Category: CHINESE REALITY ANALYSIS
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China’s Food (In)Security
This session on China’s food insecurity was educative and gave deep insights into the actual issues regarding China’s food security. It explains why China remains insecure despite having achieved food sufficiency in basic grains. Very enlightening talk by Mr Balasubramaniam based on his research. Questions were very good and tough. In fact slowly, the QnA…
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Gray Rhino and Black Swan Season In China
China is facing multiple gray rhino and black swan events as per the view of many Chinese. The economic indicators seeping out of China portend these gray rhino events. If that be so can a black swan be far away? Climate Change is hitting China hard and Is going to upend it in a big…
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All About the Chinese Marathon, Grey Rhinos and the Heist by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
As per Zhou Xin’s opinion in SCMP, three Grey Rhinos–demographic crisis, debt and decoupling are growing steadily and threatening economic growth in China. By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R) Published in The Financial Express @ https://www.financialexpress.com/business/defence-all-about-the-chinese-marathon-grey-rhinos-and-the-heist-3110186/ China is running the “Hundred Year Marathon” with a “Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower”. That’s what Michael Pillsbury tells us…
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SINO INDIAN NUCLEAR DYNAMICS
The discussion with Lt Gen P R Kumar (R) on Sino Indian Nuclear Dynamics highlighted the expansion of the Chinese nuclear arsenal in its entirety. There is no doubt left in the scope of the expansion and its impact on India. The issue which we discussed in some detail is the need for India to…
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The Self-containment of China By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
A rising China had begun shaping the twenty-first century, much as the U.S. shaped the twentieth century. As Xi Jinping consolidated power, he started speaking of “great changes unseen in a century” and “revenge on the century of humiliation”. Published in The Financial Express @ https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/the-self-containment-of-china/3098468/ Why is China talking of “four fronts” these days?…
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The Chinese Bicycle With A Triangular Wheel
I am doing this peek into China episode after a long time. The Chinese Bicycle is running on a triangular wheel these days. That is what I have highlighted in this episode. Some more myths about China are cleared in this episode.
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Countering Chinese Narratives
The 12th episode of the China Challenge was about countering Chinese Narratives. Dr Sriparna Pathak outlined the way Chinese go about building narratives and having their way in a very eloquent manner. This video very clearly highlights that the Chinese have a false narrative for everything they do and, deconstructing it is important to deal…
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The Chinese Economy
The tenth episode of the China Challenge was about the Chinese Economy. This is a 360 degree view of the Chinese economy covering its political, structural, demographic, climate, debt and military economy. One thing which comes across very clearly is that the Chinese economy will stagnate for some time before declining.
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China’s Influence Operations
The sixth episode of the China Challenge series with Mr N C Bipindra was revealing. The extent of influence operations being carried out by China is astonishing to say the least. The examples quoted in this dialogue are actually chilling. Influence operations are not a faraway phenomenon but are at your doorstep and in many…
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INTERNAL POLITICS OF CHINA
The fifth episode of the China Challenge featured internal politics of China. Namrata Hasija put across the happenings in the internal politics of China in a clear and concise manner. Often one feels that the internal goings on in China are opaque. However things are not so opaque as one thinks they are. An understanding…
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