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Re: HuffPost India is history, thanks to new FDI norms

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Post by Dahoon » Fri, Nov 27, 2020, 8:53 PM UTC

rtx wrote: post #92

Dahoon wrote: post #60

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There no more a "China threat" than there's a "US threat". Stop spreading FUD on HN. Also "China" is like "America". Geography, not countries.

They recently killed 20 Indian soldiers.

Yes, but while sad it doesn't mean PRC is a bigger threat than many others. 20 is a drop in the sea of people dead in Iraq for example. So to say there's a threat from PRC isn't a direct lie but it is laughably small compared to the threat from the US.

Re: HuffPost India is history, thanks to new FDI norms

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Post by Dahoon » Fri, Nov 27, 2020, 9:01 PM UTC

fakeyguy wrote: post #106

Dahoon wrote: post #60

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There no more a "China threat" than there's a "US threat". Stop spreading FUD on HN. Also "China" is like "America". Geography, not countries.

There is. When you live here it's easy to see it. Tensions have been escalating for last 6 months. Hence many changes in Foreign investments - esp. from China.

Let me ask you this: If you walk down a busy street, which are the most likely you see: McDonald's or whatever equivalent they have in China? If you look at people using computers do they use Facebook and Google or Renren and Baidu? Do you see more Mandarin taught in schools or English? Chinese or western TV? Clearly culturally there are way more from the US. Tensions isn't because "China is taking over". Culturally India have already been taken over years ago. If anything India is now trying to get away from colonial times and English/American meddling.

One can only hope India rises as a power player in its own right. Pointing fingers at PRC is just propaganda to get people to look away from national problems and the real foreign investment boogeymen which has been in India all along and don't want more competition.

Re: HuffPost India is history, thanks to new FDI norms

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Post by sa1 » Sat, Nov 28, 2020, 7:14 PM UTC

oytis wrote: post #123

sa1 wrote: post #63

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> You need local journalists to write local news. Local journalists are still free to write for foreign publications. What stops them now? From what I see, this rule is trivially bypassed. Imagine BBC UK having a India section, and buying stories from Indian journalists(which they already do).

> Local journalists are still free to write for foreign publications. I don't know about India specifically, but in many countries working for the press gives you some special status. You are not supposed to be attacked by the police during protests, government officials owe some basic comment to you etc. Basically rights that allow you to do journalist's job legally and relatively safely. Foreign media probably don'…

I agree with you regarding all points. As someone living in India, I'm concerned with the eroding freedom. But as a person always looking for hacks, I'm also desperate for publications to simply not die off and this was one way.

Re: HuffPost India is history, thanks to new FDI norms

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Post by Dahoon » Sat, Nov 28, 2020, 9:14 PM UTC

throwaway4good wrote: post #64

Dahoon wrote: post #57

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You need local journalists to write local news.

You just hire some local journalists to write for the American based HuffPost. Why would that be a problem?

Let me answer with a counter question: If a US based HuffPost was good enough why start an Indian based HuffPost in the first place?

Re: HuffPost India is history, thanks to new FDI norms

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Post by Dahoon » Sat, Nov 28, 2020, 9:24 PM UTC

vinay427 wrote: post #76

Dahoon wrote: post #56

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On what Americans call Left and what the rest of the world call Right or Center-right. Since this is about India this is incorrect. HuffPost is center-right.

I wouldn't exactly consider the left in India, or most of the west for that matter, "left" of the American left. This is true on some dimensions but certainly not many others, at least speaking as someone who has lived in both the US and western Europe.

Look at this political map from when the extreme right wing is rolling over Europe and when lots of politicians were very scared of what is to come. Talk of rise of fascism etc. is seen every day in papers. The future looks bleak:

https://www.politicalcompass.org/euchart

Then look at this and see that the scary wave in the EU is close to Biden 2020:

https://www.politicalcompass.org/uselection2020

Being scared of rise of fascism and extreme right wing parties in Europe == US Democrats 2020.

Americans refuse to see reality. It is as if they are embarrassed by it somehow.