China frets over jobs, solidity of recovery

North Korea tells China be 'open for nuclear talks'

By: RaulDeSouza

North Korea's Premier Kim Yong-il told visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday the North was open to bilateral and multilateral talks on its nuclear activities. Chinese state television reported that Kim, who is not related North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-il, made the remarks at a meeting on Sunday after Wen arrived in Pyongyang. North ...

about 1 month ago

Time for Asian Policymakers to Address Gender Inequalities, Spur Full ...

By: chnarendra

Women in Asia have been at the forefront of the region’s export-fuelled boom over the past decade, but they were also among the first casualties of the global economic crisis. As economies in Asia begin to rebound, the time is ripe for policymakers to tackle gender inequalities that continue to leave women excluded, a high-level conference ...

about 1 month ago

$787 billion jolt to economy falls flat

By: kimberlydvorak

The $787 billion stimulus package the country could not survive without in February fell flat as President Obama’s top economic aide said the package has already seen its biggest impact on the economy. Christina Romer, chair of the Council of Economic Advisors explained, the $194 billion spent in the second and third quarters of this ...

about 1 month ago

China will become so called China

By: Bangalore

Continuing the diplomatic tit-tat with China, India has announced that in the future it would refer to its Eastern neighbor and anything connected with it with a “so called prefix”. This blogger has learnt that a policy decision to this effect is in the pipeline. “This means that China becomes so called China, Beijing ...

about 1 month ago