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...give the former an inferiority complex. India underperforms China on just about every economic indicator. Its economy is smaller, and its growth rates, while impressive, are lower than China's. When Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram made his budget speech to India's Parliament in February, he noted that the mainland's Finance Minister, during a recent G-7 meeting, "looked in my direction and told the gathering that China had received $500 billion worth of foreign investment since China opened its economy in 1980. Of this, nearly $60 billion came in calendar year 2004." Understandably, Chidambaram preferred not to state...
...sent to collect you to take you to the airport building. Other services include arranging for you to pick up a visa on arrival (subject to certain approvals) and the organization of meetings and banquets. China Fast Track, tel: (852) 2545 2183, is currently available at 11 airports in mainland China. You pay a one-off joining fee ($650 per person; $1,290 for corporate membership) and then purchase a package of points to be redeemed against the perks you select...
...sent to collect you to take you to the airport building. Other services include arranging for you to pick up a visa on arrival (subject to certain approvals) and the organization of meetings and banquets. China Fast Track, tel: (852) 2545 2183, is currently available at 11 airports in mainland China. You pay a one-off joining fee ($650 per person; $1,290 for corporate membership) and then purchase a package of points to be redeemed against the perks you select...
...list of commonly copied labels banned from sale at the capital's knock-off laden markets, including Prada, Chanel and Louis Vuitton-but not the widely pirated Nike. Why will the swoosh still stay in play, threatening the footwear giant's more than $300 million per year in mainland sales? Because the shoes aren't considered luxury items, and in stores a pair of Nikes are "the same price as at the markets," said city official Zhang Guohong. Maybe it's time to raise prices...
...That may depend upon how good Beijing thinks its chances are of winning a military confrontation that could pit China against the U.S. On paper, the mainland's 2.5 million-member People's Liberation Army (P.L.A.), the largest force in the world, holds an overwhelming advantage over tiny Taiwan. But the island has tougher coastal defenses than Normandy did, and China's relatively anemic navy is incapable of a full-scale invasion across the 160-km Taiwan Strait. Instead, the P.L.A. has been building up its arsenal in new ways, betting it could force Taiwan to capitulate quickly without...