Fair Perspective

<正>The Kunming expo aims to bring together not just businesses but people‘Come and taste the sweetness of India,"beckoned the Indian trader,holding out a platter on which nestled small,white flattened balls.They were sandesh,a traditional Indian sweet made of thickened milk and synonymous with celebrations.The adventurous in the crowd around him broke off little pieces,popping     

Lines of Life

My first experience of standing in a line for public medical care was when I was a baby in my mother's arm. So it was actually she who stood in the line so that I could get the free vaccination for measles and some other diseases. I remember it even after decades because it was painful. The medical worker made two incisions on the arm and a lot of the kids started bawling in shocked protest.     

Historical Lifeline

For Lantern Festival,which fell on February 8 this year,the Palace Museum in Beijing,the imperial palace built 600 years ago and a famed tourist destination since 1925,presented an amazing sight It was a vision in red and gold,bathed in the glow of multitudes of traditional lanterns hung across the sprawling complex,supplemented by ground lights and a radiant Moon.     

SERVICE BEFORE CELEBRATION

Guo Wei's wish for the New Year of the Ox is stunningly simple. And probably universal. "I wish life would return to normal," he said simply as he sat in front of a screen monitoring heart beats. "I wish people can go about their normal activities once more and production and other economic activities resume. Not only in China but worldwide."     

Stronger Policies on Anvil to Revive Economy Amidst COVID-19 Impact

The Chinese authorities are planning stronger macro policies to shore up the economy and keep employment stable as the latest data on industrial output retail sales and investment showed across-the-board contraction in the first two months due to the novel coronavirus disease(COVID-19).The value-added industrial output,an important economic indicator,fell 13.5 percent year on year during the January-February period.Fixed assets investment went down 24.5 percent,while retail sales of consumer goods dropped 20.5 percent according to the National Bureau of Statistics(NBS).     

Abhinav Chandrachud: Republic of Religion: The Rise and Fall of Colonial Secularism in India

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The Silk Sorority

<正>Women entrepreneurs along the ancient trade route seek to network for greater regional benefits When China’s Han Dynasty(206 B.C.-A.D.220)opened the ancient Silk Road around 130 B.C.to facilitate trade with the West,women were one of the beneficiaries.Thousands of nameless women who ran or served at the inns along the route or sold things to passing travelers saw their small businesses     

Debt crisis of the less developed countries and the transfer debate once again

In the perspective of substantial amount of net transfers from the debtor less developed countries (LDCs) to the creditor developed countries (DCs) in the recent debt crisis years, there is a renewed debate (that started in the context of German reparation payments after the First World War) on the question of transfer burden of debt. The present study assembles some evidence to show that the LDCs in general expanded their export‐volumes and faced losses in their export unit values in the process of their debt repayments. Many LDCs faced this transfer burden of debt irrespective of whether their export drive was in the field of primary products or manufactures. Thus the Keynesian analysis for German transfer problems seems to be relevant in the context of the present experience of the LDCs. For some debtor countries, the ‘insoluble’ transfer problem mentioned by Keynes exists as they are facing ‘Fisher's paradox’: The more the debtors pay, the more they owe.     

Grape Expectations

<正>South African winemakers pursue multi-barrel strategy to become China’s new toastWhen Nondumiso Pikashe was teaching English and life orientation in a school in Cape Town,she thought there was no place for wine in her life.Her brother was awine abuser and in her community,wine was regarded as something that created drunkards.     

ISLAND OF MAGIC

正A tiny isle in China hopes to be recognized by UNESCO as a custodian of music that knows no border If it pours in Xiamen,a historical port city in southeast China’s Fujian Province where the weather is subtropical with showers year-round, then on Kulangsu, the magical island a 10-minute ferry ride from the city, it pours brides. There are brides everywhere—kneeling theatrical y in the middle of the road, draped