No Domestic Consensus in China on ZTE

By Maria Krol Sinclair & Qiu Mingda — A week after the United States first penalized China’s second largest telecom equipment provider ZTE, there is still no consensus in China on how to interpret the case. On April 20, ZTE…

Update on India’s States: April 25, 2018

The center has given in principle approval for a new All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Telangana; the Bihar cabinet approved subsidies to energy consumers; Cisco launched Cisco START to help small and medium enterprises in Gujarat; Haryana announced…

Update on India’s States: April 18, 2018

The electronic e-way bill for intra-state movement of goods rolled out in the first five states; Andhra Pradesh moves to build a DNA database of its citizens; Delhi discom BRPL enters into a strategic partnership with EESL which will cover…

Japan’s Policy Toward China & Taiwan

By Madoka Fukuda — This year, 2018, marks the 40th anniversary of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and China. Since 2017, both countries have repeatedly conveyed an interest in mending bilateral relations. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe…

Update on India’s States: April 12, 2018

JICA signs $1.8 billion loan agreements with India for projects in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, and the northeast; Maharashtra advances privatizing power distribution in three more cities, while Uttar Pradesh rescinds privatization; Harvard publishes study on urban air pollution…