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* Africa told to view China as competitor
CNN: “Africa must shake off its romantic view of China and accept Beijing is a competitor as much as a partner and capable of the same exploitative practices as the old colonial powers, Nigeria’s...
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India’s Hardware Mashups Inspire Frugal Technology Abroad – India Real Time –...
In 2009, Vinay Venkatraman was strolling the streets of Mumbai with two colleagues when he saw a group of people tinkering with old computer monitors and turning them into televisions. After observing...
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China to earmark over half of foreign aid for Africa: Premier Li – Xinhua |...
ABUJA, May 8 (Xinhua) — China will earmark more than half of its foreign aid for Africa and attach no preconditions, visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said here Thursday. “China will, as always,...
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A pocket guide to doing business in China | McKinsey & Company
A pocket guide to doing business in China McKinsey director Gordon Orr goes behind the trends shaping the world’s second-largest economy to explain what companies must do to operate effectively....
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China Railway Construction wins $12 billion Nigeria deal: Xinhua | Reuters
China Railway Construction Corp (601186.SS) (1186.HK) has signed a deal worth nearly $12 billion with Nigeria to build a railway along the West African nation’s coast, Chinese state news agency Xinhua...
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India Worst Slave Country, Says Global Slavery Index – India Real Time – WSJ
More than 14 million people in India are estimated to live in modern slavery, according to a new index on global slavery that ranks the country first out of 167 countries based on the number of people...
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China’s Railroad Ventures Abroad Project Soft Power – Businessweek
Last week state-owned China Railway Construction Corp. (CRCC) signed a lucrative contract with Nigeria to build an 870-mile coastal railroad from Lagos to Calabar, two of the West African nation’s...
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$330,000 compensation for family of wrongly executed man – China –...
The parents of Hugjiltu, an 18-year-old who was executed after being wrongly convicted of raping and killing a woman in 1996, will receive 2,059,621.4 yuan ($332,116) in state compensation, the Higher...
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Taobao cries foul over study’s claim that it sells fake, substandard goods |...
China’s largest online shopping platform Taobao.com has hit back at the results of an official quality survey that accused it of selling fake and substandard goods, saying that the poll’s sampling...
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Why India’s Road Safety Campaigners Welcome Lower Penalties For Speeding,...
India’s roads ministry has dialed back plans to toughen punishments for traffic offenses including causing the death of a child in an accident and driving while drunk. It’s a u-turn you might expect...
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