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Tag Archives: democracy
China’s might versus the power of an empty chair
(This column was published in DNA edition dated December 8, 2010.) Venky 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 … Continue reading
Posted in China, Columns, Geopolitics, India
Tagged China, democracy, diplomacy, Economy, geopolitics, human rights, India, Lang Lang, Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Prize, soft power, trade, US
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The spark that could start a prairie fire in China
(This article, part of a package of stories on the Nobel Prize award for jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, was published in DNA on October 10, 2010. The other article, which explores whether the award represents a global ‘push-back’ against China’s … Continue reading
Posted in China, Geopolitics
Tagged China, democracy, human rights, Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Prize
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Beijing’s muscle-flexing faces a pushback
(This article, part of a package of stories on the Nobel Prize award for jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, was published in DNA on October 10, 2010. The other article, based on Chinese pro-democracy activists’ responses to the award, can … Continue reading
Posted in China, Geopolitics
Tagged China, democracy, human rights, Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Prize
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Are ‘war-mongers’ narrating the China-India story?
(This article, on how ‘war-mongers’ in India and China are hijacking the bilateral narrative, was published in DNA edition dated September 10, 2010.) Venky Vembu Recently on the Chinese Internet, there surfaced a thrilling account of a naval war scenario … Continue reading
Posted in China, Geopolitics, India
Tagged China, democracy, Economy, geopolitics, India, Look East, Rajiv Gandhi, Salman Haidar, security, war
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China, India can’t grow without conflict: Jonathan Holslag
(This interview with Jonathan Holslag, research fellow at the Brussels Institute of Contemporary China Studies and author of China and India: Prospects for Peace, was published in DNA edition dated May 8, 2010.) Liberal international relations theorists claim that commerce brings … Continue reading
Posted in China, Economy, Geopolitics, India, Interview
Tagged China, democracy, development, diplomacy, Economy, geopolitics, India, security, US, war
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‘The opportunity in India is too extraordinary’
(This interview, with Edward Pulling, managing director for the Pacific Regional Group of JF Asset Management, was published in DNA edition dated June 8, 2009.) Even for someone who has, by his own admission, been optimistic about India for the … Continue reading
Posted in China, Economy, India, Interview
Tagged China, democracy, Economy, Edward Pulling, elections, financial crisis, India, property bubble, stock market, trade, US
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Dear Rahul Gandhi…
(This column, written as an open letter to Rahul Gandhi, who is being projected as India’s Prime Minister-in-waiting, was published in DNA edition dated May 19. 2009.) Venky Vembu Dear Rahul Gandhi You don’t know me: I’m just one of … Continue reading
Posted in Columns, India
Tagged Congress, democracy, dynasty, elections, India, politics, Rahul Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, youth
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