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First, how do countries develop and become rich? It is important to find the answer to this question. Then, one will automatically receive the answer to why the US targeted Huawei. The simple answer to the former question is to invest heavily in education, research, and innovation and ultimately create large brands to do business globally. China has done exactly that in the last three decades .  The CCP, despite all the cruelty it can commit against people who try to challenge its authority, invested heavily in education. Now, the top Chinese universities are comparable to Western institutions. Primary education is accessible to all citizens. CCP has also attracted the best talent and allowed meritocracy to rise.  Huawei is the perfect example of the Chinese people's hard work and perseverance in achieving greater heights as a nation. Just three years ago, Huawei posed a challenge to Apple and Samsung in manufacturing amazing mobile sets. In developing 5G technology, as p...

Source - X (formerly twitter) The long-term impact of rapid infrastructure development at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) by the Indian and Chinese governments can only be positive. China started developing infrastructure at the border at breakneck speed long before the Indian government decided to prioritize it. Over the decades, the Indian government has made an implausible argument that building roads closer to LAC is not a sensible idea. The official position was that if India built roads closer to LAC and forgot any other form of modern connectivity, it would benefit the enemy, meaning China, in the event of war or any armed conflict. Our policymakers displayed remarkable short-sightedness. The Modi govt finally prioritized the construction of roads near LAC, but contrary to popular belief, the present govt also created merely a single-lane road in the arduous Himalayan mountains of Ladakh and large parts of Arunachal Pradesh are still inaccessible. It is too little too late f...

By Mukesh Devrari There is a lot of discussion around the Pakistani foreign minister’s visit to India, but no one is talking about it honestly. This visit must be looked at from two angles. The first is Pakistan’s domestic politics. Right now, it has three major players. First is the PTI led by Imran Khan. Second is the Pakistan Muslim League (N), which the former PM Nawaz Sharif controls. The third most crucial political outfit, the Pakistan People’s Party, is controlled by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s family. The PPP is almost like a family-run business with a strong base in Sindh. Imran Khan was the Prime Minister of Pakistan until he fell out of favor with the military and was removed from his position. Though the military did not intervene directly, it managed his ouster from behind the curtain. Since then, a sulking Imran Khan has tried to project his confrontation with the military as a personal feud between himself and former Army Chief General Bajwa for the public’s consumption,...

By Gursewak Singh Toor There are many causes of unrest in Punjab. It starts with Punjab's rights regarding Chandigarh and Punjab's waters. According to international law, Punjab's free-flowing waters belong to Punjab, but still, Rajasthan, Haryana, and Delhi are receiving this natural resource free of cost. Even during British times, the princely states used to pay Punjab for water. The killings of innocent people by the state in 1947, 1966, 1984–1995, and the ongoing drug genocide from 2000 till today remain unresolved. Sikh prisoners are still in jail after 30+ years, and many have not been released even after serving their sentences. Many youngsters have also been jailed on dubious charges or for simply saying "Khalistan" or for other minimal allegations. They are not being released. Meanwhile, culprits of the Gujarat riots in 2002, including rapists, are getting bail on the grounds of good character and moral behavior. Powerful individuals like Ram Rahim, invo...

By Mukesh Devrari  The trouble in Punjab started as the central and state governments failed to fulfill the basic developmental needs of the people. Punjab has been in the news for all the wrong reasons for the last ten years. The Congress government in Punjab, led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, must be partially blamed for the trouble brewing in the region today. Though his nationalist credentials are unquestionable, during his tenure, Punjab slid into drug addiction. Also, it would not be fair to blame only the former Congress government for the deteriorating situation in Punjab. The BJP once had a very strong presence in Punjab. In fact, Punjab consistently sent BJP members to the lower house of Parliament, including Navjot Singh Sidhu and Sunny Deol, until recently. Still, PM Modi and his coterie isolated the leaders of their own party in Punjab and failed to address their political aspirations. Congress and the SAD also lost credibility due to rampant corruption ov...

By Mukesh Devrari  It has been repeated quite often in our media that the economies of India and China were almost equal in size nearly three decades ago. However, today China’s economy is more than six times larger than India’s. The remarkable success of China’s economy has not only changed the global economic landscape but has also pushed the frontiers of human achievement in various areas, including space exploration, artificial intelligence, and manufacturing. Perhaps the most significant impact of China’s economic development has been the lifting of more than 800 million people out of poverty—an unprecedented achievement in human history. As a result, the entire developing world now looks up to China in an attempt to understand how such an economic transformation was made possible. Many countries in Southeast Asia, most prominently Vietnam, are actively replicating China’s development model. Meanwhile, India continues to struggle with industrialization and is attempting to emu...

By Mukesh Devrari The BBC’s film on PM Narendra Modi repeated the allegations that have been making rounds for the last two decades. The Gujarat riots took place in 2002. The riots started after the Godhra train was burned by Muslims, killing 59 Hindus. The Hindu mobs attacked Muslims with a sense of impunity, and Narendra Modi, as the Chief Minister, watched the carnage for three days. The first allegation against him was that he did nothing to stop people from killing each other. Rather, right-wing media and low-ranking office bearers of his party justified the riots as a reaction to the attack on the Godhra train carrying Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya. The BBC’s documentary also mentioned that the Home Minister of Gujarat, Hiren Pandya, was killed in dubious circumstances by a bullet wound at some place and later his body was placed inside his car. It indirectly suggested that Modi was behind the killing. The documentary also alleged that two police officers who spoke agai...