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.
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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
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

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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
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

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A theory goes that when the Chinese get rich they will demand more rights and political participation from their ruling Party. Read more

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Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, October 17, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Filed under China · Tagged blogs, China, colonial rule, Communist Party, Eric Heginbotham, Facebook, free media, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, George Gilboy, Hong Kong, Liu Xiaobo, Mao Zedong, political reforms, politics, Reshma Patil, websites, Wen Jiabao, Xinhua
“Welcome to the Indian rescue mission who come to China for the justice of human beings.” A young and earnest Indian doctor posed calmly in front of this banner after he arrived on an Indian medical mission in war-torn north China in 1938. Read more

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Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, August 22, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Filed under China · Tagged basketball team, Dr Dwarkanath Kotnis, Dr Shan Chunguang, hindustan times, Indian rescue mission, Japanese invasion, martyrs, news, north China, one-room cottage, Wangfujing shopping avenue, Wen Jiabao