India and China constantly bicker over the border and bilateral business, but the neighbours bond over judging suitable brides. Check this:

Xinhua, Nov 11: Some 1,500 young women have submitted applications in Guangzhou, capital of southern China’s Guangdong province, to attend a ball which hosts a field of single and quite wealthy men [Read more]

My first teacher in Beijing made me repeat ‘jerk’ and ‘church’ several times until I could growl the Mandarin Rrrr. After a gap, I’m now back to school where a 26-year-old Song laoshi (Teacher Song) stares at me wide-eyed and orders: angry, I want more angry!’ [Read more]

One of Beijing’s oldest pre-capitalist relics is now a desolate monolith flanked by a bustling Baskin Robbins, a French cafe and five-star hotels on either side of the city’s main east-west avenue.

The government-run Friendship Stores in China used to be shops exclusively for foreigners. [Read more]

I remember the thrill a windy day last March, when I first set eyes on what was then the world’s most controversial skyscraper being built. It still draws China’s biggest buzz about a building. [Read more]

The White House opened its doors to Indians to celebrate Diwali with US President Barack Obama greeting the guests and lighting the traditional Indian lamps. Each guest left with a box of Indian sweets and memories of feeling at home. In London, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown wore a garland and hosted a Diwali party at 10 Downing Street to cap a week of Indian festivities in the UK. [Read more]