|
| Sex selection: The forgotten story |
| 23.07.11 14:16 |
Asia rising |
| So in India advisers from the World Bank and other organisations pressured the government to "adapt a paradigm" where population was the problem. The Rockefeller Foundation and the Ford Foundation poured money into "research into reproductive biology". |
| BBC News |
| |
|
|
| Russia and China challenge NATO |
| 09.05.11 15:41 |
Asia rising |
| Consultations by Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in Moscow at the weekend were expected to prepare the ground for the visit by President Hu Jintao to Russia next month. In the event, however, they assumed a character of immense significance to international security. |
| M K Bhadrakumar |
| |
|
|
| Beijing runs a diplomatic marathon |
| 27.10.09 17:43 |
Asia rising |
| After the extravaganza this month marking the 60th anniversary of the People′s Republic of China (PRC), the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership has unleashed what the domestic media heralds as "marathon autumn diplomacy" (malasong qiuji waijiao). |
| Willy Lam |
| |
|
|
| China′s navy sails past India′s dock |
| 22.10.09 08:31 |
Asia rising |
| India learned to live with Chinese merchant ships in the Indian Ocean region long ago, and even the Chinese vessel seized by pirates this week was bound for India from South Africa. And yet, India is taking stock of the presence of Chinese naval vessels in the Indian Ocean region. This development will constitute a major headache for India as it unfolds - something altogether new and unsettling. |
| Peter J Brown, |
| |
|
|
| Asia’s export economies in free fall |
| 16.02.09 00:31 |
Asia rising |
| Staggering falls in exports across Asia have shocked economic analysts and ended all claims that the global slump may be nearing its bottom. The IMF′s growth forecast for Asia this year is just 2.7 percent—less than a third of the 9 percent growth rate of 2007. The prediction is a full percentage point less than during the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis. |
| John Chan |
| |
|
|
| Full text of Chinese premier's speech at University of Cambridge |
| 03.02.09 12:00 |
Asia rising |
| It gives me great pleasure to come to Cambridge, a world-renowned university that I have long wanted to visit. Cambridge has produced many great scientists and thinkers Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Francis Bacon, to name but a few, and made important contribution to the progress of human civilization. This year marks the 800th anniversary of the university. Please accept my warm congratulations. |
| Xinhua |
| |
|
|
