the May clashes, which will be of intense interest, India scooped up emissions data during its operations against Pakistan,' Clary said. 'This will give India some opportunities to barter with its strategic partners.' In addition to jointly developing the JF-17 combat jet, China and Pakistan have conducted increasingly sophisticated joint exercises. Reports have suggested that the Chinese side rushed emergency supplies to Pakistan during the clashes and backed it with intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR). Indian officials have said a few hi-tech fighter jets of the Pakistan Air Force were shot down during Operation Sindoor and the Indian Air Force has been poring over technical details to establish hits. 'We don't have the wreckage as their (PAF) planes were prevented from entering our airspace. But we have downed a few planes,' Air Marshal AK Bharti, director general air operations, said last month. Chief of defence staff General Anil Chauhan said during the recent Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore that India lost fighter jets on the opening day of the military confrontation with Pakistan due to tactical mistakes, which were swiftly rectified before the IAF returned in big numbers and carried out precision strikes deep inside the neighbouring country by punching through its air defences. Clary also noted that Pakistan has debris of S-400 interceptors, BrahMos and SCALP EG missiles and Harop drones that will be of interest to that country's partners, including China.
