Hindustan Times
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
India and China share a stubborn obsession for arranged marriages matching wealth with fair-skinned beauty, and agencies specialising in finding brides for millionaires thrive in both societies. Read more
(6 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 8:34 pm
Filed under China · Tagged BMW, Brazil, China, Forbes rich list, Global Times, Guangdong province, India, Russia
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
On India’s Republic Day in Beijing, the Chinese assistant foreign affairs minister Hu Zhengyue was riveted to an energetic 40-minute performance by Kathak dancers flown from India for the occasion. Read more
(11 votes, average: 4.45 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, January 30, 2011 at 8:13 pm
Filed under China, Rest of Asia · Tagged anti-China advertisements, Beijing, Chen Luyu, China, Chinese journalist, Chinese president, Davos, economic power, Hu Zhengyue, India, Jack Ma, Kathak dancers, mid-term elections, President Hu Jintao, Shanghai Expo, Sino Square, Yao Ming
The distance separating India and China seemed greater when the Kingfisher airline check-in staff at the Mumbai airport misspelt Beijing on her computer and couldn’t locate the code to ensure my luggage tag would take my suitcase from Hong Kong to Beijing. Read more
(10 votes, average: 4.6 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, January 23, 2011 at 5:54 pm
Filed under China, Rest of Asia · Tagged airline, asia, Beijing, China, flight, India, Kingfisher, Mumbai airport, New Year’s eve, suitcase
Have you heard that Premier Wen Jiabao is in New Delhi? When I posted the question this week, I ended up informing some Beijingers that their leader happened to be in India.
(9 votes, average: 4.89 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, December 19, 2010 at 6:13 pm
Filed under Rest of Asia · Tagged Beijing, bilateral relationship, Bollywood, Buddhism, Buddhist, China, chinese media, Gandhi, India, India-China bilateral relations, India-China dialogue, Indian students, Japan, Korea, Korean Peninsula, Lei Qu, Nehru, New Delhi, Premier Wen Jiabao, Thinker’s Café, US, Wen Jiabao, Yoga
As we entered the Peking University classroom where Arunachal Pradesh is studied as ‘southern Tibet,’ a student turned to me and asked why the Indian media is ‘so negative’ on China. Read more
(19 votes, average: 4.53 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 6:55 pm
Filed under China, Rest of Asia · Tagged Arunachal Pradesh, China, hindustantimes, India, Indo-china ties, news, Peking University, Reshma Patil, stapled visas, Tibet
Inflation in India is twice as high as the rate in China, but Beijing is more worried that the rising cost of food will threaten social stability. Read more
(8 votes, average: 4.25 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, November 28, 2010 at 8:19 pm
Filed under China, Rest of Asia · Tagged Beijing, China, Chinese inflation, economy, India, Inflation, Renmin University, Wen Jiabao
India made its latest and most assertive point about Kashmir in a city called Wuhan at the confluence of the Yangtze and Han rivers in central China. Read more
(6 votes, average: 4.17 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, November 21, 2010 at 5:20 pm
Filed under China · Tagged Bangalore, Beijing, China, Guangzhou, Han river, Hubei province, India, India's external affairs minister S M Krishna, Kashmir, Mumbai, Nirupama Rao, shanghai, Shenzhen, Tibet, Tiwan, WuGuang, Wuhan, Yangtze river, Yellow Crane Tower
A pensive Barack Obama walking alone on the Great Wall of China in November 2009. Barack and Michelle dancing with school children in Mumbai in November 2010. Read more
(26 votes, average: 3.54 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, November 14, 2010 at 2:54 pm
Filed under China, Rest of Asia · Tagged Barack Obama, Beijing, China, Great Wall of China, Hu Jintao, India, ITC Maurya, Manmohan Singh, media, Michelle, Mumbai, Obama Platter, United States
