Below are this week’s articles on Macro Viewpoints: Why is China Entering Ladakh? >>>> China Drops The Second Shoe – Will Indians Kiss It?? >>>> China’s Financial System – Handle With Care >>>> Interesting Videoclips of the Week (April 27 – May 3, 2013) >>>> Send your feedback to [email protected] Or @MacroViewpoints on Twitter.
The Chinese intrusion into Ladakh has been discussed in both the Indian media and in the European-American media. Both treatments have been superficial and the latter has been almost trivial. We think the Chinese action is rooted in strategic & tactical logic besides being consistent with the vision laid out by Chairman Mao Zedong &…
Last week, we wrote in the notes section of our article How China Treats India – Two Simple, Vivid Analogies, Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) is a very strategic corner on the old road from Ladakh to Yarkant in Xinjiang and adjacent to the Chinese road leading to the Karakorum pass to NonPakisani-occupied Kashmir. The Indian air…
The “Fragile:Handle With Care” is a self-explanatory declaration stamped or marked on boxes that contain delicate or brittle goods that could be damaged during shipping. On the other hand, China is widely regarded as a super regional power about to become the world’s second superpower. So why would a conference call be titled “China:Handle With…
Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting videoclips with our comments. This is an article that expresses our personal opinions about comments made on Television and in Print. It is NOT intended to provide any investment advice of any type whatsoever. No one should base any investing decisions or conclusions…
Below are this week’s articles on Macro Viewpoints: How China Treats India? Two Simple, Vivid Analogies >>>> Do Delhi Protestors Deserve Democracy? Do They Even Understand Democracy? >>>> Did this College Principal Read Macro Viewpoints? He Certainly Acted So >>>> Interesting Videoclips of the Week (April 20 – April 26, 2013) >>>> Send your feedback…
The idea for this article came to us when we saw a tweet from a prominent Indian TV anchor on Tuesday: “What adds to the strangeness of timing of #DBO incursions issue: Chinese premier Li expected to come to India next month”. This anchor was referring to the situation on the China-India border in Ladakh,…
Editor’s Note: This article is likely to anger many readers, especially those who are from Delhi. We humbly ask that you read the entire article and think about our points a bit before you get angry. And if you do get angry, please share that anger with us. This week, the horrific story of a…
This Thursday, we saw a tweet from an “India expert” at an American think tank about a college in Delhi: “StS ppal allegedly:”men & women were not equal–they were diffrnt like apples & oranges,like eggs & stones & hd 2 b taken care of diffrntly” This tweet and the accompanying story reminded us of our…
Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting videoclips with our comments. This is an article that expresses our personal opinions about comments made on Television and in Print. It is NOT intended to provide any investment advice of any type whatsoever. No one should base any investing decisions or conclusions…