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

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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

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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

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In all the chatter on the sweetening bond between Pakistan and China, one point may get lost. Read more

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If you live in Beijing and Google molihua – jasmine flower – the ‘page cannot be displayed’. Read more

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(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

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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

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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

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HT has a global take on the WikiLeaks impact and Indian diplomacy in today’s edition. Read more

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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

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