https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-india-could-learn-a-lot-from-post-covid-19-spending-patterns-in-china
India must be forward looking, not defensive, as is evident frompost-Covid-19 spending-patterns
RN Bhaskar – 13 August, 2020
After a country has been hit by a pandemic, how should people spend money? Different cultures spend money differently. There are countries where...
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/analysis/the-ukraine-war-will-bind-china-and-russia-more-tightly-to-india
Changing geopolitics bring Russia, India, China closer
RN Bhaskar
Geopolitics can be quite intriguing. It was in 2009 that this author predicted the need for the three countries – Russia, China and India – to work together (https://www.livemint.com/Companies/wDLWbd3OWUGppEzYYC0yYO/The-Capitalist--With-increasing-water-needs-will-China-deh.html). Demographics compelled this...
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...
India has big plans and announcements about its INR, but without underlying support
RN Bhaskar
For the past couple of months there have been reports and conjectures that the Indian rupee (INR) could easily become the global reserve currency. The answer...
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://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-china-india-steeling-up-the-marketplace-1400885
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, will decide the fate of global...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/webinar-why-india-and-china-need-each-other
China and India can complement each other
JesciliaK
China and India are two resilient countries. Both countries have proved themselves even during the ongoing COVID pandemic, stated Tang Guocai, Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Mumbai.
Tang, who delivered...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/germany-tries-to-bhttps://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/germany-tries-to-bounce-back-after-ukraine
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Germany hitches its wagon to the Chinese engine
RN Bhaskar
The attempts of the US and NATO to use President Zelensky of Ukraine to needle Russia may be backfiring, big time. The first retaliation came from Russia. The second could...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/indias-future-may-lie-more-with-russia-and-china-than-with-the-us-writes-rn-bhaskar
India’s future may lie more with Russia and China than with the US
RN Bhaskar
In 2009, this author had predicted that India, China and Russia would have to work together (https://asiaconverge.com/2009/03/will-india-china-russia-dance-togetherincreasing-water-needs-will-china-dehydrate-india/). Geo-politics suggested this combination. During the past 15 years,...
