China launches service to back Xi�s Silk Road plan Beijing, July 16 China’s state news agency today launched an information service on more than 60 Asian, African and European countries to support a multibillion dollar geopolitical drive by President Xi Jinping. Under Xi, the world’s... 17 Jul, 2015
China-backed AIIB to take concrete shape at founders meeting SHANGHAI/BEIJING: One of China's biggest ever foreign policy successes will take concrete shape on Monday when delegates from 57 countries sign an agreement on the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in Beijing. The founding members of... 28 Jun, 2015
China�s Silk Road fund eyes market listings among exit strategies BEIJING, June 27: China’s $40 billion ‘Silk Road’ infrastructure fund will explore market listings and government transfers as potential strategies for divesting from successful projects, the fund’s chief executive said today. “With... 28 Jun, 2015
'Twilight"s Catherine Hardwicke to film love epic in China BEIJING: "Twilight" director Catherine Hardwicke said Thursday she is making a sweeping romantic epic set in an ancient Silk Road city located in present-day western China. "Loulan" will be based on a city and kingdom of the same name that... Travel Abroad 25 Jun, 2015
Assam bans Wai Wai GUWAHATI: The Assam government on Monday banned popular instant noodles Wai Wai after its samples were found to be laced with monosodium glutamate, according to Times of India. The sale and distribution of the brand’s 1-2-3 noodles (mini) variety has... 17 Jun, 2015
China to extend economic diplomacy to EU infrastructure fund BRUSSELS: China will pledge a multi-billion dollar investment in Europe's new infrastructure fund at a summit on June 29 in Brussels, according to a draft communique seen by Reuters - Beijing's latest round of chequebook diplomacy to win greater... 14 Jun, 2015
Unprecedented globalisation surge: Pros and cons Globalization is the march of international capitalism, open markets and free trade. It is the process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations and is a process driven by international trade and... 24 Dec, 2009
Ancient art brings Afghanistan new hope KABUL: In his spacious office at the National Museum of Afghanistan, overlooking the bombed-out shell of the former royal palace in Kabul, Omara Khan Massoudi draws heavily on a cigarette and relaxes into a sofa. He has just spent more than an hour...
