With U.S. military aid cut, Pakistan eyes China

With U.S. military aid cut, Pakistan eyes China - World Watch - CBS News:

"On Sunday, the senior Pakistani official who spoke to CBS News on condition of anonymity following the Times report said, 'This tightening of U.S. military aid was expected. That's where our long-term relations with China will help to meet this gap.'

In recent weeks, Pakistani officials have pointed towards China's increasing role in the past decade as its main supplier of military hardware, as Pakistan established closer ties to the U.S. campaign against terror following the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington."

Commonwealth Games - In Commonwealth Games, Businesses Test India

Commonwealth Games - In Commonwealth Games, Businesses Test India - NYTimes.com

Search Amazon.com for trade with india"But the games, a quadrennial competition of nations from the old British Empire, may be closely watched by economists and business executives around the world nonetheless. As India emerges as an economic player, the business world will view the games as something of a management competency test.
“It is India, and India is a rising power,” said Arvind Subramanian, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington.
India, with its nearly 9 percent economic growth and rapidly increasing middle class, has become the latest popular destination for global companies and low-growth Western governments. That is why many of the same Western nations that were publicly upset by India’s lack of sports preparedness have recently stepped up their trade efforts with the country.." 

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