Category: China
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THE DISCOUNT SALE OF CHINA
Everything on China is on Discount or subsidy- duty free items, property, TVs, tourism ….as people are getting poorer. Everyone talks that China needs to consume more. Can it do so? Not simple….see on!
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THE ABSENCE OF XI JINPING
Xi Jinping’s near absence from public life has now in the seventh week. In typical communist fashion there is hardly any news and rumours are abound. Lt Gen Dushyant Singh(R), Maj Gen R Narayanan (R) and I analyse this phenomenon based on facts available and confirmed news. The discussion was incisive. Whatever the issue, there…
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The Silence of Xi Jinping
The silence of Xi Jinping is baffling to say the least. For a person who has always been in the news and in the forefront of all things Chinese, his absence from public view must have a reason. Is he sick? Is he being sidelined? Is these a purge on? Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan (R)…
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THE LOST DECADE HAS ARRIVED : JAPAN’S PAST = CHINA’S FUTURE
People talk of the lost decade Japan went through. I have analysed the landmarks of the Lost Decade in this episode and compared them with what is happening in China. In my opinion, China is just entering the Lost Decades. As it declines to enter into its first lost decade, it will be troublesome to…
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NO FULL STOPS IN A WEAKENING CHINA
Xi and his China are trying their best to prop up its decline. However all their effort is not bearing much fruit. Every indicator of the Chinese economy is on a downhill slope. Things are only getting worse with each passing day. I have outlined all this from Chinese sources. The best comment I got…
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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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PLA’s CRISIS IN COMMAND
There is a crisis of command in PLA. I have no doubt about it. I have outlined it in this episode. I have drawn inputs from Chinese sources. It actually deflates PLA’s capability significantly. This is a factor which we rarely take into account when we assess China. I remain convinced that we are overassessing…
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Xis Sino Centric World Order
In this episode I have outlined the contours of the Sino-centric world order which Xi Jinping is building. The worrying part is that China has made considerable headway in establishing the new order in Latin America, Africa and part of Asia.
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