The Hindu Editorial (A productive visit) – Aug 23, 2025

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The Hindu Editorial (​​A productive visit) – Aug ​23, 2025:

1. productive (adjective) – positive, useful, constructive, beneficial, practical, helpful, effective, valuable.
2. ties (noun) – association, relationship, bond, connection.
3. seem (verb) – appear, look, sound.
4. put behind (phrasal verb) – forget, overcome, relegate, move past, consign to the past, abandon, disregard.
5. clash (noun) – conflict, confrontation, hostilities, fighting, skirmish.
6. readout (noun) – an official statement summing up the main points of a meeting/phone call between two leaders.
7. National Security Adviser (NSA) (noun) – the central co-ordinator and adviser to the prime minister/president and cabinet on security, intelligence, defence, and some foreign policy matters. They are based in the Cabinet Office and work across departments to bring together a coherent national security strategy that fits with the government’s priorities.
8. Special Representatives (noun) – top-level diplomats or officials.
9. talk (noun) – discussions, dialogue, negotiations, consultation, deliberation.
10. bilateral (adjective) – involving two groups or countries.
11. normalisation (noun) – the process of bringing something back to a normal condition.
12. standoff (noun) – deadlock, stalemate, impasse (in a dispute/conflict).
13. Line of Actual Control (LAC) (noun) – the de-facto (effective) border between India and China. The LAC is a 4,057-km border running through three areas-Western (Ladakh, Ladakh (Kashmir)), middle (Uttarakhand, Himachal), and eastern (Sikkim, Arunachal).
14. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) (noun) – The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a permanent intergovernmental international organisation, the creation of which was announced on 15 June 2001 in Shanghai (China). The SCO currently comprises eight Member States (China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan) and is seen as a counterweight to NATO (The North Atlantic Treaty Organization). It was established as a multilateral association to ensure security and maintain stability across the vast Eurasian region, join forces to counteract emerging challenges and threats, and enhance trade, as well as cultural and humanitarian cooperation.
15. resume (verb) – restart, start again, recommence, take up again, renew.
16. pilgrim (noun) – traveller, worshipper, devotee, visitor to a shrine
17. relax (verb) – ease, make less strict, lighten. 
18. lift (verb) – end, cancel, remove, revoke, stop, withdraw, terminate.
19. rare earth elements (REEs) (noun) – a group of 17 elements including 15 silvery-white metals called lanthanides, or lanthanoids, plus scandium and yttrium. They are used in a wide range of products including consumer electronics, electric vehicles (EVs), aircraft engines, medical equipment, oil refining, and military applications such as missiles and radar systems. China accounts for about 60% of global mine production and 90% of processed and permanent magnet output.
20. machinery (noun) – equipment, apparatus.
21. headway (noun) – advance, progress.
22. scrutiny (noun) – examination, inspection, investigation.
23. foreign direct investment (FDI) (noun) – Investment from one country into another (normally by companies rather than governments) that involves establishing operations or acquiring tangible assets, including stakes in other businesses.
24. expedite (verb) – speed up, hurry, quicken, accelerate, quicken.
25. resolution (noun) – solution, plan, decision.
26. build on (phrasal verb) – expand on, enlarge on, develop.
27. Agreement on the Political Parameters and Guiding Principles for the Settlement of India-China Boundary Question (noun) – It is an important diplomatic pact between India and China, signed on 11 April 2005 in Beijing. Its purpose was to create broad political guidelines to help negotiate and eventually settle the long-standing India–China boundary dispute.
28. ambassador (noun) – representative, spokesperson, envoy, emissary, consul, agent, diplomat, ambassador.
29. bully (verb) – frighten, threaten, scare, browbeat, unnerve, terrify, overawe, intimidate.
30. tariff (noun) – a tax imposed by one country on the goods and services imported from another country.
31. outcome (noun) – end result, consequence, aftermath, effect, development.
32. move ahead (phrasal verb) – advance, proceed, progress, continue, go forward, make headway, get ahead, or forge ahead
33. People’s Liberation Army (PLA) (noun) – People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is the armed forces of the country of China and the Communist Party of China (CPC). It is one of the largest military forces in the world.
34. transgression (noun) – infringement, contravention, breach, violation, overstepping.
35. standoff (noun) – deadlock, stalemate, impasse (in a dispute/conflict).
36. quiet (adjective) – silent.
37. long-standing (adjective) – enduring, lasting, persistent, prevailing, perennial, long-term, permanent.
38. shadow (verb) – overshadow, spoil, ruin, mar, dim.
39. extend (verb) – develop, expand, broaden.
40. Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) (noun) – The Belt and Road Initiative, formerly known as One Belt One Road or OBOR for short, is a global infrastructure development strategy adopted by the Chinese government in 2013 to invest in nearly 71 countries and international organizations. It is also referred to as “21st century silk road”. From South-east Asia to Eastern Europe and Africa, Belt and Road includes 71 countries that account for half the world’s population and a quarter of global GDP.
41. corridor (noun) – a strip/swathe of land linking two areas (particularly by a road).
42. Economic Corridor (noun) – Economic corridors connect economic agents along a defined geography and region. They are integrated networks of infrastructure within a geographical area designed to stimulate economic development. They may be developed within a country or between countries.
43. strategic (adjective) – relating to achieving long-term or overall goals.
44. counterpart (noun) – a person or thing that corresponds to or has the same function as another in a different place or situation; equivalent, match, peer
45. diplomatic (adjective) – tactful, sensitive, subtle, delicate; consular, foreign-policy.
46. come up (phrasal verb) – emerge, surface, crop up, come about.
47. ominous (adjective) – threatening, menacing, unfavourable, unpromising, gloomy.
48. overhang (noun) – a situation which is lingering, indecisive and it is also having (a negative effect).
49. contention (noun) – affirmation, assertion, claim, profession, declaration.
50. spur (verb) – encourage, urge, drive, impel, propel, induce.
51. reset (noun) – re-setting; re-establishment, re-starting, re-commencing, reboot.
52. perceived (adjective) – discernable, noticeable, recognizable; recognized, identified, distinguished, supposed, regarded, considered.

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