https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/financial-realities-stare-india-in-the-face
Financial realities stare India in the face. FDI sorely needed
RN Bhaskar
On July 6 this year, a news item in a leading daily (https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/finance/nod-for-80-fdi-proposals-from-china-entities/articleshow/92685606.cms) talked about 80 Chinese FDI proposals being cleared by the Indian government. At around the same...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-lessons-for-india-from-alibaba-about-ecommerce
Alibaba, ecommerce have lessons for India
. . . but will India be willing to learn?
RN Bhaskar -- 21 January 2021
On December 24, 2020 authorities in China announced that they were investigating the Ant group which owns and manages Alibaba,...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-united-states-could-make-another-ukraine-out-of-taiwan
USA could make another Ukraine out of Taiwan
RN Bhaskar
The recent developments involving Taiwan – including the US and China – must be viewed against two backdrops. First, the blunders the US and NATO have committed in their approach towards...
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...
http://m.firstpost.com/world/democrat-minority-politics-send-chinatown-plumping-for-trump-other-asians-may-follow-suit-3074222.html
Democrat minority politics send Chinatown plumping for Trump, other Asians may follow suit
RN Bhaskar Oct 26, 2016 17:13 IST
With the commencement of early elections, there is growing unease in the Hillary Clinton camp. Most Chinese in and around...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/chinese-are-very-business-oriented-people-says-indo-china-expert
Vikrant Jawaharkar - Rockey -- benefits from China-India trade
In conversation with Dominic Rebello and RN Bhaskar, Vikrant Jawharkar talks about how the Chinese are business-oriented people.
Rebello Dominic RN BhaskarUpdated: Friday, March 17, 2023, 11:32 AM IST
'Chinese are very business-oriented...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/distressed-times-just-watch-what-is-happening-to-gold
When people stop buying gold in India, there is cause to worry
RN Bhaskar
At one level, this should be cause for celebration. Gold imports into India crashed during 2020 (see chart). Lower import of this yellow metal means a smaller...
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China in an intertwined world
By J Mulraj -- Nov 21-28, 2020
China embarked on economic reforms 10 years ahead of India, under Deng Xioping, who famously said ‘I don’t care if the cat is white or black, so long...
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...
An edited version of this article appeared at https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/russia-day-2021-and-quiet-flows-the-volga-a-review-of-india-russia-relations
This article is being published on 12 June, often celebrated in India as Russia Day.
Russia could be the catalyst in accelerating the shift to Asia the global centre of gravity for...
