Coal is big business in a growing India. And when it comes to coal, Coal India contributes almost four-fifths of India’s total production. In July, the powerhouse floated a tender seeking joint business initiatives in coal mining in Australia, the U.S., South Africa and Indonesia as it sought to secure fuel supplies for the world’s [...]
In the wake of the latest threat by the Chinese government, Google Inc.’s only choice is to pack up and exit the Chinese market, wholesale. In lieu of this, Chinese authorities on Friday told local news websites that if Google China does close, they will be required to use only official news accounts of situations, [...]
This is quite an interesting little comment buried down in a Financial Times article today, about how the Chinese authorities are raising a lot of international concerns (including inside Brazil, the other titan of the BRIC grouping) by artificially keeping their currency undervalued and failing to allow for the development of what could become one [...]
Most soccer fans are dreaming of the upcoming 2010 World Cup finals, to be held in South Africa. We at CFP have taken a great deal of time documenting the work that has gone in to the event, how the eyes of the world will be on the Zuma-led government and the onus of astounding [...]
China’s internet public has consistently rebelled against government censorship. Public awareness about democratic participation and government transparency are growing trends throughout the Chinese information super-highway, and CNN’s Emily Change below reports on an intriguing government response to the growing online community - backtracking on once-iron-clad filtering software requirements for personal computers.
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CFP Contributor David Harris has provided below a valuable lesson on why and how westerners should invest in commodities and emerging markets:
As the world sinks deeper into recession, rising oil prices are bringing comfort to the Middle East’s oil rich economies. Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia are attracting renewed interest from international investors, and stock markets [...]
The World Expo 2010, which will take place in Shanghai, China, will be the first registered World Exposition in a developing country and yet another opportunity for China to showcase its rise to superpower.
Authorities have set aside an area twice the size of Monaco for the expo, which is expected to attract 70 million visitors - [...]
A year after Dmitry Medvedev was sworn in as Russian president his relationship with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is still under heavy scrutiny by investors and Kremlin watchers. In an age of geopolitical leaders attempting to instill foreign investor confidence through bold international cooperative strategies and an increase in the power of authority, Reuters featured [...]
This morning’s news blast featured two unique tidbits of information purposely positioned in succession. The first, that President Ma Ying-jeou of Taiwan announced that Chinese officials had dropped their objections to Taiwan’s participation as an observer at a United Nations body, a step forward in Taiwan’s effort to win greater international recognition. The second, that Taiwan’s third-largest telecoms service provider, Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. [...]
There are many initiatives currently undertaken by the international community to ‘aid‘ Africa. Most are now scrutinized, and rightly so, for being a strategic investment in a relationship with a growing geo-political force. In the tough times of a global economic recession, efficiency and swiftness sometimes outrank long-term growth, and figurative seed-planting for the future [...]
