tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68939623754120985692024-01-12T03:13:34.229-08:00China India Citizens' InitiativeThis blog seeks to encourage a dialogue between citizens of India and China, to improve understanding of the largest and oldest civilizations in the world. India is a miracle of democracy, demonstrating that its political unity lies in it diversity. China, a Communist political structure apparently breaking the ideological mold, its economic reforms over the past couple of decades have made the world take notice. What lessons could be drawn from these contrasting experiences?Barun Mitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16622261378991052890noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893962375412098569.post-17403095897498324762011-02-16T02:14:00.000-08:002011-02-16T02:14:45.759-08:00Protests in Egypt, warning for ChinaChina has many problem, but unlike the stagnation and despair that has been characteristic of Egypt, the broad story in China has been one of dynamism and optimism. The urban middle classes have been the primary beneficiaries of the Deng Xiaoping-initiated state-led capitalism that has seen China emerge from a poverty-stricken past into a richer, confident 21st century future. Popular resentmentsBarun Mitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16622261378991052890noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893962375412098569.post-46139250450441998772010-12-21T00:34:00.000-08:002010-12-21T00:36:17.067-08:00Sino-Indian Relations: Growing Yet FragileChina and India are divided over several issues like territorial sovereignty, regional security and global governance. The main issue in Wen’s visit was the strong Indian reaction to China’s practice of issuing stapled visas to the Indian citizens from Jammu and Kashmir. S.M. Krishna told his Chinese counterpart, Yang Jiechi, that Delhi expects Beijing to show sensitivity to Indian concerns on Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893962375412098569.post-64328738504326202742010-12-20T23:47:00.000-08:002010-12-20T23:52:16.348-08:00Wen Jiabao In IndiaIn the Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao's visit to India, there was an emphasis on developing closer business ties with India in different areas, which includes banking, finance and green technologies.The current imbalances are likely to persist as Indian exports are less competitive in Chinese Markets. Wen Jiabao’s visit facilitated closer integration of banking and financial sectors of the two Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893962375412098569.post-84105213552337233172010-12-07T02:16:00.000-08:002010-12-07T02:40:43.105-08:00Ni hao: Indian calling ChinaThe world's interest in learning Mandarin is soaring as the Chinese economy does the same. From April 2011 onwards students in CBSE schools will be introduced to Mandarin. Mandarin will be the 13th foreign language to be introduced in the curriculum. The popularization of the programme will face obstacles in implementation, reports The Financial Express.As the Chinese economy soars, so does the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893962375412098569.post-43858081273985157552010-12-04T02:15:00.000-08:002010-12-07T02:16:37.494-08:00China and India need an ambitious agenda for engagementChinese President Wen Jiabao's will be visting India on 16-17, in the year when India and China will be celebrating the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relationships, and both the countries have rediscovered each other. There are challenges as well as opoortunities. China is not only the neighbouring country of India, it is an emerging super power. Our borders are the most Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893962375412098569.post-37769136460657549732010-10-30T23:36:00.000-07:002010-10-30T23:36:25.534-07:00China needs to learn from India's legal system and protection of vulnerable groups: CASS studyChinese think-tank, CASS, assesses national competitiveness, and finds China ahead of India on economic parameters, but says China needs to learn from India's legal system and protection of “vulnerable” groups, writes Ananth Krishnan in the article titled "Learn from India, says Chinese think-tank", published in the Hindu, on 27 October 2010. A report on “national competitiveness” released by Barun Mitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16622261378991052890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893962375412098569.post-58875931908579499992010-10-29T10:17:00.000-07:002010-10-29T10:23:15.609-07:00Soft power"China’s state-led model of winning hearts and minds is no match for India’s private effort", writes Sadanand Dhume in "Likable India" in The Wall Street Journal (October 25, 2010). A few excerpts."Scholars and journalists alike tend to make much of China’s vaunted "charm offensive." It turns out, however, that when it comes to winning hearts and minds—at least democratic hearts and minds—China’sBarun Mitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16622261378991052890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893962375412098569.post-52623111522047678172010-10-24T07:47:00.000-07:002010-10-24T07:47:35.374-07:00A tale of two Games: Beijing Olympics and Delhi Commonwealth Games were two very different beastsDespite the surface commonalities, the Olympics and the CWG are not in the same league, just as, despite being hyphenated, India and China are not on par, writes Pallavi Aiyar, in the Business Standard, titled "A tale of two games". Here are a few excerpts.
In China, the years leading up to 2008 saw Olympianism emerge as the country’s new religion; any questioning of the Games, the equivalent of Barun Mitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16622261378991052890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893962375412098569.post-61378554623754281302010-09-14T11:28:00.000-07:002010-09-14T11:29:13.653-07:00Chinese economist praise Indian economic growth model
World Economic Forum is hosting a meeting in Beijing this week. In this news item by PTI, filed from Beijing, report a side event, where Peking University economist Fu Jun said that India has comparative strategic advantage in the value chain whereas China relied mostly on the labour and cost advantages. This is from the Times of India on 14 Sept. 2010, under the title "Indian model of Barun Mitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16622261378991052890noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893962375412098569.post-25777669019375189322010-09-10T02:32:00.000-07:002010-09-14T22:01:06.139-07:00Europe's crisis a win-win opportunity for ChinaThe sovereign debt crisis of Europe has shaken the Euro, and exposed fissures in the European Union.Chinese demands for the lifting of an arms embargo have been publicly backed by Spain.There is massive public support for the euro. It is a smart political move as of the fact that China’s exchange rate policy is still vulnerable to international criticism, writes Pallavi Aiyar in Business Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893962375412098569.post-59989906357400940992010-08-26T09:33:00.000-07:002010-08-29T09:35:35.737-07:00Huang Jing: Managing Asian G2India and China were really successful on nation-state building.In both countries nationalism arose against the defeats, humiliations and injustice these nations went through during the period of western imperialism. Both countries used western ideas to overthrow foreign domination.It is wise to avoid nationalism in India-China relations, as it is a double-edged sword.The AG2 framework will Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893962375412098569.post-41444268521211176632010-08-25T02:18:00.000-07:002010-08-26T02:25:02.177-07:00Save the tiger: Environmental dividend from economic developmentThis is the Chinese year of the tiger and people are interested in saving the tiger from extinction more than ever. Several conferences are being held, and a lot of money is being thrown at saving the tiger, but all this can't work if the Government can't mitigate the conflict between locals and wild animals. The lack of agricultural productivity forces farmers to encroach on the habitat of the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893962375412098569.post-78813839751518157992010-08-22T10:15:00.000-07:002010-08-23T22:21:31.027-07:00China is moving beyond exports to meeting domestic demandLast week, China was officially acknowledged as the the world's second largest economy, moving ahead of Japan, and second only to the US. While the news was on front pages in India, there was no jubilation in China. The Times of India, had a special feature to mark the occasion. Saibal Dasgupta, the Beijing correspondant of the newspaper, looks at some of the implications and challenges, in the Barun Mitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16622261378991052890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893962375412098569.post-55888766764198619832010-08-20T13:07:00.000-07:002010-08-22T13:09:34.634-07:00The Rise Of IndiaExcerpts from Asian Journal of Political Science, 20th August 2010 Edition:"Compared to China Indian public policy still has a lot of room for improvements.‘Maoists’ or Naxalites threaten political stability and economic freedom.Geopolitics may explain India’s late, slow and incomplete reforms. Therise of Asia, in particular of China and India, generates geopolitical challenges of its Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893962375412098569.post-61883424467282854942010-08-19T04:49:00.000-07:002010-08-19T04:49:17.468-07:00China's rise in Africa: What kind of impact it would have?China has been making inroads in to Africa at a rapid pace, over the past decade. This has triggered a debate on the qualitative differences between conventional western influence in Africa, over the past two centuries, and the implications of China's entry. James Shikwati, is an old friend of mine, and he runs IREN,one of Africa's few free market think tanks in Nairobi. Mr Shikwati has now Barun Mitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16622261378991052890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893962375412098569.post-75781926834578076172010-08-13T21:47:00.000-07:002010-08-13T21:48:15.569-07:00Changing climate: Hope for the tiger?Two crouching tigers, some hidden dragons
The winds of change between the two giants could impact not only the environment but also politics. In this article published in the special issue (July-August 2010) of the "India China Chronicle", I look at the possible implications of the cooperation between these two countries at the climate conference in Copenhagen, last year. I believe a much bigger Barun Mitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16622261378991052890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893962375412098569.post-41700688730588129082010-08-11T08:45:00.000-07:002010-08-30T08:47:51.863-07:00Success despite govt, courtesy jugaadWhen an overwhelming majority of Chinese businessmen say that the main reason for their success is network connections (guangxi), especially with government officials, most Indian businessmen attribute their success to Jugaad, ability to get around prohibitive laws.Most Indian businessmen see corruption a problem when the Chinese success story is mainly Government led. China has been less Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893962375412098569.post-5991875019073974672010-08-03T07:06:00.000-07:002010-08-05T07:10:02.588-07:00Inside the minds of Indian and Chinese entrepreneursThere is no dearth of commentary on economic comparison of India and China. A new study by the Legatum Institute says that Entrepreneurs in both the country are bullish about the economy. When most entrepreneurs in India start on their own, for being their own boss, Chinese entrepreneurs do it for money. Many Chinese owe their entrepreneurial spirit to the state, when such is not the case in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893962375412098569.post-34731806517005225002010-08-01T10:34:00.000-07:002010-08-01T10:55:11.983-07:00Looking at the China India relations through the lens of the mediaOne issue which the media likes to focus on, quite periodically, is the Sino-India border problem, and it is true that the border issue has been simmering for a long time. But there is much more to the relationship between these two Asian neighbours, much beyond borders. Pallavi Aiyar, who spent six years in China as a journalist, speaks to Nitin Pai on how the media is shaped in the two Barun Mitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16622261378991052890noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893962375412098569.post-48345633687065643412010-07-31T03:10:00.001-07:002010-07-31T03:19:21.003-07:00China is now the second largest economy in the worldChinese officials have acknowledged that the Chinese economy has overtaken Japan's, and is now second only to the US.Mr Yi Gang, China's chief currency regulator, mentioned the milestone on Friday, 30 July 2010. "China, in fact, is now already the world's second-largest economy," he said in an interview with China Reform magazine posted on the website (www.safe.gov.cn) of his agency, the State Barun Mitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16622261378991052890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893962375412098569.post-71429101421555842832010-07-27T07:02:00.000-07:002010-07-27T07:03:28.674-07:00Invitation for Launch of India-China Chronicle by Dr. Shashi TharoorIndia China Economic and Cultural CouncilCordially invites you toLaunch of India-China ChronicleByDr. Shashi Tharoor(Member of Parliament, Former Indian Minister of State for External Affairs and United Nations Under-Secretary General forCommunications and Public Information)At 7:00 PM, on 12th August, 2010Venue: Ballroom, Shangri La's Eros Hotel, 19 Ashok Road, New DelhiPROGRAMMEIntroductory Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893962375412098569.post-65540592629672547642010-07-11T06:24:00.000-07:002010-07-11T06:37:52.119-07:00India looks to Chinese rice hybrid to raise productivityThis report titled "India looks to Chinese rice hybrid to raise productivity" was published in The Financial Express on July 11 2010.The agriculture ministry plans to replicate the Chinese model for hybrid rice production in the eastern states. The ministry has proposed a task force on promotion of hybrid rice and will push for private sector participation in the development of the hybrid Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893962375412098569.post-72036841462873461082010-05-28T07:26:00.000-07:002010-05-28T07:51:52.356-07:00Chinese workers on strike at Honda plantLabour unions going on strike is quite common in India. Just this week, a section of the state run airline, Air India, had gone on strike for two days causing huge disruption, and inconveniencing thousands of passengers. The government responded by sacking dozens of employees, and derecognising a couple of the unions, in an uncommon move.In China, of course, labour unrest is generally not in the Barun Mitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16622261378991052890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893962375412098569.post-43317331324549178982010-05-26T08:20:00.000-07:002010-05-26T08:23:02.330-07:00Why India Must SwingThis article by Nitin Pai was published in Yahoo on May 25th 2010. You can read the full article here....Part due to the wishfulness of the rhetoric surrounding Barack Obama's campaign and part due to the economic crisis it sunk into, it became fashionable in the United States to ignore geopolitical realities, and instead engage in a fresh bout of fantasising about China. Influenced by Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893962375412098569.post-78780506280933227382010-05-24T07:23:00.000-07:002010-05-24T07:24:43.502-07:00Niall Ferguson assesses China and IndiaNiall Ferguson, Harvard historian, is one of the world's authors on geoeconomic, global systemic, money and finance, and other key international strategic issues. He delivered the Peterson Institute's ninth annual Niarchos Lecture on May 13, 2010, on the topic "Fiscal Crises and Imperial Collapses: Historical Perspectives on Current Predicaments." The transcript is available here.A few extracts Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0