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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...
http://m.firstpost.com/business/china-spectre-is-only-in-indias-mind-new-delhi-cannot-afford-to-ban-chinese-goods-3055522.html Boycotting China is a joke If you are an Indian, even a short walk through China's cities will tell you that few people in this country even think of India as an adversary. This is quite unlike Hong Kong where...
http://m.firstpost.com/world/democrat-minority-politics-send-chinatown-plumping-for-trump-other-asians-may-follow-suit-3074222.html Democrat minority politics send Chinatown plumping for Trump, other Asians may follow suit RN Bhaskar Oct 26, 2016 17:13 IST With the commencement of early elections, there is growing unease in the Hillary Clinton camp. Most Chinese in and around...
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...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-g7-wants-to-ban-russian-gold-hah So is it the turn of gold markets now? RN Bhaskar Are the G7 countries doing what India describes through an adage? “Vinashakale vipreet buddhi” is a saying which – loosely translated -- means “During the time of destruction, man takes...
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...
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...
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...
  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...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/policy-watch-why-indias-investment-policies-are-perplexing-even-myopic Investments: India’s policies are perplexing, even misguided RN Bhaskar  --  30 April 2020 Deng Xiaoping, the former premier of the People’s Republic of China, had famously said "It doesn't matter whether a cat is black or white, as long as it...