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‘China can’t win a trade war; it will be massacred’

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Venky

(This interview with economist and fund manager Richard Duncan, on the prospects of a trade war, and its implications, was published in DNA edition dated November 29, 2010.) Venky Vembu In his first book, The Dollar Crisis, published in 2005, … Continue reading →

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Are ‘war-mongers’ narrating the China-India story?

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Venky

(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 →

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The world is round, and so is a football

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Venky

(A column published in DNA edition dated June 9, 2010, just ahead of the FIFA soccer World Cup.) Venky Vembu On the crossbar of the soccer goalpost in my school playground, back in the 1970s, was painted an unlikely quotation … Continue reading →

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China, India can’t grow without conflict: Jonathan Holslag

Posted on May 8, 2010 by Venky

(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 →

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