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Details of China-Taiwan Economic Cooperation Agreement Released (Sep 6)
Sept. 6 – More information has come through recently regarding the specific goods and services that will likely be affected by the China-Taiwan Cross Straights Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) which was signed back on June 29 in Chongqing, China. The ECFA is largely regarded as the most significant agreement between the two regions since [...]


India Purchases 24 Harpoon Block II Missiles from U.S. (Sep 3)
Sept. 3 – India has inked a US$170 million deal that will send 24 Boeing-manufactured Harpoon Block II air-to-surface anti-ship missiles to bolster the nation’s maritime military capabilities. The missiles are intended to aid the Indian Air Force’s Jaguar strike aircraft in their aerial guard of the nation’s coast by providing them with littoral-water anti-ship capabilities [...]


Ford Sees August Sales Rise in China and India (Sep 3)
Sept. 3 – U.S.-based Ford Motor Company published its August sales figures yesterday, showing persistently strong sales in the Chinese and Indian markets. While the number of Ford vehicles sold in India last month came out to only a modest 7,925 units, the total represents an astounding 220 percent increase over August 2009 and illustrates the [...]


European Firms Unhappy with China’s Discriminatory Business Environment (Sep 2)
Sept. 2 – The European Chamber of Commerce in China released its European Business in China Position Paper 2010/2011 today criticizing Beijing over its failure to keep pledges made when it joined the World Trade Organization in 2001. While expressing concern that China is becoming more challenging for foreign companies rather than more equal, the EU [...]


Forbes Asia Releases this Year’s ‘Best Under A Billion’ List (Sep 2)
Sept. 2 – Forbes Asia released this year’s edition of its “Best Under A Billion” list today, picking out 200 of the top-performing companies across the Asia-Pacific region with actively traded shares and sales between US$5 million and US$1 billion. According to Forbes, the selection of the 200 companies was based on earnings growth, sales growth, [...]


Internet Users in India Could Triple by 2015 (Sep 1)
Sept. 1 – Citing the rapid growth of the Chinese internet market, a report released today by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) expects the number of internet users in India to reach 237 million within five years. “The unexpectedly rapid pace of China’s online migration is a sharp reminder of how quickly the other BRICI markets are [...]


Lenovo to Launch eBox Video Game Console by Year-end (Sep 1)
Sept. 1 – China-based Lenovo, the world’s 4th largest PC manufacturer, is developing a controller-free video game console and will launch the product later this year as it seeks to compete with Microsoft’s Xbox360, Sony’s Playstation 3, and the Nintendo Wii. Beijing eedoo Technology Ltd. was established over the summer for the project and some 40 [...]


New Issue of DPRK Business Monthly Available for Download (Sep 1)
Sep. 1 – The latest issue of DPRK Business Monthly is now available for complimentary download. This issue analyzes North Korea’s slow move towards a market economy including the county’s burgeoning trade in denim. According to the report, the “hottest denim on the market” could be coming from North Korea. DPRK Business Monthly also parses North [...]


India and South Africa Exploring Trade Agreement (Aug 31)
Aug. 31 – India and South Africa are looking into signing a comprehensive bilateral trade agreement as trade between the two nations continues to see strong growth. “We are going to examine a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between India and South Africa, as the country is a strategic partner,” India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma [...]


Pakistan’s Border Rivalry with India (Aug 31)
Aug. 31 – When Pakistan was born from the independence of India in 1947, it was said magical things happened on either side of midnight. Children born within five minutes of midnight possessed powers beyond that of humans, a tale expanded on in Salman Rushdie’s “Midnight’s Children” – the only book to win the “Booker [...]