By Rhod Mackenzie
As India’s international trade and investment flows soar, New Delhi is taking steps towards making the Indian rupee (INR) a strong international currency that could be an alternative to the US dollar.
A fresh report of the working group of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), made...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Washington has finally got its own way: American liquefied natural gas (LNG) has become very popular and has become the subject of serious competition, which is escalating every day. Europe and China have become the main participants, striving to strengthen their energy securit...
By Chris Devonshire-Ellis
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Heads of State held their annual summit online on Tuesday (July 4th) with the meeting chaired by India, and the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The full members of the SCO are China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan,...
By Igor Matveev
Despite the positive nature of the progress in the normalisation of relations between Syria and the Arab world, the content and speed of this process remain unclear. Along with incentives — the desire of the states of the Middle East to strengthen sovereignty, the Iranian-Saudi “dé...
Global Times Editorial.
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is scheduled to visit China this week. It would be a chance for China to discuss a number of issues that require US sincerity and rectification.
First, the elimination of US tariffs on more than $300 billion worth of Chinese goods is a t...
By Hayley Wong
Despite a pitch from Chinese President Xi Jinping, India refused to back his signature Belt and Road Initiative during a summit chaired by India, a move that most analysts had expected.
During the virtual Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit on Tuesday, Xi said the infra...