China is worried about an international backlash to its ‘re-education camps’, raising the stakes for Xi Jinping who has directly challenged Western-style democracy.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
This is not Stalin’s Soviet Union, or Mao’s China. The crackdown seems excessive, over the top. As a near superpower, deeply integrated with the rest of the world, including Islamic countries, China should be detaining a few hundred, not a couple of million, potential troublemakers. Difficult to predict how Emperor Xi’s extended reign will end.
This is not Stalin’s Soviet Union, or Mao’s China. The crackdown seems excessive, over the top. As a near superpower, deeply integrated with the rest of the world, including Islamic countries, China should be detaining a few hundred, not a couple of million, potential troublemakers. Difficult to predict how Emperor Xi’s extended reign will end.