Category: A PEEK INTO EVERYDAY CHINA
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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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India Rebuffs China at SCO Meet
India has roundly rebuffed China at the SCO meet. It was not direct but the messaging was clear. 50% of it was our PMs absence. The other 50 % was about rejecting the Yuan, putting Pakistan in its place and sticking to the border first idea
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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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THE GREAT CHINESE JIGSAW MUDDLE
In my opinion, China is muddling along. Take any facet of China – economy, politics, military, diplomacy and whatever. The dominance which was there in their information campaigns is missing. what one sees is a lot explanation about their negativity. That is all this podcast about. Mind you these are subjects straight off the Chinese…
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CHINA IN ITS OWN MAZE
In this peek into everyday China I have explored the maze which China has entered into. The maze is of its own making. Two major aspects which will inhibit China’s recovery are the property sector which will not recover for a long time to come. The other looming failure is the Chinese push for EVs.…
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WHY IS CHINA RATTLED?
Mr Sree Iyer and I discussed as to why China is rattled. Recent Initiatives by India have sent China scrambling. Make no mistake. China is reacting. When seen against the larger geopolitical situation it is clear that an overextended China seems to be on the back foot. However the challenge is to see how India…
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DID CHINA INTERFERE IN ELECTIONS?
China interferes in many elections and loses badly. Their interference in our elections was no different. What we need to understand is that China will do its best to interfere in any system that it feels is a threat to its system. Today it ran down the BJP and Mr Modi. Tomorrow if the government…
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Indian Elections and China
So far Xi Jinping has not sent a congratulatory message to our PM. The formal communique from the Chinese government is also conditional to the ‘Three Mutuals’ – mutual respect, mutual interests and mutual sensitivity. Going ahead things will be rocky…and why …see on.
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