Debapriya: Dhaka-Beijing ties can be prime mover for Bangladesh’s transformation

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Debapriya: Dhaka-Beijing ties can be prime mover for Bangladesh’s transformation
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• Published at 05:54 pm July 5th, 2021

File photo of Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya Collected

He, however, says it will largely depend on how Bangladesh prepares for it, address the prerequisites, and be careful about the pitfalls which lie in the way

Distinguished Fellow of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya has said there is full potential for the Dhaka-Beijing relationship to be a prime mover for the economic and social transformation of Bangladesh in the next decade.

He, however, said it will largely depend on how Bangladesh prepares for it, address the prerequisites, and be careful about the pitfalls which lie in the way.

The economist said Bangladesh must insist that the duty-free quota-free (DFQF) market access extended by China to Bangladesh be extended beyond the graduation of Bangladesh from the least-developed country (LDC).

Also read - PM Hasina: China is a trusted partner in Bangladesh’s socio-economic development

“Because, beyond graduation, we will still need market access support from our developing partners, including the south-south partners,” he said while addressing a virtual roundtable.

Debapriya hoped that China will declare that the duty-free quota-free market access will be available for Bangladesh, at least for the first nine years after the graduation.

“The European Union and others are being persuaded to do so. The issue is on the table at the WTO. Thankfully, China, India and other southern countries are supporting us,” he added.

Due to the pandemic, the bilateral trade volume was dented with a 13.6% drop to $15.9 billion last year.

However, the “resilience and dynamism” of the two economies make it reasonable to expect a huge rebound this year.

According to statistics from China Customs, the trade volume in the first four months of 2021 is $7.19 billion with a 42.9% year-on-year increase.
China’s export to and import from Bangladesh respectively stand at $6.84 billion and $350 million, growing by 43.8% and 28.1%.

Last year, China granted 97% duty-free access to Bangladeshi products, which is seen as an important step towards a higher level of bilateral trade liberalization.

Earlier, Bangladesh used to export over 5,000 goods and now another 3,000 goods have been added to it.

“So, we can export 8,256 items to the Chinese market, which is a great achievement,” Debapriya said.

He said the Bangladesh-China relationship needs to be understood in the global context and also in the regional context — not only in the bilateral context.

Debapriya said it is important that Bangladesh gets China more involved in creating the regional and global value chain in the country.
“Bangladesh and China should be together in the global and regional value chain.”

Also read - About time Bangladesh, China signed FTA with investment deal

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming delivered the keynote speech at the virtual roundtable, titled “Bangladesh China Relations: Prognosis of the Future.”

It was hosted by the Cosmos Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Cosmos Group, as part of its ongoing Ambassador’s Lecture Series.
The opening remarks were delivered by the Cosmos Foundation Chairman Enayetullah Khan. The session was chaired by Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, renowned scholar-diplomat and former advisor on Foreign Affairs to the Bangladeshi caretaker government.

Ambassador Tariq A Karim, Debapriya Bhattacharya, former foreign secretary Shamsher Chowdhury, Assistant Researcher of the Institute for International Studies at Yunnan University Dr Zou Yingmeng, Assistant Research Fellow at China Institute of International Studies Dr Ning Shengnan, former ambassador Serajul Islam, and Dhaka University Professor Dr Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir comprised the panel of discussants.

Debapriya: Dhaka-Beijing ties can be prime mover for Bangladesh’s transformation

He, however, says it will largely depend on how Bangladesh prepares for it, address the prerequisites, and be careful about the pitfalls which lie in the way

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[Bilal9]

Well isn't that special - Debapriya the India shill, changing tune and rooting for China.

What will the South Block MEA baboos say? They aren't paying him anymore I guess...

I wonder what the future has in store, never thought I'd see this happen....

 

[Bengal71]

Well isn't that special - Debapriya the India shill, changing tune and rooting for China.

What will the South Block MEA baboos say? They aren't paying him anymore I guess...

I wonder what the future has in store, never thought I'd see this happen....

Most of our buddhi beshya are up for sale to the highest bidder. China simply has more money. They long held the policy of not interfering in the internal affairs of other countries. If they change the policy you will likely see all our buddhi beshya changing sides overnight. Money talks, BS walks.

 

[Destranator]

Well isn't that special - Debapriya the India shill, changing tune and rooting for China.

What will the South Block MEA baboos say? They aren't paying him anymore I guess...

I wonder what the future has in store, never thought I'd see this happen....

I have found no evidence whatsoever of Debapriya shilling for India ever. He has been equally critical of govt policies during BNP and BAL. Never seen him make unsubstantive claims.

How and when did he shill for India?
Or is it just because he is Hindu?

 

[Bilal9]

I have found no evidence whatsoever of Debapriya shilling for India ever. He has been equally critical of govt policies during BNP and BAL. Never seen him make unsubstantive claims.

How and when did he shill for India?
Or is it just because he is Hindu?

Hindu/Muslim does not matter.

This is not a honor/dishonor thing. Goes much, much deeper than that.

I remain convinced that CPD is in the business of influencing govt. ministers, for whichever foreign govt. is the highest bidder.

Like @Bengal71 said, he is in the business of shilling for money, to prop up himself and CPD's legitimacy and credibility as a supposed "thinktank". If you haven't seen "evidence", that simply means his discretion is much more refined than perceptible by lay people like you and me. He works with people like MP's and ministers, sometimes Hasina herself, to sway policy.

Bangladesh' trade runs on govt. policies, and his job is act as an agent for foreign govts. to ease or tighten those policies. At stake are hundreds of millions of dollars of trade benefits which happens many, many instances each fiscal. It is worth it for CPD and other shills for foreign govts. to be active on these matters.

If you talk about dalals, these are the real dalals. These are the true enemies of the people.

To provide just one example, India was able to ease duty on Bangladesh rice imports from 15% to maybe 5% or so to export millions of tons of rice from India recently, just by influencing the food minister (who also happens to be Hindu by the way, which is an observation). For India, paying just a few crore Rupee bribes to CPD (Debapriya) and whomever the NBR and minister targeted - paid off in hundreds of crores of Rupees gained for Indian govt. and the same amount lost to our govt.

When we say that whoever is in power in Bangladesh is selling our country "down the river" - I'm talking about these people. In Bengali it's called "desh bikri korey dewa". People in power in Bangladesh still lack backbone to stand on their own convictions. Slimy little leaches...

The fact that these CPD guys influence our policy has been well known for decades now.

Jamatis and Hefazatis are idiots to target people like bloggers and poets like Shamsur Rahman.

If they were smart, they'd try to reduce influence of these dalal rats (by non-violent means), who do much more damage to our country than liberal bloggers or LGBTQ people ever did.

Ultimately, our apamor jonoshadharon (aam janta) pays the price, by remaining poor and destitute and suffering way beyond their share.

I support Wikileaks 100%, as it would divulge how much corruption these 3rd world leaders engage in.

 

[The Ronin]

হায় হায়রে!! দেশ বিক্রি করে দিছে!! ভারতের পাশাপাশি দেশটা ভিয়েতনামের কাছেও বিক্রি হয়ে গেছে। [1] এদিকে থাইদের কাছে ২০২৬ পর্যন্ত দেশ বিক্রি গেছে। [2] Thai govt must have honey trapped Debapriya and food minister with really beautiful Thai women. Looks like China has Indian agent like Dr Debapriya too. [3] It's amusing to see this মখা আলমগীর still remembers and parrots Golapi's old dialogue besides his other usual shits.

It looks like BD imported most rice from India because Indian rice was cheaper ($369-$373 per ton) than the Thai ( $420-$430 per ton) and Vietnamese rice ($478-$482 per ton). The Indian rice was cheaper in June when govt approved tender to import 50000 tonnes because of continuous drop in the rupee and higher supplies from Indian govt warehouses which allowed the Indian traders to lower prices. [4]

But a report from May says India actually raised the price when both the government and private traders approached for procuring rice. Bangladesh's rice import target this year is 1.5-1.8 million, govt imported 50k tons from India and the 400 private traders will import 1 million tons rice (from any source they want, not specifically from India). [5] [6] BD govt bought those 50k tons for $399.90 per ton when the price was the lowest level in seven months at $369-$373 per ton in India in June. [4]

So where did this chutiya find that India exported millions of rice to BD recently by easing export duty from 15% to maybe 5% or so and influencing the food minister?? Out of his "Pinku" papa's rear?

Other two reasons for importing rice high shipping cost because of high fuel price and scarcity of container ships. Because of these reasons private traders/buyers switched to Indian and Thai sources instead of Vietnamese one. [5] [6] [7] So even if India, Dr Debapriya and the food minister is responsible for the import of 50k tons from India, what will this chutiya say about those private buyers??

This chutiya has been nagging about this rice import in multiple threads, using it as a propaganda tool for months now. At the beginning @DalalErMaNodi explained once why BD imported the rice from India but looks like the retard didn't want to be convinced. This "Khojakar" says that "Hindu/Muslim does not matter" but then the sick racist POS tries to imply something about the food minister's religion. What a fucking মিচকা শয়তান!!

Since when subservient Jamat and pervert Hefazat do things against the Hindu in non-violent way? If Debapriya, food minister is corrupted India shill for importing rice at lowest price (compared to Thai-Vietnamese) then i guess they are better than a Jamat-Hefazat loving pig "who has taste of Pinku's cock in his mouth". A chamcha of Jamat's master using PDF as propaganda platform to instigate Bangladeshis here doesn't have any right to call others dalal and "Slimy little leaches" when he himself is just another bloody cockroach.

1. https://tienphongnews.com/vietnam-sells-50000-tons-of-rice-to-bangladesh-149509.html
2. https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangla...ladesh-signs-mou-to-import-rice-from-thailand
3. https://www.reuters.com/article/asi...on-fresh-chinese-african-orders-idINKBN28D240
4. https://en.prothomalo.com/business/...tender-to-buy-50000-tonnes-of-rice-from-india
5. https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2021/05/04/rice-import-far-from-target
6. https://en.prothomalo.com/business/...-procure-18m-tonnes-of-rice-in-current-season
7. https://en.prothomalo.com/business/local/bangladesh-import-700000t-of-rice-from-india-in-6-months

 

[VikingRaider]

I have found no evidence whatsoever of Debapriya shilling for India ever. He has been equally critical of govt policies during BNP and BAL. Never seen him make unsubstantive claims.

How and when did he shill for India?
Or is it just because he is Hindu?

What is your opinion on chief justice Sinha?

 

[VikingRaider]

Most of our buddhi beshya are up for sale to the highest bidder. China simply has more money. They long held the policy of not interfering in the internal affairs of other countries. If they change the policy you will likely see all our buddhi beshya changing sides overnight. Money talks, BS walks.

Shahriar murgi kabir, and Muntasir Mamun is Perhaps the worse kind of Indian sycophants.

But perhaps Jafar iqbal is worst low life who wanted to puke in mouth of the boys ( while the whole country was with them) who were on street to abolish the 30% quota for ff grand children!

I was a fan of his science fiction writing when i was a teenager.

But he no longer the same man whom kids used to like a lot.

 

[Bilal9]

Shahriar murgi kabir, and Muntasir Mamun is Perhaps the worse kind of Indian sycophants.

But perhaps Jafar iqbal is worst low life who wanted to puke in mouth of the boys ( while the whole country was with them) who were on street to abolish the 30% quota for ff grand children!

I was a fan of his science fiction writing when i was a teenager.

But he no longer the same man whom kids used to like a lot.

Yeah Muntasir Mamun was a great writer in his youth and later a professor.

Then he became a super sellout India shill.

It doesn't take a lot to sway these leaches.

All Indians have to do is invite them to Kolkata, arrange to have them stay at the Taj Bengal, and hand them a few Bull$hit plaques and awards, signifiying their supposed role in "preserving" Bangla culture.

Same as in 1952...

 

[VikingRaider]

Yeah Muntasir Mamun was a great writer in his youth and later a professor.

Then he became a super sellout India shill.

It doesn't take a lot to sway these leaches.

All Indians have to do is invite them to Kolkata, arrange to have them stay at the Taj Bengal, and hand them a few Bull$hit plaques and awards, signifiying their supposed role in "preserving" Bangla culture.

Same as in 1952...

Na bhai, not talking about Muntasir Mamun. He is born bastard like shahrior kabir who used to supply Murgi to Pakistani army and now became the chief of ghatok dalal nirmul comettee, where Mamun is second in command.

I was talking about Muhammad Jafar iqbal who was great science fiction writer , and I was his fan.

And please keep in mind people who's grand children once serve Pakistani army in 1971 became extreme chetonakhor in real life , only to prove themselves as loyal BAL chetona dogs.

 

[Bilal9]

Na bhai, not talking about Muntasir Mamun. He is born bastard like shahrior kabir who used to supply Murgi to Pakistani army and now became the chief of ghatok dalal comettee, where Mamun is second in command.

I was talking about Muhammad Jafar iqbal who was great science fiction writer , and I was his fan.

And please keep in mind people who's grand children once serve Pakistani army in 1971 became extreme chetonakhor in real life , only to prove themselves as loyal BAL chetona dogs.

Yup I get it.

Did Chetona head Asaduzzaman Noor quiet down some, or is he still India-shilling as always?

 

[VikingRaider]

Yup I get it.

Did Chetona head Asaduzzaman Noor quiet down some, or is he still India-shilling as always?

Such people have no value nowadays, as you see now BAL govt became pro China and ally of Pakistan ( still few pro Indian traitors though, but you can't annihilat them completely) , so noor type will no longer bark.

However sadly noor was and still is my most favourite TV actor ( Although no longer act in any drama) , as his acting is so natural. But that's different case.

I like his acting quality and natural acting very much but a person Asaduzzaman Nur is a rotten Indian shill whom I hate too much.

But the real tragedy is ,other than old days actors ( Although noor is old day too, still he is Indian stooge) , all new days showbiz people became raw asset.

Raw work in Bangladesh through journalists showbiz and shushils.

So beware of them.

 

[Bilal9]

Such people have no value nowadays, as you see now BAL govt became pro China and ally of Pakistan ( still few pro Indian traitors though, but you can't annihilat them completely) , so noor type will no longer bark.

However sadly noor was and still is my most favourite TV actor ( Although no longer act in any drama) , as his acting is so natural. But that's different case.

I like his acting quality and natural acting very much but a person Asaduzzaman Nur is a rotten Indian shill whom I hate too much.

But the real tragedy is ,other than old days actors ( Although noor is old day too, still he is Indian stooge) , all new days showbiz people became raw asset.

Raw work in Bangladesh through journalists showbiz and shushils.

So beware of them.

Good points and my thoughts exactly....

 

[SpaceMan18]

Such people have no value nowadays, as you see now BAL govt became pro China and ally of Pakistan ( still few pro Indian traitors though, but you can't annihilat them completely) , so noor type will no longer bark.

However sadly noor was and still is my most favourite TV actor ( Although no longer act in any drama) , as his acting is so natural. But that's different case.

I like his acting quality and natural acting very much but a person Asaduzzaman Nur is a rotten Indian shill whom I hate too much.

But the real tragedy is ,other than old days actors ( Although noor is old day too, still he is Indian stooge) , all new days showbiz people became raw asset.

Raw work in Bangladesh through journalists showbiz and shushils.

So beware of them.

Why tf can't we be pro BD ? Don't we want to be the best out of everyone ?

 

[VikingRaider]

Why tf can't we be pro BD ? Don't we want to be the best out of everyone ?

Actually pro Chinese are pro Bangladeshi, as pro Chinese want mutual benefits,while pro Indians are nothing but pet dogs who want to please their master only.