Mount Emeishan – China’s official historical gate to India’s spiritual penetration, their child the Chinese Buddhist tradition, embodied in the nearby Leshan Buddah. At 3,099 metres (10,167 ft), Emeishan is the highest of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China. According to an article in China Expat, it was on...
India’s consumers top sustainability list, USA is last
The Washington DC based, National Geographic Society and Globescan ranked average consumers in 17 countries according to the environmental sustainability of their behavior. For the third time in a row, consumers in the large developing economies of Brazil, India and China have scored highest, while Canadians and Americans, with their...
Timex to start sourcing from India
Timex is considering making India a global sourcing base to reduce manufacturing costs, a senior executive said. Currently, Timex has its global manufacturing hubs in Hong Kong, China and Japan. “A high-level team is working on a project to identify what all can be imported from India and what will...
Filing international Patents in India
To obtain patent protection internationally it is necessary to file a patent application and and to prosecute the application to grant of a patent. Many medical device companies are wary of the process, but with the help of an experienced patent agent/attorney, the process can be completed relatively smoothly. Here...
How do people in India and in China see each other?
The New York Times conducted an interesting series of interviews in Shanghai and New Delhi asking Chines and Indians what they think of their own countries and each other's countries. As one Indian says in the video, "We have gone from Bhai Bhai (a period of friendship and brotherhood in...
Secretary Gary Locke talks up National Export Initiative in Los Angeles
In 2010 American exports to Asia exceeded shipments to the Europe for the first time ever. Yesterday, I met U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke who was in Los Angeles to promote President Obama's National Export Initiative (NEI), which seeks to double American exports to $2 trillion by 2014. Speaking at...