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		<title>China’s lack of growth drivers is a bigger risk than inflation: Michael Pettis</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Venky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This interview with Michael Pettis, professor at Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management, a specialist in Chinese financial markets, was published in DNA edition dated January 10, 2011.) China’s headline inflation numbers have had global financial markets bracing for tightening measures &#8230; <a href="http://siciliandefence.wordpress.com/2011/01/10/interview-michael-pettis/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=siciliandefence.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15387316&#038;post=820&#038;subd=siciliandefence&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Imagine a world with easy visas on arrival…</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Venky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This column was published in DNA edition dated January 5, 2011.) Venkatesan Vembu The ex-Beatle and irremediable peacenik John Lennon, who was murdered 30 years ago last month, wanted us to imagine a world without countries (or religions or possessions). &#8230; <a href="http://siciliandefence.wordpress.com/2011/01/05/imagine/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=siciliandefence.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15387316&#038;post=813&#038;subd=siciliandefence&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When Barkha joins Sun TV, it’s time to eat your noodles</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 01:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Venky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This column, intended purely in jest as a turn-of-the-year satire, was published in DNA edition dated January 3, 2011.) Venkatesan Vembu A year ago, I gave expression to my wish-list of 10 whacky things I’d like to see happen in &#8230; <a href="http://siciliandefence.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/10-whacky-wishes-for-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=siciliandefence.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15387316&#038;post=810&#038;subd=siciliandefence&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>‘Zombie ideas that caused the near-meltdown of financial markets are still driving policy’</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 00:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Venky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This interview, with John Quiggin, professor of economics at the University of Queensland in St Lucia and author of Zombie Economics: How Dead Ideas Still Walk Among Us, was published in DNA edition dated January 3, 2011.) The arresting cover &#8230; <a href="http://siciliandefence.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/zombie-economics/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=siciliandefence.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15387316&#038;post=805&#038;subd=siciliandefence&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>‘It’s a myth that Made-in-China goods are of poor quality’</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Venky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This interview about the campaign, by an unlikely candidate, to pitch the made-in-China label as measuring up to international quality standards, was published in DNA edition dated January 1, 2011. It offers an interesting counter-narrative to reports about the poor &#8230; <a href="http://siciliandefence.wordpress.com/2011/01/01/nicely-made-in-china/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=siciliandefence.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15387316&#038;post=799&#038;subd=siciliandefence&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wen a neighbour comes calling…</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2010 00:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Venky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This article, a curtain-raiser to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao&#8217;s upcoming visit to India, was published in DNA edition dated December 12, 2010.) Venkatesan Vembu A chill wind is blowing across Beijing, but it isn’t just a momentary meteorological effect that &#8230; <a href="http://siciliandefence.wordpress.com/2010/12/12/wen-a-neighbour-comes-calling%e2%80%a6/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=siciliandefence.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15387316&#038;post=793&#038;subd=siciliandefence&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stephen Roach takes the ‘baseball bat’ to Paul Krugman</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Venky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This article was published in DNA edition dated December 10, 2010.) Venkatesan Vembu The intellectual war of words between economists Stephen Roach and Paul Krugman is the stuff of legends. They disagree – vehemently &#8211; on the fundamentals underlying the &#8230; <a href="http://siciliandefence.wordpress.com/2010/12/10/roach-vs-krugman/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=siciliandefence.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15387316&#038;post=782&#038;subd=siciliandefence&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Think Asia is out of the woods? Think again</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This article was published in DNA edition dated December 10, 2010.) Venkatesan Vembu Ever since Stephen Roach, arguably one of the world’s most influential economists, moved back to the US in July after “three fantastic years” in Hong Kong as &#8230; <a href="http://siciliandefence.wordpress.com/2010/12/10/asia-is-not-out-of-the-woods/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=siciliandefence.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15387316&#038;post=780&#038;subd=siciliandefence&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>China’s might versus the power of an empty chair</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Venky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This column was published in DNA edition dated December 8, 2010.) Venkatesan Vembu At the ceremony in Oslo last year to award the Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama, China was given a platform to showcase an element &#8230; <a href="http://siciliandefence.wordpress.com/2010/12/08/china-and-the-empty-chair/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=siciliandefence.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15387316&#038;post=773&#038;subd=siciliandefence&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Flash News: ‘No-panty’ Yana shows India is booming</title>
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