Tuesday, June 30, 2026
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/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...
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.moneycontrol.com/news/business/ningbos-rise-as-the-worlds-largest-port-has-lessons-for-india-4719711.html Ningbo was India's trading partner even 2,000 years ago; then the Indian government turned myopic about trade RN Bhaskar  --  11 Dec, 2019 Last year, the world-port-ranking underwent a change, when Ningbo-Zhoushan in south east China became the largest port in...
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/analysis/policy-watch-global-turbulence-and-india Global turbulence can stun India RN Bhaskar Last week, India’s finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, spoke eloquently about how India will witness close to double-digit economic growth this financial year (https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/fm-sitharaman-says-india-looking-at-near-double-digit-growth-this-year-121101400060_1.html). One hopes this will happen.  But such predictions must be taken...
India and China -- taking the long view RN Bhaskar Most idealogues bristle at the mention of India China relationships. But there are many sane voices which voice the need for both India and China to work together.  And one of...
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...
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...
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...