China fishes for growth with world’s largest aquarium
A giant 63-metre blue whale shark statue towers over the world's largest aquarium, on a Chinese island being promoted as a testing ground for reforms aimed at encouraging domestic consumption…
The Qadri-Imran joint enterprise
Martin Luther, the German theologian whose writings inspired the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century, also believed uncompromisingly that “God would prefer to suffer the government to exist no matter…
China’s elite tighten their belts as crackdown bites
China's big spenders are reining in overt shows of wealth, shelving shopping trips in Hong Kong and Macau gambling sprees in the face of the Communist Party's anti-corruption and frugality…
It’s not about trade
On a visit to India in March 2005, Condoleezza Rice, then US Secretary of State under President George W Bush, informed the then Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh that “it…
China invests in development to enhance LatAm presence
China, whose presence in Latin America until now was largely based on an appetite for raw materials, is diversifying investments by financing much needed development projects, analysts say. At a…
Obama: one eye on Asia, another on global turbulence
Foreign policy crises are chasing Barack Obama around Asia, drawing his attention from a key region and providing fodder for domestic critics who see him as a toothless leader out-manoeuvred…
Ten ways the Ukraine crisis may change the world
As Moscow and the West dig in for a prolonged stand-off over Russia's annexation of Crimea, risking spillover to other former Soviet republics and beyond, here are 10 ways in…
China’s regional strategy
At a recent conference in Europe I found a great deal of interest in Pakistan’s close and growing relations with China. Three sets of questions aroused much curiosity. One, how…
Delusional
During the five years that Zardari was in the presidency, he effectively controlled the federal government through two hand-picked prime ministers whose main qualification for the office was their subservience…
Slowdown forecast as Chinese economy faces credit surge
Analysts on Monday said they expected slower growth in China's economy in the coming year after a rise of 7.7 per cent last year, equalling its slowest growth since 1999.…
