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Dragon's $2.4-trillion weapon 26 Jan 2010, 1354 hrs IST, Robert J.Samuelson, China disclosed the other day that its foreign exchange reserves had increased to about $2.4 trillion in 2009, a gain of $453 billion for the year. These stupendous figures — and the likelihood that the country’s...

Horizon of New Vision and Approach The Chinese political, institutional and business leaderships are discernibly seized with the issue. New visions, unfolded in the past couple of months, swear to make for the lost ground. The prescription, broadly, calls for: ‘grimy factories’ giving way...

Paper no. 3572 28-Dec-2009 China’s Intellectual Dilemma of Capitalist Label By Dr. Sheo Nandan Pandey Introduction The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has discernibly climbed up from nearly desolate economic player to a reckonable power in the last three decades...

World's fastest rail journey starts operation Xinhua WUHAN, December 26, 2009 SPEEDING BULLET: The Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed railway cut the 1,068.6 km journey to three hours from the previous 10 and a half hours, reaching a maximum speed of 394.2 km per hour. Photo: AP The...

a little old but must read interview. 'Don't make excuses for poor quality Made-in-China' Venkatesan Vembu Tuesday, August 25, 2009 3:40 IST As a fix-it man for overseas importers and retailers sourcing from China, Paul Midler, a Chinese-speaking Wharton MBA grad, gained a unique...

In China, a proxy for yuan's rise? Venkatesan Vembu / DNA Thursday, November 26, 2009 3:06 IST Hong Kong: Under pressure to allow its undervalued currency to appreciate, China on Wednesday hinted at greater flexibility in determining the renminbi's (RMB) value, echoing similar sentiments...

ritheshji my understanding of what i said in the reply is this. the economist (based in beijing) is saying from qtr ending sept 08 to qtr ending dec 08. (qoq). what china daily is saying is qtr ending dec 07 compared to qtr ending dec 08. (yoy) note - having said that may you need to look...

i think the guy is talking quarter on quarter growth. whereas- GDP growth slows to 6.8% in Q4 of 2008 which shows they are taking year on year growth. may be therein lies the truth. howerver chinese accounting practices have been widely crticised by the west.

Why China needs a change Venkatesan Vembu Monday, November 30, 2009 2:43 IST China's economic growth model, which served it well for 30 years, is due for a structural overhaul because of changes that wrack China and the world, according to Dragonomics Research and advisory managing director...

China's 'economy on steroids' may be a global risk Venkatesan Vembu / DNA Tuesday, December 8, 2009 2:52 IST Hong Kong: The aftershocks of the global credit crisis may have been felt most recently in Dubai, causing minor palpitations globally, but experts believe that a far bigger rumbler...

Getting the recovery wrong- The Economic Times Prem Shankar Jha While China is fighting the global recession by ramping up investment, India is doing so by ramping up consumption. But both are doing the wrong thing, argues Prem Shankar Jha. There is a curious symmetry in the strategies that...