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By K.N. Pandita
It is not simply the terms of trade but the rise of China and the possibility it may overtake the US as the world’s greatest power that is at stake. At the beginning of the Trump administration, some commentators suggested that before he left office, China would overtake the US in terms of the size of its economy. Continue Reading…
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By K.N. Pandita
A columnist of the New York Times made a cryptic but deeply meaningful comment on COVID-19. He wrote, “The corona virus is more like an earthquake, with aftershocks that will permanently reshape the world.”
Instead of talking about recovery from the wildly spreading virus, pragmatism demands that we focus on what shape the world economy, governments and social institutions will take even if we are able to control the scourge in next six months. We need to visualize the new direction which civilization is likely to shape in the near future. Continue Reading…
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By K.N. Pandita
Under the headline ‘China didn’t warn public of likely pandemic for 6 key days’, Pakistan’s widely circulated newspaper Dawn published the deeply researched report of the Associated Press. The report gives an exceptional peep into the sordid story of China’s handling of the deadly pandemic, which put succinctly, has been a stinging concoction of cluelessness, hysterical secrecy, and punitive reprisal measures against the leakage of news. Continue Reading…
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By K.N. Pandita
“The Tablighi Jamaat had in 2010 over 80 million followers spread out over more than 150 countries. The exact numbers are difficult to track because the Jamaat doesn’t follow a centralized system”, wrote the Pew Research Center’s Religion and Public Life Project in Washington. Continue Reading…