Global Geopolitics Net Thursday, November 01, 2007 Copyright © B. Raman – South Asia Analysis Group www.saag.org By B. Raman Economic and military strength go together. Without economic prosperity, there can be no military strength and without military strength, there can be no economic prosperity. 2. That was, in short, the theme of the observations [...]
CHINA in Hu’s Colours—Part VI
November 1, 2007 By
Global Geopolitics News Thursday, November 01, 2007 Copyright © B. Raman – South Asia Analysis Group www.saag.org By B. Raman In the Chinese perspective, a major success of China’s international relations during the first tenure of President Hu Jintao as the Party Secretary was the close relations established with African countries in order to tap [...]
CHINA IN HU’S COLOURS—PART V
October 29, 2007 By
Global Geopolitics Net Monday, October 29, 2007 Copyright © B. Raman – South Asia Analysis Group www.saag.org By B.Raman 1. In the days preceding the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the State Council Information Office and the party offices had organised a series of briefings for the local media to explain [...]
CHINA IN HU’S COLOURS—PART IV
October 27, 2007 By
Global Geopolitics Net Saturday, October 27, 2007 Copyright © B. Raman – South Asia Analysis Group www.saag.org By B.Raman 1. As part of a three-year research project on contemporary Chinese cultural life commissioned by the Education Ministry of the Government of China, the East China Normal University in Shanghai had conducted a poll on religion [...]
China in Hu’s Colours—Part III
October 27, 2007 By
Global Geopolitics Net Saturday, October 27, 2007 Copyright © B. Raman – South Asia Analysis Group www.saag.org By B. Raman In a despatch on October 21, 2007, the State-owned Hsinhua news agency of China reported as follows: “For the first time in its history, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has mentioned the word “religion” [...]
