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  • Emergence of Godfather Xi : A Discussion

    Gayatri and I had a straightforward no nonsense discussion on how Xi Jinping has matured absolute power. We also touched upon the implications for India. It was good to express myself in Hindi once again. 

  • A Broad Based Discussion on Pakistan

    Ms Gayatri Devi and I had a broad based discussion on Pakistan including the two faceted relations between USA and Pakistan and how to handle them. A confidant India should have the bandwidth to handle these ups and downs. The discussion is in Hindi.   

  • China’s ‘Century of Humiliation’ Never Ended by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)

    Published in The Print @ China’s ‘Century of humiliation’ never ended. It needs a Mandela or Gandhi now Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping and Xi Jinping—All of them have contributed to humiliating the Chinese people to keep CCP in power and achieve personal glory. LT GEN P R SHANKAR RETD 16 October, 2022 10:50 am IST The…

  • Xiconomic Fracture of The Chinese Dream by Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retd)

    Published in The Indian Express @ Not on the agenda of the 20th Party Congress in Beijing: How Xiconomics is wrecking the Chinese dream As Xi Jinping prepares to climb to greater heights of political power at the CCP congress, he and the party must contend with multiple geopolitical and economic issues, a shrinking population…

  • A Discussion on Xi Jinping With Aadi

    Aadi and I discuss Xi Jinping and where he is likely to take China  

  • Changing Equations Between China and USA : A Discussion on JAIPUR DIALOGUES.

    There is a lot of focus on the changing equations between, India , USA and China. Mr Sanjay Dixit and I discussed various hues of the changing transitions in the backdrop of permanent interests and  equations.   

  • Decoding 20th Party Congress : Discussion with C3S

    I was interviewed by Sapna Elsa Abraham of the Chennai Centre of China Studies to Decode the 20th Party congress. It is a straight and simple interview with no frills   

  • Prospects of Xi Jinping Third Term : A Discussion

    Brig Chatterjee and I discuss the prospects for India as Xi Jinping enters his third term.   

  • China Lives With ‘Zero Covid’ As The World Lives With Covid

      This is a fully plagiarised compilation. There is nothing original about it. I have only used my vivid imagination to string excerpts together from a large number of articles to put across the dismal view of the animal farm which China is becoming. Articles in People’s Daily,  the Chinese Communist Party’s mouthpiece have repeatedly stressed the importance of…

  • CHINA TANG PING :A DISCUSSION

    In the forthcoming week there will be lot of focus on the 20th Party congress. It is an important event from many perspectives and also a non event since the outcomes will not hold many surprises. However, there is also a social factor in the evolving dynamics of China. That barely gets noticed. The future…