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A litany of economic woes but in China politics rules
Originally published at 9DashLine, 24 August 2022. The list of problems the Chinese economy faces is long. A rural banking collapse in Henan province has affected deposits worth billions of dollars, including the life’s savings of several customers.[1] Chinese property developers have defaulted to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars[2] as a result …
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Xi Jinping in Tibet: What India Needs to Look Out For
The non-military uses of China’s civilian infrastructure build-up in TAR or Xinjiang must not be ignored
Xi Jinping Visits the Tibet Autonomous Region
Constant references to the ‘new’ to describe the Party-State’s views of developments on the Tibetan plateau underline Xi’s attempts to leave his personal stamp on Tibet policy.
An Opportunity to Rethink India’s Economic Policies
How is it that the Indian government is talking of the ‘strategic disinvestment’ of its PSUs while the Chinese have converted their own into world-beating ‘champions’ with stakes across the globe?
Book Chapter : China, India and Asian Connectivity
China’s BRI is a whole-of-the-system approach to build on physical connectivity projects and expand these to include other softer, subtler forms of connectivity.
Chinese Reactions to India’s Reorganization of Jammu & Kashmir
There is little that actually changes on the ground on the LAC between India and China despite the latter’s rhetoric. It could also be reasonably argued that a change in the status of J&K is not a major concern for China in so far as it involves Pakistan.
China-Pakistan Bus Service through PoK: Complaining is Easy
New Delhi should incentivize its border communities by believing in and building on their central role in history as entrepreneurs and diplomats.
Economic Complications in the Naya China-Pakistan Relationship
A smart, forward-looking Indian leadership should not pass up the opportunity to increase economic linkages with Pakistan, and provide the latter an alternative to China.
Thinking about China in India 