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Padmaja Venkataraman Arunoday Mukharji
BBC Monitoring Reporting from Tamil Nadu
Chinese state media has been reporting on several aspects of India-China ties such as the border standoff, economic
rivalry between the two countries, and the perceived decline of India’s influence in South Asia. Sadananda Barakandaj, 35, owns a small business selling clothes. But during the Covid-19 pandemic, he lost more than $30,000 (about £26,500) and is still trying to make up his losses.
The official Xinhua News Agency released No matter who comes to power, he wants stronger economic policies to help small businessmen like him. Being the only breadwinner for a family of three is difficult, he says.
an explainer two days ago, quoting experts who claimed that the Indian government's "economic performance is not as bright as advertised". Mr Barakandaj grew up in the eastern state of West Bengal. But poverty forced him to migrate to Chennai in the south for work at the age of 16.
It also His story is similar to that of millions of migrant workers in India who travel from their home states to more prosperous ones to find work.
quoted some US analysts saying Mr Modi's campaign had a "Hindu The poorer among them were among the worst-affected during the pandemic. Many lost jobs and had to walk for hundreds of miles to get home as India imposed consecutive lockdowns to slow the spread of the virus.
nationalist" tone.
State media outlet The Global Times, meanwhile, highlighted Mr Modi’s remarks calling
for "urgently" addressing border tensions between India and China.
The newspaper claimed that Mr Modi made the comments after the
"intensification of China-India border tensions due to the US’s biased
stance and before the upcoming elections in India".
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