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EditorialChinese answer to the West - “Made in China” to “Made by China” 6Dear Editor 9History Mail Frank Lloyd Wright to Aline Saarinen 11HappeningsNot a Mubarak day for Hosni 12Marriages are made in courts 13Lest We ForgetDespite tall claims of the govern-ment, poaching of leopards continues unabated 14AlbumSmall Talk: Rakhi Sawant 15

UNDERCOVERCrimes unchecked 16PPP remains a case study 16MuSIngsBand Baaja Baraat 17

COLUMNTh itinan Pongsudhirak A Th ai Spring? 18

FAR PAVILLIONUS debt ceiling: Prolonging a crisisBarack Obama might have averted a default by inking a last minute deal with the Republicans but the event has revealed deep cracks in the US fi nancial and political system 20

INDIAN ECHOESTh e Cotton College coupBill to turn the college into state varsity courts controversy 22Mathematics honoursTh ree Bengali boys win medals at Maths Olympiad 22In the clutches of feverState machinery seems at a loss how to tackle the situation 23

SPECIAL STORY 1 Th e rise of rice politics In the last 5 years, the price of rice dis-tributed through PDS in Tamil Nadu has been constantly going down. Now it has hit the bottom: zero 24

COVER STORYMade in a Madrasa As India’s Islamic seminaries reinvent themselves, the number of Hindu enrolments in these institutions are on the rise across the nation 26

SPECIAL STORY 2Enemy at the gates India's paramilitary forces sit on a ticking time bomb as the scourge of AIDS casts a shadow on their men 36

SPECIAL REPORTMeeting of mindsWith important municipal elections due next year, the warring Th ackeray cousins fi nd a common ground 38

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ARINDAM CHAUDHURI, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, THE SUNDAY INDIAN

THE CHINESE ANSWER TO THE WEST – “MADE IN CHINA” TO “MADE BY CHINA”

There is this popular joke that goes like this: if you clone yourself four times, one will be Chinese! Th at says it all about the manner in which the world perceives the Chinese – populated and copycats. No doubt, China has

become overpowering and has integrated itself into the lives of people all across the globe by their sheer human power and the power to produce goods and services at an unprecedented pace and volume. So much so that from Greenland to Antarctica, and from Middle East to Europe, if one were to try and search the origin of the products used in these countries on a daily basis, in all prob-ability the ‘origin’ would turn out to be China. Be it your cell phone or the laptop, or even the engine of your car, everything turns out to be made in China. An original iPhone or even its look-a-like (with similar or more features), both are made in China. In fact, all this is known. But what is mostly unknown is the might that the Chinese have garnered today with their home grown products and brands. Not only is China manufacturing almost all goods for Western companies, but it also has gained a huge momentum with its own domestic production. Today, Chinese companies are not only topping various global lists in terms of revenue, market share, size and scale but are also acting as alternatives – or even better replacements – for western products within and outside China. Today, the Chinese have a “Made by China” option with similar features and quality for almost every known western brand, which are also anyway made in China.

Against the populist perception of China being a nation of cheap-labour export and copycats, China has emerged as one of the most innovative nations as well! When one goes to a top designer store in America or to the Disney Stores in Disneyland, it’s all made in China; totally dispelling the myth that Chinese products mean coarse or low quality fakes. Everything, everywhere seems to be made in China, especially in the West. So much so that when post 9/11, the Americans had their national fl ag fl ying up and about almost everywhere, it was found that most of these fl ags had been made in China!! Obviously, as an Indian, it hits you hard since there is absolutely no such concept like “Made in India”, though as a nation we have some of the best talent, many of whom are even running the world’s topmost companies now. Th at is why when Hillary Clinton comes to India and gives a motivation pill to Indians that they should look at a parallel role in this region along with China, and when the Indian media goes ga-ga over that, I feel like rolling with laughter! One reason why I started writing on China since the previous issue – and plan to write oft en – is so that Indians know where we could have been and where we are, shamefully. Th is piece actually doesn’t merit an Indian mention at all – so much is the Chinese superiority when it comes to “Made in China” as well as “Made by China”!

In the latest World Intellectual Property Indicators 2010 (WIPO) report, China fi gures as the third largest nation in terms of patent

applications. China has applied for 203,481 patents in 2009 and around 492,008 between 2003 and 2007. To further their entrepre-neurial endeavours and strengthen indigenous companies, the Chi-nese government launched an “indigenous innovation” scheme and further declared it a national priority in 2006. Th is whole program was aimed towards encouragement of technological innovation in Chinese domestic fi rms and motivating them to own their propri-etary Intellectual Property rights. Moreover, all science and technol-ogy based production has been continuously aided with huge tax incentives, credit facilities and budgetary support. On top of that, the products thus developed under the “indigenous innovation” program also featured as a priority in government procurement list. A 2010 US Chamber report titled ‘China’s drive for indigenous innovation’ states how China has climbed the ladder swift ly and made itself prominent in the fi eld of science and technology. Th e Th ompson Reuters Science Citation Index (CSI) placed 122,998 Chinese scientifi c papers in 2009 thus making them the third larg-est contributor. China also features as the largest contributor in the areas of engineering, genomics and nanotechnology.

Let me start the China story with an interesting anecdote. All those who followed the Beijing Olympics closely would have surely been impressed by former Chinese gymnast Li Ning, who lit the cauldron during the opening ceremony. But then, knowledge about the fact that this 45-year old, triple gold medalist of the 1984 games is actually the founder and owner of China’s biggest sporting goods manufactur-ing company named Li Ning Company Lim-ited is quite limited. Li Ning Co. is not only

the biggest in China, but also has stores across the globe. During the 2008 Olympics, the company sponsored many sporting teams, besides sponsoring the Chinese teams. Today, it is the biggest com-petitor to Adidas and Nike in China and clocked in revenues of a staggering $1.354 billion last year. As per China Market Research Group Survey 2009, Li Ning and Adidas both had a 14 per cent market share in China, which was just 3 per cent behind the market leader Nike.

Well, that was just one example to indicate what the Chinese are capable of. On a macro level, it is a well established fact that no economy can fl ourish without a formidable fi nancial sector. And Chinese banks have acquired monstrous proportions when compared to their western counterparts. Th e Industrial and Com-mercial Bank of China Ltd (ICBC) is one of the strongest pillars of the Chinese industry and this is evident from the fact that it’s the 7th biggest public company in the world, as per the Forbes list 2011. Th e top four banks of China – ICBC, People’s Construction Bank of China, Bank of China and Agricultural Bank of China – manage around 80 per cent of Chinese fi nancial portfolio. Th ese banks are the biggest banks globally in terms of their market capitalization and today feature among the top fi ve banks on most of the global lists.

“China has come a long way in creating replacements for all

the biggest American and European giants”

H A P P E N I N G S

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“Th e peacock poses no danger to anyone.”

THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

SOCIETY, the parent company of

New York’s Central Park Zoo, in a statement about

a bird that wandered from the park on Tuesday to

perch itself on a window ledge on Manhattan’s Fift h

Avenue

“We have nothing invested in the continuation of a regime that must kill, imprison and torture its own citizens to maintain power.“

HILLARY CLINTON, secretary of state, on

Bashar Assad’s deadly crackdown on opposition

demonstrators in Syria that has led to the deaths

of many innocent civilians

“Fasting has only increased our determination and resolve to defeat the brigades of the tyrant.”

HUSAM HUSSEIN, commander of frontline

rebels in Libya, on the determination to continue

fi ghting forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi ,

despite fasting for the holy month of Ramadan

“Th e US is living beyond its means like a parasite off the global economy.”

VLADIMIR PUTINPrime Minister

of Russia “Th e Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is not a party of cowards. Our houses are not made of glass.”

NITIN GADKARI Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president

So They SaidHHAAPPPPEENNIINNGGSSRUSSIA’S EASY VISA DEAL

MURDOCH ATTACKER GETS JAIL

NEPAL PM BUYS TIME

A British citizen, who grabbed headlines aft er

throwing a plate of shaving foam at media tycoon Rupert Murdoch during a parliamen-tary hearing into the phone-hacking scandal in London has been jailed. May-Bowles, 26, who calls himself Jonnie Marbles, is going to spend six weeks in jail. Aft er pleading guilty to the July 29 off ences, Bowles says: “I would just like to say this has been the most humble day of my life.” Th e phone-hacking saga has al-

ready led to the closure of a famed London tabloid.

An Indo-Russian deal eas-ing business and tourist

visa restrictions for nationals of both countries has been ap-proved by Russia’s prime minister Vladimir Putin. Fol-lowing the historic develop-ment, fi rst deputy foreign minister Andrei Denisov says: “Th e agreement aims to con-solidate the legal basis for Russia-India relations in re-quirements for mutual travels of citizens and promote cre-ation of favourable conditions for facilitation of mutual trav-els of certain categories of

citizens of the two countries. Th is would include represen-tatives of business structures, scientists, cultural workers, students and tourists.” Now, the deal has been forwarded to the lower house of Parlia-ment, State Duma for ratifi ca-tion. A hark back to the days of Indo-Soviet detente.

Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is back in

Cairo at last, not to rule but to face trial. Th e 83-year-old des-pot, who ruled Egypt with an iron hand for nearly three de-cades was toppled by a massive popular uprising in February, is to stand trial on charges of corruption and ordering his

NOT A MUBARAK DAY FOR HOSNI

With no signifi cant progress in Nepal’s stalled peace process, prime minister Jhalanath Khanal has decided to quit offi ce this month.

Th e PM told journalists: “It will be my political and moral duty to step down if we fail to conclude the major tasks of peace process by August 13.” Uncertainty began aft er Maoists threatened to withdraw support to the fi ve-month- old government over induction of new faces.

army to kill mostly peaceful pro-democracy protesters. If the court in Egypt fi nds Muba-rak guilty of murder and other charges, he could be in real trouble. Others to stand trial include Mubarak’s sons, Alaa and Gamal, former interior minister Habib al-Adly and six of his aides.

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