Fwd: Making sense of Pakistan+The Iranian crisis is not yet over+Fears of China reducing US debt jolt markets amid trade friction+ Trading in YUAN

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From: Sanjeev Nayyar

New design of Global Times has a section titled 'China India' China U.S.' China Europe' http://www.globaltimes.cn/

1. By denying river water data to us, Beijing is using the resource as a tool of coercive diplomacy by Brahma C 10.1.18 http://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/by-denying-river-water-data-to-us-beijing-is-using-the-resource-as-a-tool-of-coercive-diplomacy/story-4MuPdJ2SPsivMIvKzX7ktJ.html

2. India can't copy China's technology success without understanding its origins 10.1.18 http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1084104.shtml

'Instead of following this kind of misleading advice, it is suggested that India should seek more cooperation with China in the digital economy to turn its technology ambitions into reality. '

 

3. Advances In Technology: Battlefield Helicopters 10.1.18 by Gp Capt AK Sachdev http://www.indiandefencereview.com/news/advances-in-technology-battlefield-helicopters/

 

4. China Develops its Border with India: Yume again in the news 9.1.18 by Claude Arpi http://www.indiandefencereview.com/china-develops-its-border-with-india-yume-again-in-the-news/

 

5. The Iranian crisis is not yet over 10.1.18  by Ramin J http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-iranian-crisis-is-not-yet-over/article22406688.ece

 

6. Making sense of Pakistan 11.1.18 by G Parthasarathy http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/comment/making-sense-of-pakistan/526594.html

Pakistan's air force chief has warned that American drones operating against the Taliban and Haqqani network inside Pakistani airspace would be shot down. Pakistan has also hinted that the US would be unable to arm and equip its military in Afghanistan, as its only viable lines of communication to Afghanistan are through Pakistani territory and airspace. What causes and motivates this Pakistani bluster?

When North Korea shocked the world by exploding a thermonuclear bomb on September 3, 2017, Trump described the action as 'very hostile' and 'dangerous to the US'. Barely a month earlier he had warned North Korea of 'fire and fury' if it continued provocative actions, while describing the policies of South Korea's new President, seeking reconciliation with North Korea as 'appeasement'.'

 

7. Fears of China reducing US debt jolt markets amid trade friction 11.8.18 https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Fears-of-China-reducing-US-debt-jolt-markets-amid-trade-friction

 

8. Trading in YUAN 11.1.18 by K Hussein https://www.dawn.com/news/1382074/trading-in-the-yuan

So there is nothing new in the Jan 2 announcement of the State Bank. It is possible that at the moment, the Chinese authorities are simply focused on creating the pathways through which yuan settlement can be effected. Once in place, they will turn their attention towards getting increased utilisation. A set of incentives will be offered for the purpose, but until then, it remains business as usual.'

 

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sanjeev nayyar

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Quick notes: Moringa craze, Clean meat...

• Moringa craze takes over: Drumstick leaves, the superfood of 2018... soon, poor Indians won't be able to afford it



• Why fiber is good for you: Dietary fiber = undigested by humans = food for gut bacteria. Byproduct is short-chain fatty acids, absorbed by intestinal cells, which use it as fuel.



• Clean meat: Cell-cultured “clean” meat is grown by extracting cells from an animal and then growing those cells in a bioreactor filled with a high-tech nutrient-dense liquid. The cells feed on the liquid and proliferate, producing chicken meat that’s molecularly identical to conventional meat without having ever slaughtered an animal.



• Tax on disposable coffee cups: Bengaluru should consider this.



• Maneeshaa Panchakam: He who is firmly established in the Pure Consciousness – be he a Chandala (outcaste) or a Brahmana, such a one is indeed worthy of being a Guru.
  
  ..dridha prajna api yasya asti chet, chandaalah astu sah tu dvijah astu guruh iti..




• Bollywood's lack of ideas: What happened to all those life-changing films like V. Shantaram's Do Aankhen Barah Haath (about prison reform), Mehboob Khan's Mother India (about matriarchal pride and dignity), Bimal Roy's Sujata (about eradicating the caste system).....?



• Slam vs Slam: Islamic State declares war on rival Hamas with video execution



• It's Time to End Pak's Double Game: Pakistan concocted a complex strategy of cooperating on logistics and occasional help with hunting Al Qaeda leaders in exchange for massive U.S. aid, while simultaneously building out a clandestine program to reconstitute the Taliban.

President @realDonaldTrump’s first tweet of 2018. A promising message to Afghans who have suffered at the hands of terrorists based in Pakistan for far too long. https://t.co/NJdYB5qOWl

— Hamdullah Mohib (@hmohib) January 1, 2018

Author Provokes Whitehouse Anger with Exposé

Writer Michael Wolff has earned condemnation and outrage from the Trump Whitehouse after publishing a book he says he was able write after being given close access to the Whitehouse by Steve Bannon. Wolff has written that Bannon was mainly focused on declaring China to be America's prime threat:

http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/01/06/book-claim-starting-encompassing-war-china-topped-bannons-white-house-agenda/



Wolff also writes of Nikki Haley being "as ambitious as Lucifer" and positioning herself as Trump's successor to occupy the Whitehouse in 2020:

https://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2018/01/06/michael-wolff-nikki-haley-positioning-as-trumps-successor-431815/


Wolff's book has provoked denunciation from Trump against both author Wolff and Bannon as well.

Pakistan Hastening Its Debt-Trap Demise?

Under pressure from the US aid cutoff, Pakistan has agreed to allow China's Yuan currency to be used on its soil to facilitate trade between the 2 countries (something that Pakistan was previously hesitant to do):

http://www.firstpost.com/world/pakistan-nearly-trades-its-economic-sovereignty-in-currency-swap-arrangement-with-china-4289933.html

This may accelerate Pakistan's plunge into a debt-trap situation. We can see the deep economic misery and pain that befell Greece when it surrendered its sovereign currency to use the Euro, as proposed by Germany. While Germany/China has all the manufacturing/export power, Greece/Pakistan accumulates debt and insolvency, in a lopsided relationship.

What India needs to do is secure its border fences and Aadhar cards for its citizenry, to protect itself from being inundated by refugees, as Pakistan heads towards a North Korean fate of poverty and misery. When Islam admonishes the charging of interest, it's no small coincidence that it attracts a following comprised of deadbeats who can't manage their impulses for profligacy and runaway borrowing.

I’m introducing a bill to end aid to Pakistan in the coming days. My bill will take the money that would have gone to Pakistan and put it in an infrastructure fund to build roads and bridges here at home. pic.twitter.com/SHlA00rWEd

— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) January 4, 2018

Good idea Rand! https://t.co/55sqUDiC0s

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2018

US Puts Pak on Watchlist for Violating Religious Freedom

The US State Dept has now placed Pakistan on a watchlist of countries designated as violating religious freedoms:

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-01-04/us-state-dept-re-designates-countries-for-violating-religious-freedom

This follows US suspension of aid to Pakistan due to its duplicity in the War on Terror.

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-01-04/us-accuses-pakistan-over-violations-of-religious-freedom

india's agriculture is not nearly as bad as we think

http://indianexpress.com/article/india/farm-truths-heres-what-makes-us-optimistic-about-indian-agriculture-5010661/

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today's big #fail: intel hardware flaw that affects all its chips, and thus most of our comptuers

https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/01/03/security-flaw-found-in-intel-chips-fix-could-slow-down-older-computers-report/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=gmsv&utm_medium=email

need an OS patch, but that won't fix everything. it will also slow the computer down.

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