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
Please remember the name is not Pyongyang, said the official in Seoul. He wasn’t joking, at least not the first time he reminded us of the difference. Read more
(8 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, July 10, 2011 at 11:13 pm
Filed under Rest of Asia · Tagged 2018 Winter Olympics, Dong-wook Moon, hindustan times, Japan, middle order, news, protestors, Pyeongchang, Pyongyang, Reshma Patil, restaurant, Seoul, South Korea, Taebaek
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
At the hair salon this week, two stylish twenty-something girls asked me if Alibaba (of the folk tale Alibaba and the 40 thieves) was Indian, and whether all Indian men wear turbans. Read more
(18 votes, average: 4.61 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, October 31, 2010 at 6:34 pm
Filed under China · Tagged Beijing, Beijing Olympics, India, Indo-china relations, Manmohan Singh, middle order, Reshma Patil, Wen Jiabao
