Category: GENERAL TOPICS
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How Will The Trade War End For China?
Had a very useful discussion with Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan on how the trade war will end for China. It is now clear that the focus of Trump’s trade war is China. However beyond that, USA is making moves to reassert global dominance. It has two broad aims – curtailing Chinese influence and stopping radical…
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India’s Opprtunity
The trade war presents an opportunity for India, What are these opportunities? How do we go about maximising them? Mr Sree Iyer and I had a discussion on how India can go about doing its business in these uncertain times. In all cases we must never forget- India’s interests are supreme.
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What’s Wrong With Xi ?
There are many rumours floating around about Xi Jinping’s health. In this connection Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan (R), Mr Sanjay Dixit and I had an interesting conversation on what will happen to China, global impact, India’s opportunities et al.
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Assessment of China’s Defence & Aerospace Capability
Recently China’s rocket exploded prematurely and took off from its launch site. Such failures are too many in China. When such failures and accidents are linked with the substandard quality of their military equipment sold to other countries it emerges that there is reason to rethink of China’s capabilities. When these happenings are further linked…
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Living and Fighting in High Altitudes
Sometime back I saw in ‘X’ a report that PLA will most likely resort to firepower than physical attacks in High Altitudes since their soldiers are attached to oxygen bottles in High Altitudes. It indicates a basic deficiency in PLA. It is sort of emerging that their soldiers will struggle in high altitudes. People need…
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Xi Jinping’s Trials : Taiwan Tension, Troubled Economy & PLA
This episode was an interesting one in which a lot of issues pertaining to contemporary China were covered. Brig Sanal Kumar who has served in China brought an insiders insight to the discussion. One aspect which is emerging clearly is that China has lost much of its sheen.
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A Peek Into Everyday China : Stakes in West Asia
In this peek into everyday China , I have outlined the Chinese stakes in the Middle East and where it stands, As it is emerging, China has been left on the sidelines as it was during the Ukrainian war . The difference being that China has huge equity in the Middle East. China is trying…
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End of The 100 Year Chinese Marathon (Part1) – Demography
I believe that the decline of China’s power has commenced. In this series I am going to examine various facets of China’s national power which are crumbling irrevocably. This is the first part in which I have discussed Demography. The other parts will include Ideology, Structural Issues, Climate, Geopolitics and Military. watch out for the…
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The Inevitable and Irrevocable Decline of Chinese Power
In this video I have taken a 360 degree view of issues which plague China and will contribute to its decline.
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A PEEK INTO EVERYDAY CHINA : CHINA’S MELTING PIE
The picture is inspired by an article I read in SCMP. things are happening at a very fast clip in china…faster than I imagined…need to keep a finger on the pulse….
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