Category: A PEEK INTO EVERYDAY CHINA
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China Dream in The Knock Out Zone
The Chinese are in a mess. Their economy is all set to miss their GDP mark. Their property mess seems to have no end. Demographics are in perpetual decline. PLA generals continue to be sacked. Exports are hitting a tariff wall. Truly….China is in a knock out zone.
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Changes in India China Relations
Subtle changes are happening in the India China relations. Mr Sree Iyer and I discuss these changes and explain where India is heading and how we need to handle the India-China relationship.
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Focus on Tibet
Focus on Tibet was a freewheeling and wide ranging conversation on Tibet with Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia (R). We covered a lot of ground. The most important take away was that a combination of myriad factors like China’s collapsing demographics, climate change and succession related issues of HH Dalai Lama will open up opportunities for…
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PRC IN A FIX
PRC in a fix was an outstanding presentation by Maj Gen R Rajiv Narayanan (R). He clearly lays out the internal problems of China which are of a long standing nature. These are not going to go away. Much as it is being projected that China is a global power externally , the internal reality…
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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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Cold Politics & Hot Economics of Chinese FDI
While there is some consternation and apprehension of the likelihood of Chinese FDI once again entering India, there is equally a debate in China about it. I have presented the Chinese discourse and analysis of FDI into India. There are many angles which we need to cover before Chinese FDI becomes a reality. What is…
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UNRESOLVED LAC + CHINESE FDI = STRATEGIC CONFUSION
The recent news that the Government is weighing options to allow FDI from China has strategic implications when seen in the light of the unresolved issues on the LAC and a defence budget allocation which is less than the normal. India must seek a balance and convergence between its economic and military strategy which must…
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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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