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China sends two drones in one week around Taiwan but calls US the ‘empire of hacking’ and China is overcoming security fears to connect with Taliban. It will keep LAC dispute alive

大家好！Hello!

Here are links to my article from this week:

1. China sends two drones in one week around Taiwan but calls the US the ‘empire of hacking’. Link

2. China is overcoming security fears to connect with Taliban. It will keep LAC dispute alive. Link

I was quoted in stories by SCMP and BBC, among others, about the Hao Ge Ge videos shared by China’s Ministry of Public Security, which mock Bollywood tunes, including the legendary hit song ‘Tunak Tunak’ by Daler Mehndi.

Link to the BBC story: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-65541628

What was the controversy about?

Read my thread on Twitter to get the backstory of the controversy which made China’s Ministry of Public Security delete a Weibo post:

https://twitter.com/aadilbrar/status/1655455701529948160?s=20

Yours,

Aadil