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July 22, 2010

Glaring Lack of Human Rights in China as Leader's Wife gets beaten by Police on Mistaken Identity

China’s Communist Government is notorious for suppressing any note of dissent to its authoritarian rule.Its vice like grip over Internet is already well known by the […]
July 13, 2010

China's protests over India's Blacklisting of Chinese Telecom Equipment companies seems hypocritical

Huawei and ZTE in the center of the storm Huawei and ZTE have been embroiled in a major controversy over India’s security concerns over using Chinese […]
July 5, 2010

Nuclear Energy in India faces external obstacles from old adversaries China and Pakistan

Landmark Nuclear Deal between US and India removes India’s pariah status The landmark Nuclear Energy deal signed between USA and India was supposed to herald the […]
July 5, 2010

Falling Stock Markets and Economic Indicators makes Chinese Leadership wary

China’s powerful Economic Growth Engine is showing definite signs of a major Moderation.Earlier reports indicated a sharp slowdown in Industrial PMI levels even as a US […]
July 2, 2010

General Electric CEO joins Google in criticizing China's discrimination against Foreign companies

The problems of Multinational Corporations (MNCs) operating in China seems to be growing by the day.Once the darling of MNCs around the world due to its […]
July 2, 2010

China approves only Domestic Automakers for Fuel Efficiency Subsidies

It was earlier reported that China would promotes its CleanTech Industry through Electric Vehicle subsidies.It would give between $7000-9000 in subsidies to Electric Vehicles and Hybrid […]
July 2, 2010

China showing definite signs of downward inflection in Economic Growth

In Seven Reasons that China’s Economy might be slowing down, I had described the factors that might lead the super strong Chinese growth engine to slow […]
June 24, 2010

China tightens its vice-like Control of the Internet by clamping down on Online Games and Mapping

China’s communist government has always been wary over Internet’s power to undermine its vice like regulation and control of China’s society.China’s Internet censorship is the most […]
June 23, 2010

Nokia's Indian Fortress crumbling fast as Samsung and Local Players capture Mobile marketshare;S&P cuts Ratings

I had previously written about how Nokia’s Indian marketshare was being eroded by the advent of local Indian  players.This was very concerning as Nokia had at […]
June 21, 2010

Language of Money makes Australia roll out the Red Carpet for Chinese investment despite Rio Tinto arrests

Language of Money papers over Rio Tinto tensions Australia has rolled out the proverbial red carpet for visiting Chinese leadership signing billion dollar agreements on mutual […]
June 20, 2010

Strong Domestic Reaction makes China's Central Bank backtracks on its statement on Yuan Reform

China’s Central Bank had released a statement on Yuan Reform seeking to defuse international pressure.The statement which rambled about recovery,BOP,world macro situation,yuan history had a brief […]
June 19, 2010

China seeks to defuse pressure on Currency Appreciation ahead of G-20 through a "Statement";IMF and Obama rush to praise Yuan Reform

China and US Tensions increasing on Currency Valuation The US Senate and President Obama have been increasing pressure on the Chinese Government to revalue the yuan […]
June 17, 2010

MNCs in China face higher wage costs and labor unrest;Foxconn,Honda,Toyota all increase worker salaries

Labor shortage and improved opportunities for workers driving up wages China’s massive manufacturing base near the Eastern coast has been driven by cheap migrant labor from […]
June 11, 2010

Green Investing in Japan – Panasonic Discovers a Green Goldmine in Sanyo Acquistion

Panasonic hits upon a Green Goldmine in Sanyo Panasonic has hit upon a Green Goldmine with its acquisition of Sanyo .It is now capitalizing on  Sanyo’s […]
June 1, 2010

Embattled Chinese Equipment Suppliers in India now find support from Chinese Trade Body

ZTE and Huawei have been banned by the Indian government due to security concerns.The reasons for the the ban are pretty obvious with relations between these […]
May 23, 2010

Role Reversal – US Utility Duke Energy acknowledges China's Clean Technology Leadership

The US Government needs a Reality Check about who is leading the world in Clean Energy.While the US Commerce Secretary thinks that the US might lose […]
May 23, 2010

China to keep yuan stable – Chinese Commerce Minister

The sharp appreciation of the yuan against the Euro and the other currencies would make China think of depreciating the yuan against the dollar rather than […]
May 23, 2010

Chinese govt nudges India on Huawei,ZTE ban;Indian telecom operators also give support

Huawei and ZTE have been in the eye of a storm with the Indian government banning these companies from selling telecom equipment in India due to […]
May 23, 2010

Indian solar companies win a Pyrrhic Victory

Indian companies Fear Foreign Competition Indian companies raised a massive hue and cry against the Indian government’s draft to allow foreign made modules to be used […]
May 20, 2010

Jinko Solar Down more than 20% since listing ; I told you so

Jinko Solar is fundamentally a low quality stock.I wrote about Jinko’s IPO a few days ago pointing out the severe shortfalls that the company suffers from– […]
May 20, 2010

Solar Equipment domination by the European companies continues with litte churn in top 10 rankings

While European solar module producers have seen their marketshare and revenues crumbling in the face of the Chinese onslaught , there domination of the solar equipment […]
May 17, 2010

Will China "Devalue" Yuan against the Dollar?

The Euro’s rapid 15% decline against the Euro has had an important side effect against the Yuan which is pegged to the dollar.While currencies around the […]
May 17, 2010

Green IPO: Chinese Wind Heavyweight Goldwind gets approval for $1.5 billion Hong Kong Listing

China has massively increased its wind installations to become the world’s second biggest market in 2009 . It has also managed to cultivate its local home […]
May 16, 2010

US wants a piece of China's Clean Energy Boom;But China only Wants Technology

US wants the booming China clean energy sector to help boost its exports to meet Obama’s mission of doubling exports in the next 5 years.However the […]
May 16, 2010

Do Indian Solar Manufacturers Fear Foreign Competition?

The Indian Government under the Jawaharlal Nehru Solar Mission has proposed ambitious plans for the development of solar energy with a 20 GW target by 2022. […]
May 11, 2010

Despite the European Bazooka,Falling Chinese Stocks May Point to a Market Top

Europe’s $970 Billion Bazooka yesterday certainly led to a “defeat” of the “speculators” yesterday as major European markets climbed by 5% while smaller ones climbed by […]
May 10, 2010

Will China Dominate Global Wind like it is dominating Solar ; Europeans bleed while Chinese capture marketshare

China’s rise in solar manufacturing has been nothing short of spectacular.From less than 5% of world marketshare it has gone to more than 50% in the […]
May 8, 2010

Repercussion of China's Internet Espionage of Indian Sites – Huawei and ZTE banned from India

China has recently been in the news over Internet Espionage on defense and sensitive installations in India and USA. This has led to the high profile […]
May 7, 2010

The rise of the Chinese and the fall of the Japanese in the Solar Rankings

IMS has released the top 10 suppliers of solar panels for 2008-2009.What is striking about the the rankings is that the Chinese solar companies have improved […]
May 1, 2010

After China and Canada(Ontario) ,USA could mandate "local content" provisions for Renewable Energy

Ontario,Canada  has a 60% “local content” requirement for renewable energy installed in the province.This is illegal according to WTO but unless someone challenges it in the […]