Internet usage is set to double by 2020, with opportunities for both old and new industries to benefit from an eCommerce boom. To witness India’s accelerated transformation into one of the world’s biggest eCommerce markets, drop in on Mumbai during lunchtime. Beginning in April, the century-old network of delivery men, …
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India vs. China: The Battle for Global Manufacturing
With its chronic blackouts, crumbling roads, and other infrastructure woes, India should have no appeal for John Ginascol. A vice president at Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Ginascol is responsible for ensuring that the company’s food-products factories run smoothly worldwide. He can’t afford surprises when it comes to electricity, water, and other …
Read More »Oxford Union Finds Britain Should Pay Slavery Reparations
THE OXFORD Union – the debating society founded by members of Oxford University nearly 190 years ago – is known to be on good terms with controversy. A debate on Thursday (May 28) made no attempt to break with tradition, posing the question: does Britain owe reparations to her former …
Read More »China Visa Fact vs. Fiction
China visa rumors abound, and it can be extremely difficult figuring out what is fact and what is fiction when it comes to Chinese visas. While rules change, the official websites listing them rarely do. Visa agents exist in a gray zone of varying legality, and can often accomplish things …
Read More »18 Things To Know Before You Visit China
1. Don’t stick your chopsticks upright in your rice. It’s considered extremely rude because it’s associated with funerals. Usually, people leave rice with chopsticks in them at the tombstones of their loved ones in order to “feed them” in the afterlife. 2. Refusing to take a gift is not rude. …
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1. China Tourist Visa (L) The tourist (L) and transit (G) visas are the only ones that you can apply for without assistance from a business, government or academic institution. Most visitors to China will only require a tourist L which will allow them to travel freely in most parts …
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Regulations The PRC follows the international system and issues visas according to its laws and regulations which may be modified from time to time. The information provided on this page is about entry to the PRC mainland only: it does not include entry rules for Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan. …
Read More »Can two people repopulate Earth? Is it possible?
The “no” answers I see are making several incorrect assumptions: (1) that after a number of generations, inbreeding would surface some deletarious mutation and kill off all future offspring, (2) that two random humans wouldn’t have sufficient genetic variance between them, and (3) that endangered humans would react the same …
Read More »VPN to Access Google ,Face Book, Twitter, Instagram
It is not new that china had blocked access to Facebook, Google and twitter earlier but from last year china also started blocking gmail, Instagram and dropbox. This has been a huge problem for expats living in China. Especially at times when we need to search for a word or …
Read More »Yoga Day Celebration at Lecong
International Day Of Yoga – Organised By: Lecong Indian Community Today morning at 9:00 Am the lecong Indian Community organised a Yoga awareness and yoga teaching program at Hotel Fortuna, Lecong, Shunde district Foshan. This is the first time a cultural exchange program is organised by the Lecong Indian Association …
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