3 factors responsible for China's economic problems

China's short-term economic growth outlook is mediocre at best, and another year or two of deceleration is all but unavoidable. Does President Xi have the single-mindedness to bring it back on......

Will Beijing's woes be India's gain?

China's economy is worse than it really is, but then these are emblematic of the baffling self-congratulatory mood that exists in India today, says Rahul Jacob. Investors react as they look at......

Make in India push: Is it a flight of fancy?

For the first 11 months of this financial year, exports of $284 billion suggest India will fall short of last year’s numbers, let alone its target of $340 billion, rues Rahul Jacob Recent......

5 places Modi must visit in China

A visit to the factories of Guangdong would have been a good place to start for Prime Minister Modi. It is the crucible of economic reform, says Rahul Jacob. No prime minister of India has visited......