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Yes. It is a fact that A R Rahman's music has now become a rage in China. The fact remains that Rahman hasn't composed music for any Chinese film. Yet, his music has been used by Taiwanese singer Kelly Poon in her latest album. It is a known fact that Rahman had composed music for the Arjun-Manisha Koirala starrer Mudalvan or Oke Okkadu in Telugu. Shakalaka baby song from this film was a huge hit in India when the film released. Now, the same song has the Chinese youngsters grooving to Rahman's music.
China to back Pakistan for civil nuclear deal with US
China will back Pakistan for a civil nuclear deal with the US at an upcoming summit in Washington, a media report said Thursday, citing sources privy to a special meeting of the parliamentary committee on national security. China’s support on the issue was discussed Wednesday at the special parliamentary committee meeting chaired by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Daily Times reported. The committee was assured that Pakistan will actively pursue its case for a civil nuclear deal with the US during Gilani’s upcoming visit to the US. Sources said the Pakistani ambassador to China – who participated in preliminary deliberations on the nuclear summit in Washington – briefed the committee on the objectives of the summit and Pakistan’s preparations to positively contribute to the deliberations. Meanwhile, in a press statement after the meetings, Gilani reiterated his government’s commitment to take all parliamentary parties into confidence over all national policies, particularly those on defence, Kashmir and the country’s nuclear programme. He said Pakistan was aware of its responsibilities as a nuclear state. Pakistan had taken effective steps for nuclear safety, security and non-proliferation through “extensive legislative and a regulatory and administrative framework”, Gilani said at the meeting. Gilani, who is also the National Command Authority chairman, said his government fully accepted the responsibility of nuclear security. He said nuclear power generation offered viable solutions for energy security and in addressing the challenge of climate change. He highlighted that Pakistan had more than 35 years of experience in operating nuclear power plants successfully. He said socio-economic development hinged on the ability to meet rapidly expanding energy requirements. “We need to explore all options to ensure a reliable energy mix, and civil nuclear power generation is, therefore, an essential part of our national energy security strategy.” He said the government considered nuclear safety, security and safeguards “vehicles to facilitate international civil nuclear cooperation”. Gilani said the objectives of nuclear non-proliferation could only be served through a non-discriminatory paradigm for international cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. Representatives of all political parties assured Gilani their complete support, and expressed confidence that he would successfully put across Pakistan’s viewpoint. The members of the committee also praised the preparations made by Pakistani representatives for the summit. The special meeting was also attended by General Tariq Majid, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, and the foreign secretary.
China-India ties to be important in 21st century: Nirupama Rao
China and India should regard each other’s rise as an opportunity and not a challenge and their relationship will be the most important in the 21st century, Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao has said. Citing comments of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the East Asia Summit in October, Rao said: “There is enough space for India and China to grow together.” India and China have learned lessons in the six decades since the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1950, she said in an interview with Xinhua published Sunday. “We have had times of difficulty in the relationship, at certain points of time. But despite those difficulties, we managed to raise the level of our dialogue and strengthen our cooperation to create an architecture for dialogue between our two countries. That should be the basis for what we do in the future,” Rao said. Asked about biased coverage of China in some Indian media, Rao said: “There are many schools of thought in India on any given issue. But the common dominator when it comes to relations with China is that we want to build a stable relationship, a productive relationship, a relationship where we can talk to each other frankly as friends and look at the issues that remain to be resolved.” Rao called for deeper mutual understanding at the grassroots level of the two societies. “We should study each other objectively without subjectivity. Chinese young people should visit my country, travel around and study India’s fascinating culture more closely,” Rao said. “We must understand that the relationship between India and China is going to be, in my view, the most important relationship in the 21st century,” Rao added. Rao said the G20 summit in Seoul was fruitful with its many achievements, especially the putting of development issues onto the G20 agenda. “The fundamental imbalance in the world economy is the developmental imbalance between rich and poor countries. It is very good for developing countries and emerging market economies like India and China to have the development issue on the G20 agenda,” Rao said. Rao called on the US to be responsible as the world’s largest economy. “The health of the US economy impacts the global economy. We hope the US economy will revert back to a path of growth. “But any measures taken (by the US) should not lead to any destabilizing capital flows in the world market. The US cannot create a problem for all of us in managing our economies,” Rao said, citing the US decision to conduct a second round of quantitative easing, which injects liquidity into world markets.
China’s Huawei to invest $2 bn on Indian telecom lab, factory
On the eve of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s visit to India, Shanghai-based telecom equipment manufacturer Huawei Tuesday announced an investment of $2 billion in a new research facility in Bangalore and its manufacturing unit in Chennai. The investment, which will be made over the next five years, will also focus on augmenting the Chinese firm’s capabilities in local sourcing, increasing headcount, while scaling up potential of its research and development (R&D) and manufacturing units, Huawei said in a statement. “Huawei has been in India for over a decade and is committed to a long-term development and cooperation in India. As an active player serving all telecom service providers, Huawei India strives to be the long-term partner for the development of India’s telecom and IT industry and inclusive growth,” said Max Yang, chief executive of Huawei India. The Chinese firm, has however, not had a smooth ride in the Indian telecom market. Security concerns from the Indian intelligence establishment resulted in the company’s equipment orders slowing down. Huawei had earlier this year indicated that it would build a local manufacturing facility to allay the Indian government’s concerns. The announcement came a day before the Chinese Premier begins his visit, which is expected to see a slew of commercial deals being signed between corporates businesses of the two countries. Huawei India currently has operations in 19 major regions and employs over 6,000 technical and professional staff across the country. On the R&D front, Huawei has the biggest research centre outside China, which has been operational in Bangalore since 1999. The centre currently employs 2,000 engineers and with the development of a new facility in the same city will see headcount rise to about 3,000 engineers. Both the R&D facility are being developed to cater to exports and the local market. The company added that it would also utilise the investment for its corporate social responsibility initiatives such as developing key technical skills through Huawei’s local training centres and supporting an e-education programme involving 1,000 rural schools.
China’s G’Five to launch 3G tablets at Rs.10,000 by June-end
Chinese mobile handset maker G’Five Mobiles Tuesday said it will launch its range of third generation (3G) enabled Android and Windows based tablet computing device in India for less than Rs.10,000 by June-end. “G’Five plans to launch its range of tablet computing devices in Indian market by the end of this business quarter which is end of Jun, 2011. Our business philosophy is to make technology affordable to the common people,” Arshit Pathak, managing director of Kingtech Electronics India Private Ltd, a group company of G’Five International, said. “Both the Android and Windows-based tablet computing devices shall be launched in India. The two android models shall be introduced in sizes of 7 inches and 10 inches. The Windows model shall be 10 inches in size. These shall be WiFi and 3G powered and the price range will be below Rs.10,000, shattering the price barrier once again,” he added. Today, the company has presence in 45,000 retail outlets across the country along with over 500 direct service centres across the country. “G’Five has ambitious plans for launching other consumer electronic products in 2011 as well including tablet computing devices, net books, laptops, music boxes, digital photo frames etc,” the company said in a statement. It is also seeking more channel partners across the country including tier II and tier III cities part from tying up with retail operators especially large format retail who have chain of stores across the country. In the recent International Data Corporation (IDC) report – IDC’s India Quarterly Mobile Handsets Tracker, 3Q, 2010, the company was ranked as the second largest selling mobile phone brand in India afer Nokia, replacing Samsung at the second spot. PC maker Apple recently launched Apple iPad 2 with wi-fi at a starting range of Rs.29,500 for 16 GB model while a wi-fi and 3G enabled one for Rs.36,900 for 16 GB model.
China on highest flood alert, 550,000 evacuated
China Friday raised the alert for floods to the highest level as heavy rains pounded the central and southern provinces, forcing the evacuation of more than half a million people, a media report said. Over 555,000 people were evacuated from their homes in seven provinces after rains caused havoc in the Yangtze river basin. A prolonged drought had earlier gripped the region, the report in China Daily said. At least 19 people were killed in incidents caused by rains in the past four days in the provinces of Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan and Guizhou provinces. The government Friday raised its alert to the highest level of four. It described the floods in some areas as the worst since 1955. According to the official toll, at least 105 people were killed in floods and mudslides since June 3.