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On October 22, an accord was signed by Xie Zhenhua, China's vice minister at the National Development and Reform Commission, and Jairam Ramesh, India's environment minister, in New Delhi. The memorandum provides an alternative framework to counter pressure from America and Europe to adopt mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions in a new UN treaty. The two Asian powers will collaborate on the development of renewable power projects and improved energy efficiency programs, while rejecting any outside mandates that would slow economic growth. The United Nations has been holding forums around the world to build support for a new climate...

Chindia: Crouching tiger, hidden dragon By Jim Pinto The 22 August double issue of Business Week featured China & India. You can read the complete issue in print or online (Web links below). The latter part of the past century saw economic miracles emerge in Japan and South Korea. However, their populations were not big enough to change the global game. China and India together account for more than a third of the world’s population. Never before, have so many people risen so quickly, on such a broad scale, in so many industries at once. The sheer speed of change,...

BEIJING (AFP) - After decades of enmity, China and India embarked on what both sides termed a new phase in bilateral ties strengthened by agreement to reopen a section of their disputed Himalayan border. AFP Photo   Relations between the Asian powers have been plagued by tensions for years but both sides say ties have taken a turn for the better with the visit to China by Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee (news - web sites). "I think it has been an outstanding visit," India's External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha said in an interview with the BBC on...

BEIJING -(Dow Jones)- China's Minister of Commerce Lu Fuyuan urged China and India to increase cooperation and double their annual bilateral trade to $10 billion by 2005, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday. Related Quotes DJIANASDAQ^SPC 9119.591733.93998.14 +83.55+18.07+9.44 delayed 20 mins - disclaimerQuote Data provided by Reuters   China and India have signed several agreements this week that will boost bilateral trade and economic cooperation, the report said, without elaborating. The pacts have been signed during a landmark visit to China by India Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, which has signaled a warming of ties between the two neighbors....

NEW DELHI (AFP) - India and China will join forces to lobby on behalf of developing countries on contentious trade issues such as agriculture and pharmaceuticals at World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks, Indian Commerce Minister Arun Jaitley said. AFP/File Photo   "Views of both the countries are converging on these issues and this we see as a significant development because of the size of the two economies, accounting for more than one-third of world population," he said on Friday. Jaitley, who was speaking after his return from China with Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee (news - web sites), said the...