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JAIRAM RAMESH: 20-25 % CARBON EMISSION INTENSITY CUT BY 2020Aarti DharThe Hindu, December 4, 2009Basic negotiating point is our low per capita incomeBetween 1990 and 2005, emission intensity went down by 17.6 per centNEW DELHI: India on Thursday anno...
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JAPAN’S COMPANIES CUT CAPITAL SPENDING AT RECORD PACEKeiko UjikaneBloomberg, December 3, 2009Japanese businesses cut spending at a record pace last quarter, indicating they aren’t yet confident that the recovery from the country’s deepest postw...
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JAPAN’S RELATIONSHIP WITH U.S. GETS A CLOSER LOOKMartin FacklerThe New York Times, December 2, 2009TOKYO — Two months after taking power, Japan’s new leadership is still raising alarms in the United States with its continued scrutiny of the cou...
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THE DAY BEIJING BLINKEDAntoaneta BezlovaAsia Times, December 1, 2009 BEIJING - The jury is still out on what Beijing and Washington achieved during President Barack Obama's first state visit to China last week. But one trait has emerged more strongly...
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CHINA WILL TAKE A GENERATION TO CATCH UP WITH THE WESTGeorge MagnusThe Times, November 30, 2009When Barack Obama visited China recently to meet Hu Jintao, his opposite number, the symbolism was poignant.The former presides over a battered economy tha...
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INDIA’S ETERNAL CRISISPankaj MishraThe New York Times, November 29, 2009Mashobra, India. ON the evening of Sept. 11, 2001, I hurried through a dark apple orchard to the nearest television in this Himalayan village. My landlord opened his door reluc...

