Drowning in debt, Anil Ambani's empire has been thrown a 'cheap loan' lifeline by Chinese banks. But going by the experience of other such borrowers, it's a fair bet they will demand their pound of flesh.
The ill-treatment of two Indian traders in China was not allowed to strain overall China-India ties. But given the mutual distrust in trade matters, more such risks lie ahead.
India is right to insist that the ill-treatment of its diplomat by local Chinese authorities in Yiwu must be dealt with firmly. But the incident must not be allowed to feed anti-Chinese prejudice in India.
A young population is India's strength, but it still needs investments in human capital if it is to leverage them to economic advantage. Enter Mao Zedong...
The famed economist tells Firstpost the Indian government is overspending on entitlement programmes, not on economic growth; and that China too faces many risks.
It's not about hyperinflation fears in the US or about the dollar debasement, as gold bugs claim. It's really about something else closer home.
Scam to skirt skirt US trade restrictions has the potential to taint the "Made in India" label and the reputation of Indian honey producers.
In acknowledging Mumbai and Beijing, Obama is paying them respect. But in a recessionary environment, paranoia may breed another interpretation.
However well-intentioned, exaggerated invocations of the rise of China and India aren't useful. A reality check.
A headless IMF would vastly benefit from the services of our man at the RBI.
The Asian giants need energy - lots of it - to feed their growth. But that competition could imperil strategic stability unless it is managed effectively.
China's invocation of 'multilateral spirit' is opportunistic. For India to misread it for a change of heart will skew its strategic calculations.
Time was when America stood as the unrivaled beacon of economic advancement, but Indians and Chinese who flocked to these shores once, are going home. And no, it's not because their visas have expired.
India's softly-softly approach to the latest instance of Chinese border provocation in Ladakh shows that it has not learnt one important lesson: rolling over and playing dead is a bad strategy to take on Chinese aggression on the border.