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Li Keqiang's visit: With wary eye on US, China courts India
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, smiling and effusive, was out to smooth ruffled feathers in India this week, promising to ease tensions and increase trade between Asia's fastest growing economies in his first trip overseas since taking office. " #India #China #Manmohan Singh #diplomacy #NewsTracker #India-China #News #Li Keqiang #World News #India News #Chinese Premier Li Keqiang
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Money laundering: Mauritius warns tax crooks, promises support to India
Warning tax 'crooks' of stern action if they try to operate from its soil, Mauritius has promised full support to India in bringing to book any entity trying to indulge in money laundering #diplomacy #Mauritius #Xavier Luc Duval
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History lesson: Why the best-case scenario is unlikely with Premier Li
Europe on the eve of the First World War looked a lot like Asia does not: competing military modernisation programmes; new geo-strategic alliances; tensions from the East China Sea to the Himalaya and the deserts of Persia; all underpinned by a savage competition for resources. #United States #World #India #China #Manmohan Singh #diplomacy #ConnectTheDots #Li Keqiang #Oil import
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Not just niceties, China and India need to focus on thorny issues
India's discourse with China has traditionally been trapped in the Mao-ist maze that defines how "friends" ought to conduct themselves. But Chinese statecraft has evolved, and India too must up its diplomatic game. #China #Manmohan Singh #diplomacy #Ch-India #Kevin Rudd #Li Keqiang
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Li Keqiang's visit a chance to reboot India-China ties
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang begins his India visit today. If India plays its cards right, and protects its interests with finesse, the two countries have the capacity to reset their relationship. #diplomacy #Ch-India #Li Keqiang #Ladakh incursion
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US paves way for shale gas export to India
Opening up the prospects of export of shale gas to energy starved India, the US today granted conditional authorization to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) to nations that do not have Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with it. #India #US #diplomacy #PolicyWatch #Shale gas
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Not a tax haven, shared info on 170 cases: Mauritius to India
India and Mauritius are now looking to revise their Double Taxation Avoidance Treaty (DTAA), which currently does not have provisions like banking information exchange. #India #diplomacy #Tax haven #Mauritius
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China's push for border deal: Why India must 'trust but verify'
Indian suspicions about Chinese grand strategems should not be allowed to impede any progress in the Sino-Indian border talks. But it is important to mark the boundary before committing to a freeze on troop and infrastructure build-up. #diplomacy #Ch-India #Border dispute #Ladakh incursion
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Singapore to step up international cooperation on tax evasion
Singapore, which hosts offices of the world's biggest banks, will adopt the OECD standards on information sharing in all of its existing bilateral tax agreements that do not already contain them, as long as it gets reciprocity. #Economy #diplomacy #Tax evasion #Singapore #Tax treaty
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Pakistan turns a corner, but let's go easy on Aman Ki Asha dreams
The outbreak of unbridled Aman Ki Asha sentiments in India, following Nawaz Sharif's victory, points to unreasonably heightened expectations on the Indian side of the Wagah border. #Manmohan Singh #diplomacy #Kashmir #UPA government #Nawaz Sharif #Aman ki Asha #Pakistan elections 2013