https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-hydrogen-could-be-the-next-big-energy-source
Hydrogen could become the most attractive fuel worldwide
RN Bhaskar
On 3 February 2022, Japan’s energy agency NEDO, decided to hold a webinar on Hydrogen and the Fuel Cell perspective in Japan. It was one of the first attempts by any...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-china-india-steeling-up-the-marketplace-1400885
Steel: China ups production; India ups consumption
There’s a whirlwind of confusion within the Indian steel industry. On the one hand, there is euphoria — demand for iron and steel continues to soar.
And India knows that it, along with China,...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/it-is-time-india-reshaped-its-exim-strategies/1491174
India's EXIM needs restructuring
RN Bhaskar March 28, 2019
Within the next few months, India’s policymakers will have to decide how to restructure India’s Exim policies. This will be necessitated by three factors.
First, the global economic slowdown is likely to...
A modified version of this article appeared at https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/zhili-has-become-the-childrens-garment-centre-of-the-world-4700261.html
Zhili has become the children’s garment centre of the world
RN Bhaskar 00 4 December 2019
Today, Zhili town is he largest centre in China for making children’s garments. The town and its...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/higher-education-sinks-lower-in-india/835496
Learn from China. Focus on schools; leave higher education alone
The age of ironies has just begun.
There was a time when India used to be a centre of learning and higher education. Huen Tsang (known as Monk Xuan Zang in...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-india-could-learn-a-lot-from-post-covid-19-spending-patterns-in-china
India must be forward looking, not defensive, as is evident frompost-Covid-19 spending-patterns
RN Bhaskar – 13 August, 2020
After a country has been hit by a pandemic, how should people spend money? Different cultures spend money differently. There are countries where...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/geography-economics-history-and-culture-heres-why-india-and-china-need-each-other
How should India view China?
RN Bhaskar - July 2, 2020
At times of war, it is dangerous to talk of peace. As the poet TS Eliot once remarked (through the lips of Aunt Agatha in A Family Reunion), “In a...
Celebrating the 72nd Anniversary of People's Republic of China and the 71st Anniversary of China-India Diplomatic Ties
A video recording of this event can be viewed at https://youtu.be/R1G7lLBvFf4
On 26 September 2021,The Consulate of the People's Republic of China in Mumbai,...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/heres-why-the-make-in-india-and-atma-nirbhar-bharat-ruse-can-cause-more-harm-than-good
The cobra effect the govt is blind to -- in IT, telecom, finance, and elsewhere
RN Bhaskar -- June 5, 2020
Management gurus call it the Cobra effect. That’s when a decision is taken that you think is brilliant. But it...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/strategy-for-healthier-india-china-trade
China and India could together revive the global economy
RN Bhaskar 26 March 2020
China has been a savvy investor in India (http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/03/china-investments-in-india-are-strategic-and-profitable/). Some claim that China has outsmarted India. But such cynical views miss the big picture. China created value...
