Category: SCMP EXCERPTS
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A Peek Into Everyday China : Living With The Virus, Abandoned By The Government
This cartoon from SCMP says it all….However, The headlines and pictures from the past one week say more… This Peek is a sequel to the one @ https://gunnersshot.com/2022/12/18/a-peek-into-everyday-china-victory-into-defeat/ The joke in Chinese media is :- Three men who don’t know one another sit in a prison cell. Each explains why he was arrested:“I opposed Covid…
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A Peek Into Everyday China : Faltering Geoeconomics
The last two Peeks into China gave us a view as to what was happening on the Covid front and its geopolitical situation where China is getting hemmed in. Todays peeks gives an insight into Chinas geoeconomics. The unfolding geoeconomic scenario is full of contradictions. While some reports talk of rapid recovery , others talk…
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A Peek Into Everyday China : Victory Into Defeat
Sep 2020 : The Victory Two years back Xi Jinping took a virus victory lap. He handed out awards and medals to mark China’s success against the covid. Millions were tested in response to small outbreaks. Lockdowns and mass testing became China’s main weapons in the fight against the pandemic Chinese infections were well below…
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A Peek Into Everyday China : The Crowded Indo Pacific
The bristling message which Xi Jinping gave out to the international community during the 20th Party Congress was that Security will be the main focus in China. Rejuvenation of the China nation and dream, by annexing Taiwan was of highest priority . However winning local and regional wars was equally important. He mentioned that China…
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A Peek Into Everyday China : Beyond The Protests
At the 20th Party Congress, Xi the Jinping gave us a vision of a superpower rising to conquer the world. What is the reality? Remember the times when Xi the Jinping shouted from the rooftops that the Chinese system is better than all the other systems? He mocked at democracies like India and USA which…
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A Peek Into Everyday China : Common Prosperity or Common Poverty?
It has been almost a month since the 20Th Party Congress concluded. It was followed up the G20 meet which seemed more like a coming out party for Xi Jinping. However there is a subtle difference. The China we knew before the 20th Party Congress is not the one after that. The leadership has changed and so…
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A Peek Into Everyday China : How Does an Elephant Look by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Click Here For Other Articles on A Peek Into Everyday China A couple of years back, new items about India were far and few in the South China Morning Post. While it was mostly about China and how great it was and is becoming, the news from South China Morning Post was balanced to some…
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A Peek Into Everyday China: Victory, Tang Ping and Chernobyl by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Sowing panic among consumers and businesses is the price China is willing to pay to maintain its zero-tolerance approach to the virus. Public health objectives – which reflect the government’s unwavering resolve to avoid mass fatalities in a nation with relatively low vaccination rates among the elderly and less effective vaccines – have long trumped economic goals.…
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A Peek Into Everyday China : Focus on Xiconomics by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
I found three interesting articles on Xi Jinping. These articles tell us that Xi Jinping has turned China into a path far different from the one whose hallmarks were reform and growth. As he is on the verge of a third term, it is instructive to understand the trajectory on which he is guiding China.…
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