China's nuke warning to US on Taiwan

A Chinese general said that if the United States were to attack China in a conflict over Taiwan, he believed Beijing might respond with nuclear weapons, a newspaper reported Friday.Maj. Gen. Zhu......

The Struggle over Oil

China and India are currently the engines of world economic growth. But India is still a minor part in the worldwide competition for scarce resources. China has become the world's second-largest......

Rajeev Srinivasan on the reasons for xenophobia

Lenovo is a Chinese company that surprised everyone when they picked up giant IBM's desktop and laptop computer business for a song. The fact that the iconic IBM PC had passed on to a Chinese......

ONGC is Asia's no. 1 oil co, pips China's Cnooc

India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has beaten Chinese rival Cnooc to become Asia's top oil and gas exploration and production company. Under the stewardship of R S Sharma, ONGC climbed three......

Why CNOOC lost Unocal bid

Unocal Corp would have agreed to be acquired by Chinese oil firm CNOOC Ltd, despite fierce US political opposition - if the Chinese side had raised its bid in August, Unocal's former CEO has said.......

Chinese stock markets closed after shares fall 7%

Weaker than expected factory activity in China and a weaker renminbi were said to be the driving sentiment China got an early chance to try out its new circuit breaker suspension mechanism that......

RIL doubles average life of its debt to 7.5 yrs

Reliance Industries has doubled the average life of its debt to around 7.5 years after its two highly successful overseas bonds issue were priced at the lowest coupon rate in Asia. RIL Joint CFO......

Spotted: Sachin Tendulkar in Bengaluru

Reader Gajanan Patil sent us this photograph from Bengaluru. 'My name is Gajanan Patil. I met Sachin Tendulkar at Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru while the Indian team was practicing......