China

Recently, a third round of talks at the Brigadier-level between the Indian Army and a Chinese battalion has failed, with the Chinese side objecting to “infrastructure developments on the Indian side.”

In a survey of 1,373 front-line leaders in both China and India, a report has found that compared to their Chinese counterparts, Indian managers are more self-confident.

Apr. 29 – China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) released the “White Paper on Intellectual Property Rights Protection (2012)” (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Paper’) on April 22, which summarizes the progress China has made in promoting and implementing the national intellectual property strategy in 2012. Detailed information can be found below. Overall Situation In 2012, […]

Apr. 25 – A Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) platoon has entered 10km into Indian territory in the Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) sector in Ladakh, located at an altitude of approximately 17,000 feet. The incursion occurred on the night of April 15th, when the PLA established a tented post there. As a result of the […]

Apr. 22 – Partly spurred by the importance of China-ASEAN trade, last week Singaporean Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew met his China counterpart, Yang Chuantang, to discuss cooperation on transport and other issues of mutual interest. China’s trade with ASEAN, of which Singapore is the financial and services hub, topped US$400 billion last year. Minister Yang […]

China will house about 200 million people above 60 years in 2015, and workers coming to retirement age are expected to add an unprecedented 10 million retirees per annum to that figure. India, however, is poised to provide the vast bulk of the global labor pool. By 2020, the average Indian worker will be 29, while the average Chinese will be 37.

Mar. 27 – China and Brazil have signed an agreement on a swap line allowing them to trade approximately US$30 billion of goods per annum in their own currencies. This move will cut their current bilateral usage of the United States (U.S.) dollar as a trading currency in half. The agreement, which is expected to […]

China’s continuing evolution can perhaps best be explained in a re-calibration of the popular opinion at the turn of the century that the 2000s will belong to China, much like the 1800s were dominated by the British Empire and the 1900s saw America’s rise to prominence. No, the 21st Century will more aptly be headlined as “Asia’s Century,” and although China will very much be a part of that, other countries in the region will be too.

Mar. 22 – Facebook is actively partnering with numerous Indian mobile telecoms and device operators in India to grow its user base. As the portal is blocked in China, it means that India is now the number one target and most populous market for the popular social media site. Facebook is driving this strategy through […]

Mar. 20 – Signs assuring customers that fruit, vegetables and other consumable products are not imported from China are beginning to pop up in wet markets across Asia, especially in Vietnam, due to an ensuing problem with heavily contaminated fruit originating from China. Several regional newspapers throughout Hanoi, Manila and Jakarta have carried stories of […]