https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/china-wants-the-world-to-sit-up-and-listen-to-it
China prepares itself for the future
RN Bhaskar -- 21 November 2019
In some ways, China has suddenly woken up to the need to let the world know how big its plans really are. Hitherto it let is performance do the...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/blending-education-and-the-belt-road-initiative
How BRI moves towards skill development and education
By Jescilia Karayamparambil and RN Bhaskar
December 09, 2019
Mumbai: By the end of August 2019, China has been able to strike deals with not just 136 countries but also 30 international organisations to...
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/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...
China-India Media & Think Tank Forum Held
The CICG Center for Europe and Asia (China Pictorial Publications) hosted the event, partnering with the Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences as well as the Department of Political Science and Centre for China...
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,...
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...
http://chinaindiadialogue.com/ten-years-of-the-bri-media-think-tank-and-youth-dialogue-2023-held-in-nanjing
Nanjing discusses 10 years of the BRI
Under the theme “Peace, Inclusivity, and Sustainable Development,” the dialogue aimed to promote mutual exchange among media, think tanks, and youth from BRI countries, offer suggestions for the high-quality BRI development, and explore...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-can-africa-become-the-new-market-to-stump-india
(The entire series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/05/agenda-for-the-government-2021-series/)
Is it strike #3 for India’s position as an attractive market? Will Africa trounce India?
I deal in facts, not forecasting the future. That's crystal ball stuff. That doesn't work.
-- Peter...
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...
