Contrasting reactions in India and Brazil to revelations by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden about the US governments intrusive surveillance of communications in the two countries are a study in varying diplomatic style, substance and context.
Recent confirmation from journalists working...
As I mentioned in a previous column, China is in effect creating another India every two years - making a mockery of those who’ve argued that India’s democratic model is more likely to deliver long-term economic success. China is already more than four times bigger than its southern...
Chinas eagerly anticipated hard landing hasnt happened yet, and recent indicators make me wonder (not for the first time) if it ever will. In the past two months, the Chinese economy has actually shown signs of accelerating.
Constant pessimism in financial markets about the countrys...
Among the countries that were subjected to prying by the National Security Agency, or NSA, India was one of its top five targets, and ranked above other BRICS bloc economies such as China, Russia and Brazil, which were also reported to have been under the scanner of the U.S. government agency...
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China's software industry revenue touches $311 billion - Economic ...
China's software industry revenue touches $311 billion - Economic Times
CHANGSHA, China The cavernous rail station here for Chinas new high-speed trains was nearly deserted when it opened less than four years ago.
Not anymore. Practically every train is sold out, although they leave for cities all over the country every several minutes. Long lines snake back...
Iran's oil minister scraps oil and gas connections to India
Date: Saturday, September 21, 2013
Source: Financial Express
The new government in Iran has withdrawn all crucial oil and gas concessions that had been promised to India by its predecessor.
Oil minister Bijan N Zangeneh...
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You seem unaware of the state IBM was in, did you see their antiquated thinkpad prior to the Lenovo acquisition? Now look at Lenovo's state of the art lap tops, top quality, cost competitive with Samsung, and already the biggest PC brand in the world. You have to ask the...
The idea that the Chinese are incapable of producing anything for themselves is an age-old racist argument
Some things never change. For as long as I can remember, people in the west have been paranoid about the orient – and about China in particular. I grew up in an ultra-devout Catholic...
For our politicians, there's something truly addictive about the Chinese that goes beyond slurping down noodles. First, foreign minister Salman Khurshid visited China just after its forays into Ladakh made Indians see red. But Khurshid used purple prose for China's Reds, waxing eloquent about...
Washington might love to hate China, but the U.S. relationship with the No. 2 economy is fast becoming our most important.
Vice President Joe Biden basically said so on Friday when he met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in the White House.
Biden said he believed Chinas development...
Your pick: World's 50 best foods
What are the world's best foods? We thought we knew. Apparently we don't.
Our list of the World's 50 best foods stimulated some impassioned debate about the conspicuous lack of French dishes and the merits of ketchup over mayonnaise.
“Ketchup? Pop Corn...
Italy and spaghetti? Hong Kong's dim sum? Or French escargots? We want to end the great food debate here and now
We love to write about food. We love to celebrate the good stuff and lambaste the bad.
But there's a debate we've avoided, if only to save computer screens the world over from...
Silk Road in Sky: China-UAE new bridge takes shape
China will grant third, fourth and fifth freedom traffic rights between Yinchuan Hedong International Airport and destinations in UAE.
DUBAI - A Silk Road in the Sky linking eastern and western Asia is taking shape and is set to shorten the...