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ah. irish energy, welcome to d. w. news asia gadget could join us. chinese foreign minister, one ye has made a surprise visit to india 2 years after a deadly clash between troops from both countries on their disputed border. one you met in foreign minister s j shanker, a national security advisor due to double the visit, comes in the backdrop of a slump in bilateral relations. a slump caused by debbie clash between troops of both nations in may 2020 india. he was china of breaking border agreements and intruding into india as claimed territory in the northern lubbock region. soldiers remain deployed along the border and attempts to disengage, haven't yet been successful. here's a quick recap of events. a remote mountain region where super powers

have faced off for decades. the yellow line marks the boundary around 3500 kilometers long between india and china, known as the line of actual control or l a. c. it's not a hard border. the 2 countries have never agreed on where it should lie. tension spiked in may 2020. both sides assembled troops in the area, amid reports that chinese soldiers had set up camps on territory claimed by india. china ordered its military to prepare for quote, worst case scenarios. a month later, the 2 sides clashed in the gall one valley. 20 indian soldiers were killed. china confirmed for dead. a number that's been disputed. india prime minister responded aggressively popped up some india once piece leg in. but if

provoked, we are capable of giving an appropriate response. harder holiday yet told the being said it was defending its territorial integrity at the losing indian troops of crossing the border and provoking chinese soldiers. since the gall, one incident, chinese and indian officials had met for several rounds of talks aimed to de escalate tensions. in february 2021, they agreed to a coordinated pullback. the indian military released footage of chinese soldiers emptying out camps near the disputed border and said it was conducting similar actions. both sides claim the other is building up defensive positions to fortify their territorial claims. as mistrust continues between the nuclear armed rival and john and jennifer moore is job in te jacob who is one of indian foremost china

analysts and an associate professor at the shoe. another university near the capital tele, mr. jacob, can i just begin by asking you're actually basic question, why did one you visit india now? well, i think a couple of reasons. one, what was reported in the news 1st was that he was in down to invite privacy of the to the brick summit in china at the end of the year. but i think from reports that are coming out again just a few hours ago. mr. young he also met with the a and the dogs on the boundary issue. so at least we know that these 2 issues one discussed so. busy given the state of affairs on the line of action control, the dispute boundary between india,

china naturally doubled the agenda for the indian speaker, barbara gender, foreign minister, junker. linked to the improvement in bilateral relations to an improvement in the situation on that border that you were talking about. do you think one use visit will help in that direction? i'm afraid i don't believe that's likely to be the case. the chinese are given no indication for 2 years that they're actually interested in a quick solution to the problem that we are yet to understand what it is that. busy cause the chinese to engage in these transgressions in the 1st place that i need violated the bilateral agreements international law for with their transgressions in the summer of 2020. so we've had 15 rounds of military commodity docs in the meantime, and progress as the indian fundamental just mention as being less than

desirable. i mean at the faith that is less than that and i don't see that changing anything. so this is what really is a bit to the chinese motivation here. do not want an improvement and tories with oh, i'm afraid the evidence points to that direction. the chinese are currently at a stage where a sense of exceptional is a huge degree of hyper nationalism drives, domestic politics, and this very black and white. i logical conflict with the liberal democratic order that the communist party of china seas are. and this conflict in is in a way good for the existence of continued a continuance of in our to, i mean this body of china because it simplifies things for the domestic audience.

it gives the c p c the opportunity to say, look, the world outside is a bad place. we are in conflict with the world outside and the c p. c. 's best place to take care of china's interest. and as long as that is the dominant narrative at home, a conflicts with united states with other democracies like india, a will be seen as part of the course. her job give us a sense of, of thinking in the mirror that have been abused. 15 rounds of military dialogue with the attorneys are with no tangible result. i mean, troops are still in a face off on the border areas, or does india need to accept the possibility that china will not vacate claimed indian territory? were chinese troops currently or? i think i india does a least the smart mines within the government system to realize that the chinese are very unlikely to. busy walk away from the idea that developed by in

2021. but the narrative on this side on the indian side is that look a we've had situations like this before. for example, in the late 19 eighties. there was a piece of territory in our right to put it at the chinese that occupied and it was about. busy 8 years to finally negotiate any withdrawal from this area. so the indians, currently, i think labeled under the impression that this is likely to be the case also in this instance. but i'm afraid that is not going to be the case. i'm in the china of 1980 is not the china of today to be that any. there are a lot more well economic world and she might as well as narrative that cause it's the sort of context as essential for. busy china's what the chinese from this point because it's national rejuvenation. so i think we're in

a very different sort of situation here. and the indian government makes a mistake if it assumes that it can get the chinese to vacate only by talks broad will have to move a bird for the time being referred to so much for joining us to their job. in 2 trip a quick look now at some other news developments around asia. australia new zealand had voiced concerns of the growing corporation between china and the solomon islands, australia prime minister scott morrison said the news reflects the pressure on the region exerted by interest is not aligned with australia as the pacific island nation confirmed. it will partner with china and security issues and investment. north korea has released a slick propaganda video showing the launch of a new messiah supervised by leader kim jong ern state media said thursday's test of the new icbm and shows that north korea is ready for quote, longstanding confrontation with the united states. it fell into the sea of the

coast of japan, and pakistan's parliament has delayed no confidence vote and prime minister in brown con, that was supposed to be table today. it's now to be introduced on monday with 7 days of debate before any vote. the political opposition is crying foul with our next stories, one of colorful handicrafts, interwoven with digital marketing and generational cooperation, 80 d. s. capital daily sheila, the judge needs so many things for her granddaughter that they didn't know what to do with them. so the granddaughter had an idea sell the nit where online, and so a starter was born stitch by stitch. aah! 78 year old sheila by judge has always loved to knit, but she has never earned money with her knitted goods, at least not until her granddaughter came up with the idea of selling the items on

instagram. and now sheila but judge is receiving orders from all over the world gave wouldn't. now my customers love and appreciate me, i'm really not too concerned about the money. i'm more interested in the love and respect that i receive. and right now i'm getting a lot of that medical stuff which mitigate her instagram page caught kraft handed, has nearly 36000 followers. her granddaughter yaktel makes short videos of her several times a week. sheila is pleased with the positive comments that she receives on instagram, even though she herself doesn't really use a cell phone or social media. and somebody will like granddaughter tries to explain to me what's happening there, but i don't really understand how instagram works in that. i do what she tells me, but mostly i knit that highly. then my granddaughter takes care of the rest of the yuki. but josh has a special relationship with her grandmother. her parents were killed in a car accident when yuki was young,

so her grandmother raised her in recent years yoked. he noticed that her grandmother seemed bored and unhappy in her daily life. bob, they're successful, joint knitting project has changed all that. i happiness. she feels so happy independent. oh, face is always blowing. she's always smiling. even if feel, you know, wake up at 11 in the night and she will still be re happy. the 2 can hardly keep up with demand. they receive 10 times more requests than they can handle sheila nits for 7 to 8 hours each day to fulfill the rush of orders. and she doesn't want to miss a single 2nd of it on gallia yet i'd say to everyone, aha, never lose your patience. yeah, never believe that you cannot do us. i think good of your health allows it then don't let anything stump you up. the do something mentally challenging and above all they have fun of the muggy dungeon every couple of dangling. the dual wants to let others join in the fun. many more grandmothers will soon take part in their

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chelsea delaney in berlin and the u. s. has agreed to rapidly boost shipments of liquefied natural gas or ellen g to europe this year. as part of efforts to wean the continent off russian fuel, the announcement came during president jo biden's visit to brussels for a host of meetings on russia. the americans will offer an additional 15000000000 cubic meters of l. n. g by year's end. last year they ship 22000000 cubic meters to europe. the u hopes to replace 2 thirds of russian gas and ports by year's end. germany is also racing to reduce its reliance on russian fossil fuels. the government reporting today, it's made progress over the last month. the economy minister now says the country will be able to have it. oil imports from russia by summer. it expects to end to coal in it's co purchases altogether by the fall and by years and it will import.