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14 May 2015

Modi in China: A growing partnership

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in China from 14-16 May, his first visit to China as prime minister and his second bilateral summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. India and China share a bivalent relationship, simultaneously cooperating and competing on a Read more

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14 May 2015

Why on earth is Narendra Modi going to Mongolia?

Rajrishi Singhal, Senior Geoeconomics Fellow, Gateway House, has been quoted in an article about India's interests in Mongolia and the reason for PM Modi's visit to the country on May 17. This article has been published by Quartz India

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13 May 2015

e-Commerce & internet stories from China

China's e-commerce and internet giants-Alibaba, Xiaomi, Tencent- have become serious players in India. Ahead of PM Modi's trip to China in this episode we discuss China's e-commerce and internet landscape: what are the unique factors, what are the challenges, where is it going and what can India learn. Featured in this podcast are Jack Marr, Professor at City University Hong Kong; Jared Turner, founder of CinnaSwirl and Mind Spark Press, two start-ups in Shanghai; Patrick Bauman a consultant at Wei Wo go, an O-to-O commerce company; and Penny Peng, a sales engineer at an LED high power chip company in Shenzhen.

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12 May 2015

Xi to Modi: “Here’s my shopping list”

With a massive, yet demanding middle class, the Chinese Communist Party needs a reliable source of cheap labor to continue to allow Chinese nationals to enjoy mass-produced daily products. step forward India, mass producer.