Hindustan Times
In 2009, economist Zhao Jian returned to Beijing from a study tour of the Indian railways, and wrote that China should learn from India’s example and expand freight rail network instead of pouring mega millions in bullet trains. Read more
(10 votes, average: 4.6 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, July 31, 2011 at 8:25 pm
Filed under China · Tagged Beijing, Beijing Jiaotong University, bullet trains, Congress, high-speed rail, high-speed train, hindustan times, Liu Zhijun, middle order, National People, news, Reshma Patil, Three Gorges Dam project, Zhao Jian
They train to smile with chopsticks wedged between their teeth and books balanced on their heads. They must be nearly as tall as the Miss China beauty contestants and produce smiles outlasting any beauty contest: 4 hours and 48 minutes aboard the new train from China’s capital to coast. Read more
(9 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, July 3, 2011 at 7:22 pm
Filed under China · Tagged Beijing, Beijing Olympics, Beijing-Shanghai bullet train, China, Chinese economy, Communist Party, hindustan times, middle order, news, railroad expansion, Reshma Patil, second-class compartment, shanghai, ticket prices
A loud bang recently interrupted a blazing summer afternoon at home in my Beijing high-rise – a few years ago it was one of the tallest buildings in the capital at 40 stories above ground. Read more
(6 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 6:47 pm
Filed under China · Tagged asia, Beijing, carpenters, China, Chinese spidermen, high-rise buildings, skyscrapers, Spiderman, towers, workers
In all the chatter on the sweetening bond between Pakistan and China, one point may get lost. Read more
(9 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, May 29, 2011 at 10:26 pm
Filed under China, Rest of Asia · Tagged anti-demolition protest, Beijing, Central Committee of Communist Party of China, China, conflict of ideas, Han community, Jiangxi, Little Red Book, Mao Zedong, Pakistan, Pakistan’s sovereignty, Party History Research Center, social tensions
If you live in Beijing and Google molihua – jasmine flower – the ‘page cannot be displayed’. Read more
(6 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Hindustan Times on Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 7:17 pm
Filed under China · Tagged Beijing, Beijing Olympics medal ceremonies, China International Jasmine Cultural Festival, Facebook, Firewall, Gmail, Google, hindustan times, Hu Jintao, jasmine flower, molihua, MSN, news, virtual private networks, VPN, YouTube videos
(A shorter version of this article appeared in HT on April 29.)
The author of the Mandarin book India that you may not know pointed to the glass and steel skyscrapers looming in Beijing’s version of Nariman Point as he narrated his government’s eye-popping encounter with infotech in its competitive neighbour. Read more
(10 votes, average: 4.8 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 7:44 pm
Filed under China, Rest of Asia · Tagged A B Vajpayee, Beijing, China, Chinese dynasty, elephant, Ganesha, Hindi, India that you may not know, India’s caste system, infotech, Nariman Point, Rising India, Taj Mahal
Every working Chinese professional I meet these days has this one question for me. What is the cost of an apartment in Mumbai and Delhi? Read more
(7 votes, average: 4.86 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Monday, April 25, 2011 at 10:48 pm
Filed under China · Tagged apartment, Beijing, China, Chinese home prices, Chinese professional, delhi, India, London, Mumbai, New York, US dollars
A cricket fan maddeningly missing the action and euphoria in Mumbai this weekend couldn’t have asked for better consolation — wada pav — for being in China on the day of the World Cup final. Read more
(16 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 5:15 pm
Filed under China · Tagged Beijing, China, India, Mumbai, shrikhand, Sri Lanka, Wankhede Wada Pav, world cup 2011, world cup final
HT has a global take on the WikiLeaks impact and Indian diplomacy in today’s edition. Read more
(8 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, March 27, 2011 at 7:18 pm
Filed under China · Tagged Beijing, China, China cables, HT, India-US cable, Indian diplomacy, Renmin University, WikiLeaks, Xinhua
While Japanese engineers battled to avert meltdown in Fukushima, thousands of panicky Chinese — on the mainland building nearly half the world’s new nuclear plants — were scrambling into supermarkets. Read more
(11 votes, average: 4.55 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, March 20, 2011 at 7:13 pm
Filed under China · Tagged Beijing, China, Chongqing, fukushima, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hubei, Japan, japan quake, japan tsunami, japanese nuclear plant, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, National Development and Reform Commission, Ningbo, radiation in japan, salt march, shanghai, Sichuan, soybean sauce, Zhejiang
