Mobile Number Portability which allows subscribers to switch from one mobile phone service provider to another without changing their mobile phone numbers, was launched in both China and India, the world’s largest mobile markets this week. While China’s...
Sops from Beijing are aiding Chinese farmers to grow more tea and paprika, overshadowing India’s production and squeezing margins for Indian farmers. In 2005, China pipped India to become the world’s largest producer of tea. Between 2005 and 2009,...
At a time when corporate synergies between China and India are growing, the Sino-American behemoth auto Joint venture SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW) rolled out its first own-brand – the Baojun 630 passenger car , in Southern China. The automaker is considering exporting...
Next summer when u go out to buy yourself a new wardrobe, don’t flinch at the price tag. Prices of clothes are expected to rise drastically as demand for cotton outstrips supplies. “It’s a little terrifying to deal with cotton suppliers now,” said Vicky Wu, a...
Competing for a share of the US$70 billion-a-year global aircraft market, against stalwarts like Boeing and Airbus, Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China announced its first 100 orders for the 166-seat yet-in-development C919 plane, the country’s first made in...
Increasing wealth, bigger populations, higher farm costs and increased demand led food inflation in Brazil, India and China is boosting demand and prices for grains, dairy, meat and cooking oils. As pressure grows to support a population of 2.5 billion, governments in...
