After throwing Google out of the country, creating its own successful versions of e-bay, youtube and B2B platforms, China has launched its very own Google Earth. Entitled, Map World, or Tianditu, literally meaning heaven map in Mandarin. Launched by China’s State...
In a covert move to limit the number of Chinese engineers coming to India to assemble power and infrastructure equipment, India’s Home Ministry has laid a cap of granting employment visa’s only to highly skilled employees with a minimum salary of US$25,000...
Cementing his helicopter ascent to succeed Hu Jintao in 2012, Chinese state media announced the appointment of Xi Jinping, the country’s vice-president to become vice-chairman of the party’s Central Military Commission, where Mr. Hu currently serves as the...
As the 300-odd leading members of the Chinese Communist party prepare for their annual meeting which will set the tone for the next five years, on Friday, analysts expect the seeds of political reforms to be planted. With fractions developing within the one party...
A comprehensive view by the BBC News Service on the rise of China and India. Touching on an array of issues from democracy and infrastructure, taking you from the bylanes of shanghai to the shanty towns of Mumbai, this documentary covers the triumphs and pitfalls of...
Belittling the brouhaha about China’s nuclear alliance with Pakistan, India’s unfriendly neighbor, Shiv Shankar Menon on Tuesday said India and China have “a relationship which is not externally driven”. India’s National Security Advisor and Special...
