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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/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.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-inevitability-of-trumpism Trumpism was an extension of other US crimes of commission and omission RN Bhaskar  --  10 January 2021 “There is always something that isn’t working … (with) people taking a path against the community, against democracy, against the common good,” --Pope Francis...
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/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.moneycontrol.com/news/world/china-paints-a-more-pleasing-visage-for-companies-and-investors-3672651.html China woos foreign companies and investors RN Bhaskar  Mar 22, 2019 China’s “two sessions” of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) finally ended on Friday 15 March.  Both conferences are extremely significant for both...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/interviews/flying-higher-and-higher-with-haier The incredible growth path of Haier in India and elsewhere 13 November 2019 Haier Appliances (India) P. Ltd is a 100 per cent subsidiary of Haier Group.  It likes to remain low-key in its announcements to media, yet manages to be...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/cmcm/chinas-white-paper-on-the-us-tariff-spat China-US spat threatens global trade RN Bhaskar – June 6, 2019 In 2017, China trounced Canada to become the second largest trading partner with the US. US-China trade accounted for 635 billion against $582 billion for US-Canada trade. But then Donald Trump...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/lessons-in-education-from-china-for-india/830650 What India can learn about education from China - I Any way you look at it, there is a great sad irony underlining the approach of India and China to its own people and to the world. India waxes eloquent about...
  Fight Poverty, Connect People By Gucai Tang, Consul General, Consulate of the People's Republic of China in Mumbai, India This was the talk given by him at the Conference on Poverty Alleviation on 24 May 2021 (http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/05/povert-alleviation-a-great-service-to-mankind/) Distinguished guests, Dear Friends, My sincere gratitude...