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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 […]

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.

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. 22 – The unusual diplomatic circumstances in which India and Italy have become embroiled in reached a highly unusual point when India’s Supreme Court issued a travel ban on Daniele Mancini, the Italian Ambassador to India, effectively contravening international law on diplomatic immunity. The incident occurred following a situation in which two Italian marines […]

Mar. 21 – Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi declared Egypt’s desire to join the BRICS bloc, making it E-BRICS, during his visit to Delhi this week. Morsi made his intentions known to the Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma after revealing that Egyptian-Indian bilateral trade is expected to double in the next three years. He also noted […]

A survey by Knight Frank, the Wealth Report 2013, has clearly demonstrated that the bulk of Asia’s high net-worth individuals (HNWI) are concentrated in China and India, and that the fastest growing rates for the accumulation of wealth will also be in these two countries.

By Alex Tangkilisan Mar. 7 – In the fourth and final part of our ASEAN-India Free Trade Area analysis, we will examine trade trends and statistics from India to Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia. Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia account for three of ASEAN’s six major economies known as the ASEAN six majors (the other three being […]

By Alex Tangkilisan Feb. 27 – In the third part of our ASEAN-India Free Trade Area analysis, we will examine trade trends and statistics from India to Cambodia, Brunei, Laos and the Philippines. While the Philippines is part of the ASEAN six majors, Cambodia, Brunei and Laos are the three smallest economies in the region. […]

By Alex Tangkilisan Feb. 20 – In the second part of our ASEAN-India Free Trade Area analysis, we will examine trade trends and statistics from India to Indonesia, Vietnam and Myanmar. Indonesia and Vietnam make up two of the major six economies in ASEAN, while Myanmar is one of the four smallest economies in the […]