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...
https://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-policy-watch-can-modi-and-xi-reshape-eurasia-2082715
R N Bhaskar
4 May 2015
Within a fortnight, Prime Minister Modi will embark on his visit to China. Most analysts expect this visit to be momentous. Both Modi and China president Xi Jinping have critical issues on their mind which...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/china-has-a-better-version-of-panchayati-raj
Want a panchayati raj model? Look to China's social governance
RN Bhaskar -- 12 Dec 2019
China is about to launch a new national programme promoting social governance. On November 17, 2019, the People’s Government of Wuxing District, Houzhou, China, held...
http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/review-book-review-dealing-with-china-2090743
Dealing with China
Author: Henry M. Paulson Jr.
Publisher: Headline
406 pages
Price: 389
The jacket on the book says it all: "Dealing with China takes the reader behind closed doors to witness the creation and evolution of China's state-controlled capitalism". It also provides...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/lost-opportunities-of-the-textile-editorial-editors-pick-ananlysis-textile-industry-industry-era-r-n-bhaskarindustry/962757
India's textile industry: where does it go from here?
Rn bhaskar
The textile industry is the backbone of India’s foray into the industry era. It was this sector which actually defined India for a couple of centuries. And it still remains...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/column-policy-watch-india-china-will-learn-to-do-more-business-together-1834838
The year 2004 was a watershed. That was when the OECD Development Centre brought out Prof Angus Madison’s path-breaking study on The World Economy: Historical Statistics. One of the key charts from his book is reproduced below (Prof Maddison...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/us-crying-wolf-ukraine-germany-russia-china-involved-in-dirty-cloak-and-daggers-game
Geopolitics
The US is crying wolf: USA, Ukraine, Germany, Russia, China are involved in a dirty cloak and daggers game over NordStream2
RN Bhaskar
For the past week this author has been perplexed by the focussed tirade by BBC and CNN against...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/india-will-have-to-resume-rcep-negotiations-says-chinese-expert
India and the RCEP
By Jescilia Karayamparambil and RN Bhaskar
Beijing: India’s decision to back out of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) at the last minute did not go well with the ASEAN countries.
However, India had to take a call to...
A modified version of this article appeared at http://chinaindiadialogue.com/dragon-elephant-tango-for-a-better-future
The dragon and the elephant can tango
RN Bhaskar
A modified version of this article has appeared at http://chinaindiadialogue.com/dragon-elephant-tango-for-a-better-future
Last fortnight was full of momentous developments.
First, Xi Jin Ping got elected for a third...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/investments-land-is-the-smallest-part-of-the-problem
Investments: The government dangles the promise of land for global investors; but they want more important issues settled first
RN Bhaskar -- 5 May 2020
The government appears to be in a rush to present a friendly face to foreign investors...
