The Turkish government continues to arrest and imprison Kurdish activists who are fighting for the rights of their people.
Turkey’s Kurdish prison journalist speaks out | openDemocracy
Police crackdown on Kurdish demostrations. Wasn't Turkey suppose to be a democracy ?
:-) Remenber reading this that the Indian economy is only 1/5 of that of China's and the industrial sector is perhabs just 10% of China's.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/26/world/asia/beijings-air-would-be-step-up-for-smoggy-delhi.html?_r=0
Since this forum is cram full with Modi supporters i like to hear your opinion on this article.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/SOU-02-271113.html
I think China was right not to allow Indian medicines into the Chinese market. This will also pour cold water on the notion that India creats quality products as it is so often claimed here and elsewhere on the internet by Indians...
India's central bank the RBI from 23 august onward is going to start purchasing long term government bonds in order to suppress interest rate on government borrowing. This is the same policy as in the US, UK, Japan, Eurozone and Zimbabwe. This will further weaken the rupee and raise in flation...
India on the brink of its own financial crisis
In a reprise of the 1997-98 Asian crisis, India's stock market is plunging, bond yields are nudging 10% and capital is flooding out of the country
India's financial woes are rapidly approaching the critical stage. The rupee has depreciated by...
If a currency represent a nations stock then India's stock is going down. India will face a ASEAN like crisis soon. As the currency falls the current account deficit grows and as the current account deficit grows the currency will fall as more investors pull their money out of India to find...
To recap in Sichuan China there was 800mm to 1150mm rain and caused 300 dead and missing. In Uttarakhand India with only 300mm rain has caused 6000 dead or missing. Despite the rain in Uttarakhand India being 3 to 4 times less intense then in Sinchuan China India sufferd 20 times more...
According to this article shadow banking in China and India poses a great risk to their economies. The Chinese shadow banking system is worth 3,35 trillion $ or 45% of GDP while that of India is 670 billion $ or 36% of GDP. But that of India's is growing faster than that of China's, in fact its...
it seems that India can't compete with China even with the widespread use of slave and child labor.
http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/02/a-110-loan-then-20-years-of-debt-bondage/
Why the Chinese Cyber Threat is a Bunch of Baloney | Antiwar.com Blog
This article doesn't even mention Stuxnet and Flame. These are viruses that the US and Israel used against Iran to sabotage industrial installations in this case nuclear ones. The world's first and so far only offensive cyber...
Asia Times Online :: South Asia news, business and economy from India and Pakistan
Having a large and young population could potentially be a huge economic advantage but a young and growing population with very little formal skills can be a huge burden as well. It seems that the latter is...
We keep hearing that India is the world's largest democracy and our Indian members constantly get on their high horses about human rights in China. Well here is a story about the otherside of India.
Police State India » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names