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We URGENTLY need more voices like young Sana Hashmi to SPEAK UP, SPEAK OUT and EDUCATE us desis abt Taiwan. Also good to hear she's a 100% authentic Delhiite with firm roots in Old Delhi.

Sana is one of the sane voices I see on twitter who is a regular crusader for deepening India-Taiwan ties.

"Thank you Sana Hashmi, And for SG best suited is Mr John C. Maxwell, statment "A great leader is not threatened by the talent of his/her team, but rather sees it as an opportunity. They are surround themselves with the best people to complement their strengths ."

So relieved that we have somebody fluent in Chinese. Gupta is so painstaking in recruiting and advancing a whole cadre of competence in Indian public life.

Nice to see and hear someone whose columns I read with interest. ❤❤👍👍

While China has made enormous progress, I find that Chinese underestimate India dramatically. It is somewhat of an optics problem given by slums and poverty in India.

This was really a great discussion!

Nice episode Sana very knowledgeable. Given lots of insight

SG is doing a phenomenal job in bringing forward such learned people like Sana!

We need more Sana like scholars from India to study the Chinese. Congratulations to Sana on her achievements. Well done Sana- you r an inspiration. India is proud of you.

Sanaa is a true expert, and credit to SG for identifying the talent! Sanaa shows the difference being in the field of action makes to expertise on any topic.

Thank you for valueable insights

We need more such discussions on china. I feel Indian have very less knowledge about china & In our media we don't even talk china. We keep talking & discussing about Pakistan.

Outstanding video. Learnt a lot. Kudos to Shekhar to give the floor to the expert. That shows that is a true professional who is seeking to learn and inform. I will follow her columns more regularly now.

So happy to see you here, SH✨️🎉 keep soaring high 🙌🏻

Nice to hear about China from Sana but the point is - Why is Shekhar so much interested in travails of the Chinese economy? Even if FDI inflow is down by some hundred plus billion USD, it does not affect them much. The economy is 5 times that of India at over 16 trillion USD. And is not expected to grow at the rates experienced earlier. Problems of real estate sector are there in every other country in varying degrees of impact and China will take care of it in due course by initiating appropriate policy initiatives. Finally, if Chinese are indeed going down, why bother? Just wait and watch!!!

Insane content... all the gyaanis in India give gyaan on China, without any literature and this lady has just hit the target like crazy accurate! Awesome stuff!

Very fine analysis by Sana

Industrial raw material is a major part of import from China, low sulphur carbon is a major raw material is steel making, china is the cheapest source of that, simply no competition.

Great work by Sana!

Great episode. Thanks for your insights on a very important area 🙏🏼

China controls 95% of the production and supply of rare earth metals, integral to manufacturing magnets for electric vehicles (EVs) and wind farms, and this monopoly has allowed China to dictate prices and stir turmoil among end users through export controls. geopolitical tensions between the West and China risk the reliable supply of rare earth minerals. If China persists with export restrictions, as it has with commodities like as germanium and graphite, supply could be further compromised. Rare earths, a group of 17 elements used in various products including EVs, wind turbines, and consumer electronics due to their magnetic and electronic properties.

Today, China's productivity is nearly double that of India. While 45% of Indian workers are still in the highly unproductive agriculture sector, China has graduated even from simple, labour-intensive manufacturing to emerge, for example, as a dominant force in global car markets, especially in electric vehicles.

Fantastic interview. ThePrint has found a balanced journalist or expert in Ms. Sana Hashim. From the looks of it, Xi Jingping seems to be the 'Aggregator General' of 'all things slowing down' in China.

Thank you Sanaji. It is a rare opportunity to get the views from a primary source (that too from India), on China. Your analysis and views certainly improved my understanding about Taiwan/China and Chinese foreign policy dynamics.

Excellent insights.

Good one.

SG please correct, Taiwan isn't china

Sana is sharp and articulated.

Good one, thank you.👍

Excellent conversation Shekhar and guest ! Get her more to the print dialogues ❤

Thanks

Nice information

Wonderful presentation

Shekhar Sir, we have seen many many cut the clutter episodes on China, however I believe this is the first time Sana has joined you. This is fantastic work, hope we get to see more of Sana at CTC going forward.

For The Print, this has been the best week of covering various topics - quality-wise and comprehensiveness. Kudos

Brilliant.

Lot of insights on China & Taiwan from Sana. Keep inviting her regularly.

Informed content- thanks for the episode 👍

please make a video about ongoing political scuffle in himachal pardesh

A treat to listen to Sana . Great going young lady !

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great conversation. India needs more engagement with Taiwan, esp during this period of relative Chinese decline.

This was something special 🎉

Shekhar with any expert Beyond excellence I would say unmatchable. Very knowledgeable and helpful 👌 👍 👏

Excellent episode team print Sana Hashmi and SG, interesting, thought provoking and extremely compelling to listen to. Great work and as always compliments and best wishes.

Excellent , she is so knowledgeable and good command of English, enjoyed very much

Excellent presentation once again . Proud of our Indian scholar Sana Hashmi based out in Taiwan .

Happy to see Sana here with you SG. She has always voices for greater India - Taiwan relations. Welcome Sana to ctc !!

We should stop caring about Chinese Red lines , time has come to pursue our interest unapologetically and improve relation with Taiwan .

Great to hear Sana 's view point from Thaiwan. Need more of her ...

U forget a simple fact, China has most of the tech and hime companies investing within, like byd for example. They dont need FDI to the extent as in the past. Many companies did move out and have come back ..simply because of the work culture

I dont understand sanghis keep asking about the Uyghur "persecution" in china. Uyghurs get jobs, made to focus on Chinese nationalism rather than their muslim identity. Isnt that what sanghis want from indian Muslims as well?

Kudos to Sana Hashmi who exhibits her repository of knowledge, prefers to call Taiwan a Thaiwan, she is competent enough to enlighten the audience with her authentic and trustable information regarding the internal political and economic scenario prevailing in the so-called People's Republic of China, once a sleeping opium giant but now a modern, vibrating, awakened and expansionist country. I am really impressed by her straight talk without mincing the words, is a rare columnist for The Print.

Thanks to sana hashmi for her wonderful insights. Instead of only writing columns, she should make 5-10 mits videos or interactive setions like this are more useful on china issues.

typical SG style interview! Call an expert but demonstrate that he is knowledgeable!

I think Taiwan reunification or even an Arunachal takeover is a pipe dream. The decline in FDI is also due to the fact that Chinese labor is not so cheap anymore. You also don't see a China FDI loss directly benefitting India because though Indian labor is cheap, we are still a very "red tape" country (Blame lies with the people; politicians are only reacting to people's demand of no land acquisition and activist hurdles). South East Asian countries are mostly benefitting from Chinese FDI exodus. That said, China is still the world's factory and a crucial cog of world growth.

Thankfully SG sir is conducting this interview and not Jyoti Malhotra maam whooz constantly interrupting the speaker and not allowing them more time to do the talking as it should be

Byd export more cars than Tesla

Audio quality in print video is very poor

India needs more scholars and SME like her

Meanwhile Indian government departments warned the centre against arbitrarily increasing import duties on Chinese goods.

Hats off to Sana ! Proud of her !

I think this episode lacks the depth one would expect from a domain expert. I would have loved to hear specifics and details and perhaps some disagreements also in this episode. I am quite fond of most things The Print does and therefore I feel a constructive criticism is my 2 cents to help it improve

Especially if you want to appeal to a global audience

Sana shows good local insights...from Taiwan specific to China ..her indights on China seem to be derived from current events well known in public domain ..

And shekhar again attempted today-yesterday-tomorrow analogy😂

Wonderful to listen to Sana, giving great insights about China

Nice interview! I wanted more on Western European, Australia and South East asian nations taken on the new China

SG very aptly described her as a young person with domain knowledge about China. Thanks to the print for such a refreshing CTC

SG check on Japan in 90s.. It's the same (post ww2) colonial tactics that's running now.

Shekhar: "I will let you talk a lot more". Of course, then proceeds to INTERRUPT ALL the f*ing time! 😀

This was a great session.. thanks Print. If China underestimates India then it is good for us. We in turn should never let our guard down because it is high time we start giving more priority to our northern neighbor compared to the western one.

India looks like in a good spot in between competing great nations, on paper, but I think this is a bad position because it also pissed off many big nations around the world by playing too many sides. As for Taiwan and mainland China, with DPP in power in Taiwan that always belittles all mainlanders (a type of racism), not just the CCP, is heading toward unpleasantness.

She is definately an Asset for india

Sir, we know all the Disclaimer by heart by now. Go ahead and make the show.

She sounds like a high school student in a debate class.

What extra information are both of you providing. These are all known facts. Come on I was expecting something in greater detail.

1. China is working purely in its own interest, and from a nationalist perspective, they are doing a pretty good job for themselves. 2. The world seeing China as hostile confirms the growing clout and power of China. Indian opinion on Taiwan is irrelevant and carries zero weight aside from some editorial content in some newspapers . 3. Taiwan remains a distant subject for Indian policymakers. Nepal and Bhutan hold more significance for India than Taiwan. Taiwanese also do not see India as a significant ally; the US remains Taiwan's primary partner. 4. The economy and FDI are always flexible with fluctuating graphs. Chinese companies have grown stronger and are becoming multinational corporations. It is short-sighted to measure China's manufacturing strength solely based on foreign firms' competitiveness against Chinese companies or FDI. 5. The Chinese government has directly invested in taking China to the next level, while Indian govt. companies like BHEL/BEL are constrained by government policies. 6. Indian private sectors have strategic business tie-ups with East Asia, with over 20,000 collaborations between Korean and Japanese businesses. While collaboration of Taiwanese companies with India is not even 1000 7. Taiwanese investments heavily in China, and many opinions here underestimate the real situation. Bringing in a Taiwanese perspective could provide a clearer understanding. Taiwanese are aware of China's hostile attitude towards the USA. 8. FDI is no longer a necessity for China, and relying on FDI data alone does not accurately depict China's current situation. Speaking to Indian businesses that frequently operate in China can offer a more realistic view. 9. Taiwanese are only curious about India and not interested in a substantial relationship due to considering India an unreliable market. Business data supports this viewpoint. For instance, managerial staff in Foxconn factories in India are mainly mainland Chinese citizens. 10. Is China's economy declining? This question requires clarification about the specific perspective from which the decline is being assessed. FDI data is irrelevant . 11. India should consider navigating Taiwan-related policies based on its own interests. 12. There are ZERO direct flights between India & Taiwan. Thus demonstrates the value of Taiwan India Relationship.

Hello. Very nice video ❤❤❤❤❤. In the next videos, can you please cover if a nuclear world war is inevitable and if india is prepared for the same considering 2 of our neighbors are nuclear powers and have different nuclear doctrines?

I was surprised there was no mention of the local population of Taiwan who have a different language and culture from China who were sidelined by the fleeing Chiang Kai Shek and the KMT in 1949

As India govt say china is our competitor but This attitude of banning china export to India is itself defeatist mindset of India govt it looks like we already accepted we can't succeed Indian export increase in competition with china export so don't let china succeed by using unfair tactics by banning export by this thinking one thing is clear competition make better of themselves defeatist attitude make stagnation frustrations of failure and incompetence

Topic Choosen for M.Phil and PhD is very very Vertically

Shekhar, you probably meant “leverage” and not “cleavage” around 10:40 😅

To be brutally honest, on China we haven't recieved any wisdom from Guptaji. For example, Chinese real estate has been the focus of media after EverGrande started to fold. But going back 6-8 years there were genuine well meaning China watchers (who oppose Chinese state propaganda), dissidents and economists talking about it. Folks traveling form one "ghost towns" to another recording everything on video while wondering why more such towns are being built. International media perhaps even the ones Guptaji is biased towards never talked about it or other Chinese issues back then.

Is it 'Loha garam hai maar do hathauda" moment for america, in chinese perspective.

Indians like to Compare with China everyday, India have to compare with Bangladesh, Venezuela, Madagascar

Taiwan is not china SG. We know your funds come from china.

Shekhar sir.. Taiwan is a separate country...why call it china or Taipei... why toe Chinese communist party line..

Can you guys bring people with more experience and from those who has seen life? Not sir interns plz

Sekhar Gupta, when you invite guest(s) allow her / him (them) to speak, you don't have to push yourselves into the conversation

Never listen to think tankers about economy ….. talk to a wall streeter or economist if you wabt to talk about economy

Overall pretty good interview, but her views are basically Taiwan’s general view about PRC. This is much better than West, but also seriously biased to Taiwan And Anti-CCP. The point is these views still not Right about PRC and could not correctly predict the Future actions and situation of PRC. 1) She confused the Net FDI flow with FDI Inflow, especially the industrial investment. The real story is that the Foreign Hot Money, like the stock investment, and some foreign labor-intensive companies did leave PRC AND caused the net FDI to always zero. But many high-tech foreign investment still pouring into PRC. This is the much important part. 2) The current government on Taiwan is Republic of China. So saying Taiwan is not part of China is Wrong! She knew this.

Factory moving out of china, is sure sigh that china is becoming a rich and develope countries.

Taiwan is not China, even if it had been colonised by people of chinese origin after their civil war.

Mr Gupta , please do not say “Taiwan is China.” Even GOI doesn’t emphasize it anymore. And you should have NO compulsion to repeat it. You said so in the beginning.

Dude just called Taiwan as China

whatever you say about Modi/BJP , one thing was pretty ODD- they have no objections or plan or strong stance to China ? Why is that is still not clear to anybody

AAP log kya journalism ke sare best talent ko hire kar liye hai??