Quote

The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.

About china & India issue

Construction mkt to touch $12.7 tn by 2020 led by India, China

The global construction market is expected to soar to a size of USD 12.7 trillion by 2020 with the sector output likely to rise sharply over the next decade driven by emerging markets like India, China and Brazil, a report says.

According to a report by consultancy Global Construction Perspectives and economic forecasting firm Oxford Economics, the global construction market would be worth an estimated USD 12.7 trillion in 2020 from about USD 7.5 trillion at present.

“Construction in major emerging markets such as India and China will see much higher levels of growth than developed countries by 2020. Growth in construction output in India will accelerate faster than in China up to 2020, but we expect growth in GDP to be higher in China,” the Global Construction 2020 report stated.

China may ask US to insist that India sign anti-nuke agreement

The India-US nuclear deal is expected to crop up during Tuesday’s dialogue in Beijing as US president Barack Obama seeks the support of

Chinese leaders on his stand on Iran and North Korean nuclear issues, informed sources said. He is expected to discuss both security and trade issues during his meeting with Chinese president Hu Jintao and premier Wen Jiabao on Tuesday.

US department officials have made it clear Obama will seek Beijing’s support on nuclear non-proliferation issues involving North Korea and Russia. He particularly wants Chinese banking on his plans for tough new sanctions against Iran after he recently got Russia to accept the idea.

“China might ask the US to insist that India sign the Comprehensive Non-proliferation Treaty. This is all Obama can possibly do to make China happy. But the Indian deal cannot be amended at this stage,” an Indian expert Sino-Chinese relations, said.

China is desperate to get Obama’s word that he will not meet the Dalai Lama in the immediate future. Beijing also wants an assurance from the US that it will stop selling arms to Taiwan. China regards Taiwan as one of its states and hopes to merge it with the Chinese mainland in future.

For India, the important question is whether the US president’s efforts to woo China will hurt Indian interests in relation to Pakistan, the situation in Afghanistan, climate change, the nuclear deal and even the controversy involving the Dalai Lama.

Obama will also get a doze of Chinese reasoning about the need to open a line of dialogue with milder elements of Taliban in Afghanistan, which is also the thinking in the Pakistan government. This is exactly the opposite of the stand taken by India, which believes there are no moderate elements in the Taliban.

The US president indicated on Monday he was ready to soften his stand on certain issues by refusing to meet the Dalai Lama during the Tibetan leader’s recent visit to the United States and skipping the Tibet issue during his talks in Shanghai on Monday.

Rising trade disputes between the US and China and differences on the issue of climate change are two other issues that will figure during the talks between Obama and Chinese leaders on Tuesday. China has indicated it will stick to its stand on the climate change issue, which is similar to the stand taken by New Delhi, but there are some critics who fear Beijing might deviate from its stand by doing a side deal with Washington.

I’m not going to Tawang to find heir: Dalai Lama

In far away Japan, the Dalai Lama, who has by and large not made any political statements on Arunachal in the last few weeks,batted for India, claiming that the ‘disputed’ state is a part of the union. The claim on India’s behalf has not amused the government, though there has been no official response to his statement.

 

 

Ahead of his proposed visit to Arunachal Pradesh (AP), Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader hit out at China for opposing his trip to the state, saying it was “politicising [the issue] too much,” as he was going there solely for teaching. Asked whether his successor (next incarnation) may be found in Tawang, he emphasised that he will play no role in such efforts. “If I was communist then I would have to be concerned about my successor but I’m not communist,” he said.

Talking to reporters in Japan, he was asked about his visit to the state and China’s repeated protests to India over it. The Dalai Lama went back to the border war of 1962, pointing out that many parts of the state were overrun by the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA). But after the ceasefire, the PLA withdrew from these areas. “… they announced a unilateral ceasefire and withdrew, accepting the current international boundary,” the spiritual leader said.

He also spoke of his deep emotional attachment to AP, as it was the place where he entered India after his escape from Tibet in 1959. What he did not say was that the sixth Dalai Lama was from the Tawang region and the Chinese are afraid that he may name his successor from there.

Privately Indian officials are put off with the Dalai Lama’s claims, as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his meeting with Wen Jiabao in Thailand had devoted much time and energy in explaining India’s position on the Tibetan leader. The PM said he was a religious leader and the Tibetans were not allowed to take part in any political activity in India. India-China ties had reached a low following the announcement of the Dalai Lama’s visit, slated for November 8-14.The Prime Minister had done some damage control and tried to repair ties during his meeting with his Chinese counterpart.

Manmohan Singh had assured Wen that the Dalai Lama would be in Tawang for religious discourses and would not fall out of line and make any controversial remarks. “We had requested His Holiness not to make any political statements. Our expectations are that he would oblige,” a senior official, who did not wish to be identified said. Asked if by claiming Arunachal for India, the Dalai Lama had overstepped the line, the official refused to comment.

Whatever the spiritual leader says and does in Arunachal will be watched closely by the Chinese. The Tibetan leader will perhaps be told once more not to make any controversial remarks. It is unlikely that the Dalai Lama will go against the Indian government. The gag order for him is applicable only in India; he can choose to say whatever he likes abroad. Many analysts believe New Delhi is over sensitive to China’s likes and dislikes and welcome the Dalai Lama’s plain talking in Japan.

India, China to drive world

High-growth economies such as India and China, which have been able to manage the effects of the recession, will play major roles during the recovery period.

Anshu Jain, member of the Deutsche Bank management board, and Chanda Kochhar, managing director and chief executive officer of ICICI Bank, agreed on this possibility at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2009 on Saturday.

While addressing a session on Is the Global Economic Recovery for Real? Jain said, “As per our analysis, India and China could be back to contributing 50 per cent of the world’s GDP by 2020, which they did till the 19th century.”

GDP, or gross domestic product, is the final value of all goods manufactured and services generated in a year.

Kochhar said, “The world economic order will change, and power will shift to Asia and emerging economies.”

For India, the growth will largely come from investments in manufacturing and infrastructure. The government has projected a 6-6.5 per cent growth for 2009-10 and targeted a 9 per cent growth rate over the next two years.

But inflation seems to be a concern in India. Jain said, “The amount of liquidity into the system is leading to a fear of a second bubble forming, which the markets are not reflecting.”

Experts feel that India has some structural advantages, such as high savings as a percentage of GDP, low debt-GDP ratio, strong and robust banking system, high domestic consumption and low dependence on exports.

Kochhar said, “The banking system is the heart of the economy, while all other sectors are its limbs. In the West, the problem started with the heart, while in India, the heart continued to pump, enabling other sectors to draw strength from it.”

India warned of threat from China

Rising territorial claims by China present India with the threat of two military fronts on its northern borders within five years, Brajesh Mishra, New Delhi’s former national security adviser, said yesterday.

Mr Mishra, who advised Atul Behari Vajpayee, former prime minister, and is close to current premier Manmohan Singh, warned of an “unprecedented challenge” of simultaneous fronts with arch-rival Pakistan and with China.

“Over the last two years, the Chinese claims on Arunachal Pradesh have acquired a stridency that was never there before. They are taking every position internationally and otherwise [to say] that Arunachal is not recognised as part of India,” Mr Mishra said.

The warning comes as Indian officials express concerns about an internal battle with Maoist rebels and rising domestic security costs, thought to have grown 25 per cent this year.

India and China fought a war over Arunachal Pradesh, which Beijing calls south Tibet, in 1962.

A sharp escalation of tensions between Beijing and New Delhi over the region has prompted speculation in India about a Chinese attack along the 4,000km border, and prompted India to boost its defences there.

Beijing’s unsuccessful efforts to scupper last year’s Indo-US civil nuclear deal – which ended India’s status as a nuclear pariah – revived deep anxieties.

This year Beijing objected to the Asian Development Bank’s strategy for India, which included lending money for projects in Arunachal Pradesh. New Delhi has also sparred with Beijing over China’s visa policy towards residents of Kashmir, which it has interpreted as a challenge to its sovereignty.

Mr Mishra said India had to strengthen its military as, “within the next five years, given the change of attitude in China, two [military] fronts will now be active simultaneously”.

The former intelligence chief also highlighted concerns about China’s rising military assistance to Pakistan which, in spite of fighting Taliban militants on the Afghanistan border, was still occupied with its bitter hostility towards India.

“China is supporting Pakistan and especially the Pakistan military,” Mr Mishra said. “China’s help to Pakistan military is a very important factor in aiding and abetting its designs on India.”

He also said US financial support for Pakistan’s army had caused an “adverse impact on India”.

Mr Singh, India’s prime minister, yesterday urged restraint as attempts to resolve the territorial dispute continued.

“There are problems. We have a problem on the border. But we have agreed that pending a resolution of the border [issue], peace and tranquillity should remain,” Mr Singh said.

Our challenges at nation building are primarily at home: Manmohan Singh

Inaugurating the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said that the challenges faced by India are primarily at home.

He said India faces challenges like poverty and bringing about inclusive growth. He expressed the need of trying to achieve and maintain an economic growth of 9-10 per cent.

He also talked about the external challenges faced by the country in the shape of global economic slowdown and terrorism. PM Manmohan Singh expressed the need of tackling these challenges. He said that a collective leadership from all class and segment of society is needed to meet these challenges.

The Prime Minister also talked about the need of having good relations with the neighbours. He said that the destiny of a nation is interlinked with that of its neighbours. He added that India would like to see her neighbours develop and grow.

He further said that India would always be happy to extend help to all its neighbours and help them grow into bigger democratic states.

The PM said India’s destiny is intrinsically linked with her neighbours. Regarding China and India,  the Prime Minster said both the countries have immense opportunities and can grow side by side. He said though border issues are there with China but peace should prevail.”

Commenting on Pakistan he said, “Pakistan is grappling with internal problems and India wishes them success.”

Manmohan Singh also made it clear that the security of our nation (India) lies in progress and stability.

Addressing the issue of Climate change, the Prime Minsiter said that as responsible global citizen, India wants to be partner with other nations in the conservation of the environment.

He spoke about the need of not just a new India in the 2020, but a new South Asia.

Extra-fast recovery in India, China, Australia – IMF

SEOUL (Reuters) – The IMF said on Thursday the economies of India, China and Australia were recovering especially rapidly, suggesting it notices growing pressures for authorities there to tighten monetary policy ahead of others in the region.

“In a few special cases…the recovery is advancing so rapidly that output gaps are already starting to close and pressures are already emerging,” the International Monetary Fund said in a regional economic outlook report, released in Seoul.

It called the three economies special cases, while adding a tightening of monetary policy seemed unnecessary elsewhere in the region in the near future.

The comments add to growing expectations among global traders that some major emerging economies would start to raise interest rates and remove stimulus measures far ahead of advanced economies.

Australia’s central bank already raised its interest rate this month, becoming the first major economy to tighten monetary policy since the financial crisis started.

The Indian central bank on Tuesday laid the groundwork for a rise in interest rates by tightening credit to the commercial property sector, lifting its inflation forecast and warning of the threat of asset price bubbles.

The IMF upgraded economic growth forecasts for Singapore for 2009 and 2010 from its previous projections announced on Oct. 1, but did not elaborate.

The IMF said the recovery in the region was tentative and that the pick-up in economic activity had so far been supported by factors that were either temporary or could turn out to be so.

China-India Tensions still Strong at Trilateral Meeting with Russia

Just three days after a not-so-cordial meeting between Chinese premier Wen Jiabao and Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh in Hua Hin, Thailand, the foreign ministers of the two countries, Yang Jiechi and S.M. Krishna—joined by Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov—met yesterday in Bangalore, India. It was the ninth such trilateral meeting held by the countries.

As expected, the meeting ended with a joint communiqué touting opportunities for cooperation between the three countries, including fighting terrorism, narcotics trafficking, and combating climate change. The foreign ministers stressed their mutual interest in seeing a lessening of tensions in Afghanistan. And pointing out that their nations account for “20 percent of the total global landmass and represent 39 percent of the global population,” the communiqué stressed they should play “a significant role in world affairs.”

The three countries stated their desire to see trade and business ties strengthened, stressing too their complementary interests when it comes to energy. “Russia is a dominant supplier of oil and gas; India and China are energy deficit, but significant suppliers of manufactured products and services. Trilateral relations can be further reinforced by establishing mutually advantageous relations in the energy sector,” the communiqué stated. China of course, has been actively seeking oil and gas deals around the world, and this year has signed or is mulling over deals worth more than $15 billion.

But despite all the talk of cooperation as well as fast-growing business and trade, the Sino-Indian relationship is facing serious frictions of course. Tensions have flared between both countries’ militaries along their disputed 2,175 mile-long border. And a planned visit by the Dalai Lama to the region of Arunachal Pradesh (controlled by India but claimed by China) has seriously angered Beijing. Indeed, even as the foreign ministers were meeting, outside at least 14 Tibetan students were arrested for protesting.

India, China reaffirm need for peace on border

Cha-Am Hua Hin, Oct 25 (PTI) In the wake of the recent controversies over Chinese incursions, India and China have reaffirmed the need to maintain peace and tranquility on border pending resolution of the “complex” issue.

Singh, who met his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao here yesterday on the sidelines of the ASEAN-India and East Asia Summits, said the two leaders had discussed all issues, including the boundary question, problems concerning common rivers and matters related to Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.

“I had a frank and constructive exchange of views with Premier Wen,” the Prime Minister told a press conference before winding up his two-day visit here.

China, India Stoke 21st-Century Rivalry

LEH, India — In the brewing discord between two giant, ambitious nations, even a remote meadow in the Himalayas is worth fighting over.

Some two-dozen Chinese soldiers converged earlier this year on a family of nomads who wouldn’t budge from a winter grazing ground that locals say Indian herders had used for generations. China claims the pasture is part of Tibet, not northern India. The soldiers tore up the family’s tent and tried to push them back toward the Indian border town of Demchok, Indian authorities say.

Increasing Friction

View Interactive

Comparing China and India’s most crucial statistics.

Chering Dorjay, the chairman of India’s Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, says he arrived on the scene with a new tent and Indian intelligence officers and urged the herders to stay put. “The Chinese, it seems, are gradually taking our territory,” he says. “We will feel very insecure unless India strengthens its defenses.”

Dueling territorial claims along this heavily militarized mountain border, coupled with economic tensions between the two nations, are kindling a 21st-century rivalry. The budding distrust has created a dilemma for the U.S. about how to court one nation without angering the other.

China and India cooperate occasionally. But in recent years, they have competed vigorously over trade, energy investments, even a race to land a man on the moon. Some Indians want their nation to move closer to the U.S. as a hedge against a rising China — a strategic shift that’s likely to complicate ties among all three.

“China is trying to become No. 1,” says Brajesh Mishra, a former national-security adviser for India. “This is the seed of conflict between China, India and the U.S.”

Walk the Line

View Slideshow

Peter Wonacott/The Wall Street JournalA sign in the village of Spangmik in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir marks the last stop for tourists.

The prime ministers of India and China are expected to meet this weekend at a summit of Asian leaders in Bangkok, following several weeks in which their nations traded barbs over trade and disputed territory. “Both sides will exchange views on issues of mutual concern,” China’s assistant foreign minister, Hu Zhengyao, told reporters Wednesday.

Next month, after a planned visit to China, President Barack Obama will host a U.S. visit by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a meeting meant to highlight what the White House says is a “growing strategic partnership.” Commercial and military ties between the two countries have been getting stronger. Last year, the U.S. loosened restrictions to allow India to buy sensitive technology and nuclear equipment for civilian use. Soldiers from both countries are participating this month in a joint defense exercise.

Indian defense analysts say India needs closer U.S. ties to hedge against potential hostilities with China. “If China’s rise is peaceful, and it integrates into the global economy, everything should be fine,” says retired Indian Brig. Gen. Gurmeet Kanwal, director of the Center for Land Warfare Studies, an army think tank. “Should China implode, it’s better to have a friend like the U.S.”

In addition to the defense concerns, trade friction is growing between India and China. India leads all members of the World Trade Organization in antidumping cases against China. India has banned imports of Chinese toys, milk and chocolate, citing safety concerns, and has launched investigations into export surges of Chinese truck tires and chemicals, among other products.

On Oct. 15, Indian heavy-industries minister Vilasrao Deshmukh asked the finance ministry to impose taxes on imports of inexpensive Chinese power equipment. “We don’t want India to be turned into a dumping ground,” he told reporters.

At the moment, the biggest threat to India-China relations may be their competing claims for big swaths of territory along their border. In recent years, China has settled border disputes with a host of nations, including Russia, as part of what it calls its “good neighbor policy.” But China and India have made little progress, despite 13 rounds of meetings since 2003.

China says the eastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh is historically part of southern Tibet. India wants China to hand back territory it calls Aksai Chin, desolate high-altitude salt flats that residents of Ladakh claim as part of its ancient Buddhist kingdom. India’s discovery of a Chinese-built road in the region helped spark a border war in 1962.

Earlier this month, China objected to a visit by Indian Prime Minister Singh to Arunachal Pradesh to campaign for local elections, saying it was disputed territory. “We request India to pay great attention to China’s solemn concerns, and not stir up incidents in the areas of dispute,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu told reporters.

India’s foreign minister countered that Arunachal Pradesh is Indian territory, and demanded that China stop investing in infrastructure-related projects in the Pakistan-controlled part of Kashmir. Both India and Pakistan claim the whole of Kashmir.

The 1962 border war, which India lost, complicated the boundary between the two countries. These days, Chinese and Indian forces in some border areas have agreed to go out on different days to patrol contested territory. “We want to avoid an eyeball-to-eyeball conflict,” says Gopal Pillai, India’s secretary for the home ministry, which oversees the border police.

India and China are intent on turning fast economic growth into national strength. When their interests have converged, they have proven a powerful combination. On Wednesday, they announced plans to cooperate at December’s climate-change talks in Copenhagen, a pact likely to see both fighting carbon-emission caps proposed by industrialized nations. During global-trade talks, they both resisted Western pressure to open farm markets.

“China’s economic and military growth is not a threat to India. And India’s shouldn’t be a threat to China,” says Cheng Ruisheng, a former Chinese ambassador to India. “We should be an opportunity to one another.”

But many Chinese resent any comparison with India, still a largely poor agrarian nation with only about one-third of China’s per-capita income. And they’re generally wary of India’s warming ties with the U.S.

Indians, for their part, bristle over the flood of Chinese imports and China’s increasingly cozy ties with India’s neighbors, including Nepal, Sri Lanka and arch-rival Pakistan. In a speech last November, Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, then its foreign minister, identified an expansionist China as one of India’s top challenges. “Today’s China seeks to further her interests more aggressively than in the past,” he told the National Defense College in New Delhi.

The Indian government has closely scrutinized proposals by Chinese companies to invest in India. It recently demanded that thousands of Chinese citizens in India convert short-term business visas into employment visas — a move that effectively boots unskilled Chinese workers from the country.

The Chinese government has objected to a proposed Asian Development Bank program that India hoped would help fund a water project in the disputed territory of Arunachal Pradesh. This year, the Chinese embassy began issuing visas to residents of Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir in a manner that Indian officials say leaves China with a way to later claim that it isn’t recognizing the visa recipients as Indian citizens. A spokeswoman for the Chinese embassy in New Delhi says “every country has the right” to set its own visa policies.

U.S. defense contractors could benefit from India’s desire to modernize its military. While the U.S. has banned weapons sales to China, it has ramped up such sales to India. Lockheed Martin Corp. and Boeing Co. are among the defense contractors competing to supply India’s air force a new fleet of jet fighters — a deal that could be valued at $10.4 billion.

Some Chinese analysts say friction between India and China are playing into what they say is a U.S. wish to contain China. “If border tensions between India and China continue to simmer, I can’t say the U.S. will be displeased,” says Shi Yinhong, a specialist in Sino-U.S. ties at People’s University in Beijing.

The contested territory in northern India lies in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The region abutting China, known as Ladakh, consists largely of rocky mountain terrain with isolated green pastures grazed by yaks, goats and horses. Many of the herders and traders living on both sides of the blurred border share the same Tibetan heritage and Buddhist faith. The main town on the Indian side, Leh, was an ancient caravan stop.

Today, the area crawls with Indian soldiers. Indian border police tightly regulate visitors traveling east toward China.

Peter Wonacott/The Wall Street JournalThe Indian army built this road in Ladakh, near the China border, where there have been disputes over territory.

Read More

• Opinion: Bordering on Danger

The Indian army has accelerated a road-building program in the region.

The roads, which run beside Indian army camps and over a pass above 17,000 feet, are dotted with offbeat signs: “I’m curvaceous, be slow,” warns one. “I like you darling, but not so fast,” says another.

India intends to use the new mountain roads in part to move military supplies. In September, an Indian cargo plane landed at a new high-altitude airstrip near the border.

Indian villagers near the border have been caught in the middle of the conflict. When villagers were constructing an irrigation canal a few years ago, Chinese soldiers tried to wave them off, says Rigzin Spalbar, chairman at the time of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council.

The villagers hurled abuse at the soldiers, but were angry at Indian soldiers for doing nothing, he says. The Chinese “are pestering us to test India’s reaction,” he says.

Indian residents of the area claim Chinese soldiers have painted Chinese characters on rocks in territory that India claims as its own. The residents say the border has never been as tightly patrolled as it is now.

Konchok Gurmet, 70 years old, lives in Spangmik, a village ringed with Tibetan prayer flags on Panggong Lake, beside the border with China.

He says that until a few years ago he was able to smuggle horses and wool across the border in exchange for Chinese crockery, clothes and thermos bottles.

These days, locals say, border forces on both sides turn smugglers back. After violent protests in Tibet last year, China has been sensitive about who crosses over. Indian police worry that herders and smugglers may be offering the Chinese information on military positions and infrastructure projects, locals say.

According to Mr. Pillai, the Indian home secretary, infrastructure development on both sides of the border has heightened interest in establishing an exact line.

The confrontation between the Indian goatherds and Chinese soldiers, which occurred in January, began after the herders crossed a river to reach a pasture they’d used for generations, Mr. Pillai says.

The Chinese viewed the river as the border line. Indian security forces haven’t pressed the claim, he says, because the pasture now is encircled by Chinese sentry posts. “We’d find it difficult tactically to hold that land,” he says.

China’s ministry of defense declined to comment on the incident, and the Chinese foreign ministry has denied any incursions into Indian territory. “China’s border patrol is always conducted in strict accordance with rules,” said a foreign ministry spokeswoman last month.

Mr. Pillai says more troops are moving to the border with China, which he describes as a “gradual” buildup of “defensive positions.”

Some residents of Arunachal Pradesh — the Indian state that China claims — say it’s about time.

“India needs to wake up. China is going to flex its muscles,” says Kiren Rijiju, a former member of parliament from Arunachal Pradesh. “Being one of its largest neighbors, we are a soft target.”

India, China agree to cooperate on climate change

NEW DELHI – India and China, both major polluters and crucial players in fighting global warming, agreed Wednesday to stand together on climate change issues at a major global conference later this year.

The December summit in Copenhagen aims to replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, the first international deal requiring reductions in emissions of heat-trapping “greenhouse gases” by industrialized countries.

Developing countries argue that the industrial world produced most of the harmful gases in recent decades and should bear the costs of fixing the problem. India and China have agreed to work on slowing the growth of greenhouse gas emissions, but resist making those limits binding and subject to international monitoring.

“There is no difference between the Indian and Chinese negotiating positions, and we are discussing further what the two countries should be doing for a successful outcome at Copenhagen,” Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said, according to the Press Trust of India news agency.

Xie Zhenhua, China’s top climate change negotiator, said the agreement “will usher in a new scenario and take cooperation on climate change between the two countries to a new high,” PTI reported.

The agreement emphasized that the “United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Kyoto Protocol are the most appropriate framework for addressing climate change,” according to a text released by India’s Environment Ministry.

The United States rejected the Kyoto Protocol because it exempted developing countries, such as India and China, from obligations. Developing countries also want financial aid for their climate change efforts. The challenge in Copenhagen is finding a way to make a deal.

On Tuesday, India, Pakistan and six other South Asian nations said they will stand together at Copenhagen to stick with the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012.

Wednesday’s agreement between India and China comes as a diplomatic dispute continues over the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, which China claims as its territory since the two nations fought a war in 1962. India rejects Beijing’s claim.

The countries have sparred over a proposed visit to the region by the Dalai Lama in mid-November, with China opposing the trip and India’s Foreign Ministry saying the Tibetan spiritual leader is free to travel within India.

India, China will continue talks to resolve differences

NEW DELHI: India on Friday sought to lower the temperature following the recent exchanges with China on disputed areas, stating that both sides would continue to talk on the border issue as well as in other subjects to resolve their differences. “We have to recognise that there is still some distance to be covered. Problems exist and they will take time to resolve. Till then we have to maintain peace and continue talking. The issues can’t be resolved by stopping talking to each other,” said senior official sources at a background briefing here.

“We have our communication channels open. We don’t want our ties in other areas to be diluted or determined by this border issue alone, which, however, is a major issue in our ties. The focus is on not allowing differences to complicate our relationship or preventing it from improving,” they observed.

The Chinese objections to the Prime Minister’s recent visit to Arunachal Pradesh “by and large conforms to the same core dispute.” In the 1982 Asian Games, China objected to the march past by an Arunachal contingent and warned of “serious consequences” after the then Union Territory was converted into a State in 1986.

On the stapled visas issue, the sources said India “had to” express its views because the system was “an aberration and an anomaly.”

“We should be prepared to hear this from the Chinese side. They also have a very nationalist core, especially the post-Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. They have more Internet users than us and this section has been very critical of the Chinese leadership which is not seen by this section as being assertive and strong,” said the sources while indicating the perils of nationalist sentiment from one side fuelling similar feelings on the other.

However, the sources admitted that India raking up China’s development activity in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir was brought in the public domain for the first time. The intention was to pay China back in its own coin for objecting to development work in disputed areas under India’s control while following a similar practice in disputed territory elsewhere. “We had complained to them in private but this time it had to be made clear that there cannot be different standards on disputed areas.”

The sources also played down reports of dams being constructed by China by pointing out that the projects were of the ‘run-of-the-river’ category. Neither did India look askance at them nor were there international provisions prohibiting them. They also drew attention to the positive aspects of the relationship such as China having become India’s largest trading partner, regular high level meetings, coordination on multilateral fora and peace and tranquillity on the border for over two decades.

India takes on China over Brahmaputra

NEW DELHI: Engaging China again on Thursday, India said it was looking into a media report to see if Beijing might have gone back on an assurance that it would not divert the course of Brahmaputra.This was the third straight day when the Foreign Office spoke on China. The series of statements began on Tuesday when India responded to a Chinese protest over Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to “disputed” Arunachal Pradesh. The latest Foreign Office remark followed a newspaper report that suggested that China was building a series of dams on Brahmaputra river, called the Yaluzangbu or Yarlong Tsangpo upstream in Tibet.Reacting to the news report, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vishnu Prakash reminded that the India had taken up the issue in its meetings with the Chinese on trans-border rivers. Compared to its statement on Wednesday when Delhi asked China to stay off Pakistani projects in PoK, the remarks on Brahmaputra were mild, but by choosing to react at some length to an Indian newspaper report, Delhi signalled it would not shy away from a slugfest.

India fumes as China issues loose-sheet visas to J&K residents

NEW DELHI: India has served a demarche to China against a practice that has opened a new diplomatic front between the two countries. For almost a

year now, Indian nationals from Jammu and Kashmir are being issued Chinese visas on loose sheets of paper, and not stamped on their passports.

MEA spokesperson Vishnu Prakash said India had “conveyed our well-justified concern” to the Chinese government in this regard. “It is our considered view and position that there should be no discrimination against visa applicants of Indian nationality on the grounds of domicile or ethnicity,” he added.

The implication of visas being stamped on loose sheets rather than the passport itself is a political signal that China does not recognize the nationality of the person concerned. In the case of J&K and Arunachal Pradesh, it’s questioning that they are part of India. In many ways, said analysts, this is probably another way of Chinese pushing of the border issue.

The practice apparently came to light recently, after a couple of students who were denied travel permission approached the media. In fact, chief information commissioner Wajahat Habibullah highlighted the problem at the highest levels of the government, after which it was taken up by the home and foreign ministries.

The home ministry also informed all states and Union Territories to stop travel by people with stapled visas.
While the Chinese embassy here was quoted as saying the visa was a valid document, officials said this would seriously complicate matters between India and China. The two countries are only now emerging from a period of virulent reporting on Chinese border intrusions, which needed a prime ministerial intervention to calm things down. “This comes at a very bad time,” said an official.

What is also clear is that India’s immigration checks are well below par. Quite apart from the fact that it took several months for the visa mischief to be detected, Indian immigration officials should also be held responsible for letting in thousands of semi-skilled Chinese workers on business visas — an issue that is currently a diplomatic thorn between India and China.

Chinese embassy officials were quoted as saying the documents were valid and it was the fault of the Indian immigration officials. “What we have issued is a correct and valid document. It is the problem of your immigration officers at Indira Gandhi International Airport (Delhi). This practice of issuing visas on separate paper has been there for years now,” a Chinese embassy official said. Asked how many such visas they issue every year, the Chinese embassy official put the number at less than 100.

Defence minister A K Antony said, “Whether it is Jammu and Kashmir or Arunachal Pradesh, all are integral parts of India. For us, every inch of India is one. There are channels of dealing with our neighbours whenever any issue arises and we always use them to raise our point of view.”

Saifuddin Soz, J&K Congress president, was quoted as saying he had travelled to China three times, and every time, his visa was stamped on his passport. The directive to the embassy has clearly come from Beijing, which makes it a bigger diplomatic problem.

Many Kashmiri students travel to China for higher studies, particularly in medicine.

India, China determined to resolve boundary issue: Rao

NEW DELHI: Calling the boundary issue with China “complex”, foreign secretary Nirupama Rao said on Friday that both countries are determined to

resolve it.

In an interview to All India Radio, she said, “Both governments understand that a peaceful relationship between India and China is not only good for the two countries but it is good for this region, it is good globally also.”

Separately, sources also said that in the discussions with China on the question of large dams on the Brahmaputra, the Chinese side have told the Indians that the dams would be for run-of-the-river hydro projects. These are allowed according to international law.

In her interview, Rao said, “The focus that has been given to both the incursions and also to Arunachal Pradesh, only I think intensifies the need for the two sides to really sit down to resolve these issues with even more seriousness and determination.”

But notwithstanding the sensitivities on the Chinese side, India is determined to let the Dala Lama travel to Arunachal Pradesh in November. “We regard and we have always said this clearly and also to China that His Holiness Dalai Lama is a spiritual figure, he is a religious figure and he does not indulge in political activities on Indian soil and he is our guest in India and he is free to visit any part of our country.”

Rao said the government’s focus now would be on the Prime Minister’s visit to the US. US undersecretary Bill Burns was in India on Friday and met foreign minister S M Krishna.

Talking to journalists later, Burns said, “The main purpose of the visit is to help prepare for Prime Minister Singh’s state visit to the White House next month. It is no accident that the Prime Minister’s visit will be the first state visit to Washington during the Obama administration. That reflects a high priority that President Obama and Secretary Clinton and the entire administration attach to our relationship with India.”

The balance of power will shift to the East as China and India evolve

It may not top the must-see list of many tourists. But to appreciate Shanghai’s ambitious view of its future, there is no better place than the Urban Planning Exhibition Hall, a glass-and-metal structure across from People’s Square. The highlight is a scale model bigger than a basketball court of the entire metropolis — every skyscraper, house, lane, factory, dock, and patch of green space — in the year 2020.

There are white plastic showpiece towers designed by architects such as I.M. Pei and Sir Norman Foster. There are immense new industrial parks for autos and petrochemicals, along with new subway lines, airport runways, ribbons of expressway, and an elaborate riverfront development, site of the 2010 World Expo. Nine futuristic planned communities for 800,000 residents each, with generous parks, retail districts, man-made lakes, and nearby college campuses, rise in the suburbs. The message is clear. Shanghai already is looking well past its industrial age to its expected emergence as a global mecca of knowledge workers. “In an information economy, it is very important to have urban space with a better natural and social environment,” explains Architectural Society of Shanghai President Zheng Shiling, a key city adviser.

It is easy to dismiss such dreams as bubble-economy hubris — until you take into account the audacious goals Shanghai already has achieved. Since 1990, when the city still seemed caught in a socialist time warp, Shanghai has erected enough high-rises to fill Manhattan. The once-rundown Pudong district boasts a space-age skyline, some of the world’s biggest industrial zones, dozens of research centers, and a bullet train. This is the story of China, where an extraordinary ability to mobilize workers and capital has tripled per capita income in a generation, and has eased 300 million out of poverty. Leaders now are frenetically laying the groundwork for decades of new growth.

INVALUABLE ROLE
Now hop a plane to India. It is hard to tell this is the world’s other emerging superpower. Jolting sights of extreme poverty abound even in the business capitals. A lack of subways and a dearth of expressways result in nightmarish traffic.

But visit the office towers and research and development centers sprouting everywhere, and you see the miracle. Here, Indians are playing invaluable roles in the global innovation chain. Motorola, (MOT ) Hewlett-Packard (HPQ ), Cisco Systems (CSCO ), and other tech giants now rely on their Indian teams to devise software platforms and dazzling multimedia features for next-generation devices. Google (GOOG ) principal scientist Krishna Bharat is setting up a Bangalore lab complete with colorful furniture, exercise balls, and a Yamaha organ — like Google’s Mountain View (Calif.) headquarters — to work on core search-engine technology. Indian engineering houses use 3-D computer simulations to tweak designs of everything from car engines and forklifts to aircraft wings for such clients as General Motors Corp. (GM ) and Boeing Co (BA ). Financial and market-research experts at outfits like B2K, OfficeTiger, and Iris crunch the latest disclosures of blue-chip companies for Wall Street. By 2010 such outsourcing work is expected to quadruple, to $56 billion a year.

Even more exhilarating is the pace of innovation, as tech hubs like Bangalore spawn companies producing their own chip designs, software, and pharmaceuticals. “I find Bangalore to be one of the most exciting places in the world,” says Dan Scheinman, Cisco Systems Inc.’s senior vice-president for corporate development. “It is Silicon Valley in 1999.” Beyond Bangalore, Indian companies are showing a flair for producing high-quality goods and services at ridiculously low prices, from $50 air flights and crystal-clear 2 cents-a-minute cell-phone service to $2,200 cars and cardiac operations by top surgeons at a fraction of U.S. costs. Some analysts see the beginnings of hypercompetitive multinationals. “Once they learn to sell at Indian prices with world quality, they can compete anywhere,” predicts University of Michigan management guru C.K. Prahalad. Adds A. T. Kearney high-tech consultant John Ciacchella: “I don’t think U.S. companies realize India is building next-generation service companies.”

SIMULTANEOUS TAKEOFFS
China and India. Rarely has the economic ascent of two still relatively poor nations been watched with such a mixture of awe, opportunism, and trepidation. The postwar era witnessed economic miracles in Japan and South Korea. But neither was populous enough to power worldwide growth or change the game in a complete spectrum of industries. China and India, by contrast, possess the weight and dynamism to transform the 21st-century global economy. The closest parallel to their emergence is the saga of 19th-century America, a huge continental economy with a young, driven workforce that grabbed the lead in agriculture, apparel, and the high technologies of the era, such as steam engines, the telegraph, and electric lights.

But in a way, even America’s rise falls short in comparison to what’s happening now. Never has the world seen the simultaneous, sustained takeoffs of two nations that together account for one-third of the planet’s population. For the past two decades, China has been growing at an astounding 9.5% a year, and India by 6%. Given their young populations, high savings, and the sheer amount of catching up they still have to do, most economists figure China and India possess the fundamentals to keep growing in the 7%-to-8% range for decades.

Barring cataclysm, within three decades India should have vaulted over Germany as the world’s third-biggest economy. By mid-century, China should have overtaken the U.S. as No. 1. By then, China and India could account for half of global output. Indeed, the troika of China, India, and the U.S. — the only industrialized nation with significant population growth — by most projections will dwarf every other economy.

What makes the two giants especially powerful is that they complement each other’s strengths. An accelerating trend is that technical and managerial skills in both China and India are becoming more important than cheap assembly labor. China will stay dominant in mass manufacturing, and is one of the few nations building multibillion-dollar electronics and heavy industrial plants. India is a rising power in software, design, services, and precision industry. This raises a provocative question: What if the two nations merge into one giant “Chindia?” Rival political and economic ambitions make that unlikely. But if their industries truly collaborate, “they would take over the world tech industry,” predicts Forrester Research Inc (FORR ). analyst Navi Radjou.

In a practical sense, the yin and yang of these immense workforces already are converging. True, annual trade between the two economies is just $14 billion. But thanks to the Internet and plunging telecom costs, multinationals are having their goods built in China with software and circuitry designed in India. As interactive design technology makes it easier to perfect virtual 3-D prototypes of everything from telecom routers to turbine generators on PCs, the distance between India’s low-cost laboratories and China’s low-cost factories shrinks by the month. Managers in the vanguard of globalization’s new wave say the impact will be nothing less than explosive. “In a few years you’ll see most companies unleashing this massive productivity surge,” predicts Infosys Technologies (INFY ) CEO Nandan M. Nilekani.

To globalization’s skeptics, however, what’s good for Corporate America translates into layoffs and lower pay for workers. Little wonder the West is suffering from future shock. Each new Chinese corporate takeover bid or revelation of a major Indian outsourcing deal elicits howls of protest by U.S. politicians. Washington think tanks are publishing thick white papers charting China’s rapid progress in microelectronics, nanotech, and aerospace — and painting dark scenarios about what it means for America’s global leadership.

Such alarmism is understandable. But the U.S. and other established powers will have to learn to make room for China and India. For in almost every dimension — as consumer markets, investors, producers, and users of energy and commodities — they will be 21st-century heavyweights. The growing economic might will carry into geopolitics as well. China and India are more assertively pressing their interests in the Middle East and Africa, and China’s military will likely challenge U.S. dominance in the Pacific.

One implication is that the balance of power in many technologies will likely move from West to East. An obvious reason is that China and India graduate a combined half a million engineers and scientists a year, vs. 60,000 in the U.S. In life sciences, projects the McKinsey Global Institute, the total number of young researchers in both nations will rise by 35%, to 1.6 million by 2008. The U.S. supply will drop by 11%, to 760,000. As most Western scientists will tell you, China and India already are making important contributions in medicine and materials that will help everyone. Because these nations can throw more brains at technical problems at a fraction of the cost, their contributions to innovation will grow.

CONSUMERS RISING
American business isn’t just shifting research work because Indian and Chinese brains are young, cheap, and plentiful. In many cases, these engineers combine skills — mastery of the latest software tools, a knack for complex mathematical algorithms, and fluency in new multimedia technologies — that often surpass those of their American counterparts. As Cisco’s Scheinman puts it: “We came to India for the costs, we stayed for the quality, and we’re now investing for the innovation.”

A rising consumer class also will drive innovation. This year, China’s passenger car market is expected to reach 3 million, No. 3 in the world. China already has the world’s biggest base of cell-phone subscribers — 350 million — and that is expected to near 600 million by 2009. In two years, China should overtake the U.S. in homes connected to broadband. Less noticed is that India’s consumer market is on the same explosive trajectory as China five years ago. Since 2000, the number of cellular subscribers has rocketed from 5.6 million to 55 million.

What’s more, Chinese and Indian consumers and companies now demand the latest technologies and features. Studies show the attitudes and aspirations of today’s young Chinese and Indians resemble those of Americans a few decades ago. Surveys of thousands of young adults in both nations by marketing firm Grey Global Group found they are overwhelmingly optimistic about the future, believe success is in their hands, and view products as status symbols. In China, it’s fashionable for the upwardly mobile to switch high-end cell phones every three months, says Josh Li, managing director of Grey’s Beijing office, because an old model suggests “you are not getting ahead and updated.” That means these nations will be huge proving grounds for next-generation multimedia gizmos, networking equipment, and wireless Web services, and will play a greater role in setting global standards. In consumer electronics, “we will see China in a few years going from being a follower to a leader in defining consumer-electronics trends,” predicts Philips Semiconductors (PHG ) Executive Vice-President Leon Husson.

For all the huge advantages they now enjoy, India and China cannot assume their role as new superpowers is assured. Today, China and India account for a mere 6% of global gross domestic product — half that of Japan. They must keep growing rapidly just to provide jobs for tens of millions entering the workforce annually, and to keep many millions more from crashing back into poverty. Both nations must confront ecological degradation that’s as obvious as the smog shrouding Shanghai and Bombay, and face real risks of social strife, war, and financial crisis.

Increasingly, such problems will be the world’s problems. Also, with wages rising fast, especially in many skilled areas, the cheap labor edge won’t last forever. Both nations will go through many boom and harrowing bust cycles. And neither country is yet producing companies like Samsung, Nokia (NOK ), or Toyota (TM ) that put it all together, developing, making, and marketing world-beating products.

Both countries, however, have survived earlier crises and possess immense untapped potential. In China, serious development only now is reaching the 800 million people in rural areas, where per capita annual income is just $354. In areas outside major cities, wages are as little as 45 cents an hour. “This is why China can have another 20 years of high-speed growth,” contends Beijing University economist Hai Wen.

Very impressive. But India’s long-term potential may be even higher. Due to its one-child policy, China’s working-age population will peak at 1 billion in 2015 and then shrink steadily. China then will have to provide for a graying population that has limited retirement benefits. India has nearly 500 million people under age 19 and higher fertility rates. By mid-century, India is expected to have 1.6 billion people — and 220 million more workers than China. That could be a source for instability, but a great advantage for growth if the government can provide education and opportunity for India’s masses. New Delhi just now is pushing to open its power, telecom, commercial real estate and retail sectors to foreigners. These industries could lure big capital inflows. “The pace of institutional changes and industries being liberalized is phenomenal,” says Chief Economist William T. Wilson of consultancy Keystone Business Intelligence India. “I believe India has a better model than China, and over time will surpass it in growth.”

For its part, China has yet to prove it can go beyond forced-march industrialization. China directs massive investment into public works and factories, a wildly successful formula for rapid growth and job creation. But considering its massive manufacturing output, China is surprisingly weak in innovation. A full 57% of exports are from foreign-invested factories, and China underachieves in software, even with 35 software colleges and plans to graduate 200,000 software engineers a year. It’s not for lack of genius. Microsoft Corp.’s (MSFT ) 180-engineer R&D lab in Beijing, for example, is one of the world’s most productive sources of innovation in computer graphics and language simulation.

While China’s big state-run R&D institutes are close to the cutting edge at the theoretical level, they have yet to yield many commercial breakthroughs. “China has a lot of capability,” says Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Craig Mundie. “But when you look under the covers, there is not a lot of collaboration with industry.” The lack of intellectual property protection, and Beijing’s heavy role in building up its own tech companies, make many other multinationals leery of doing serious R&D in China.

China also is hugely wasteful. Its 9.5% growth rate in 2004 is less impressive when you consider that $850 billion — half of GDP — was plowed into already-glutted sectors like crude steel, vehicles, and office buildings. Its factories burn fuel five times less efficiently than in the West, and more than 20% of bank loans are bad. Two-thirds of China’s 1,300 listed companies don’t earn back their true cost of capital, estimates Beijing National Accounting Institute President Chen Xiaoyue. “We build the roads and industrial parks, but we sacrifice a lot,” Chen says.

India, by contrast, has had to develop with scarcity. It gets scant foreign investment, and has no room to waste fuel and materials like China. India also has Western legal institutions, a modern stock market, and private banks and corporations. As a result, it is far more capital-efficient. A BusinessWeek analysis of Standard & Poor’s (MHP ) Compustat data on 346 top listed companies in both nations shows Indian corporations have achieved higher returns on equity and invested capital in the past five years in industries from autos to food products. The average Indian company posted a 16.7% return on capital in 2004, vs. 12.8% in China.

SMALL-BATCH EXPERTISE
The burning question is whether India can replicate China’s mass manufacturing achievement. India’s info-tech services industry, successful as it is, employs fewer than 1 million people. But 200 million Indians subsist on $1 a day or less. Export manufacturing is one of India’s best hopes of generating millions of new jobs.

India has sophisticated manufacturing knowhow. Tata Steel is among the world’s most-efficient producers. The country boasts several top precision auto parts companies, such as Bharat Forge Ltd. The world’s biggest supplier of chassis parts to major auto makers, it employs 1,200 engineers at its heavily automated Pune plant. India’s forte is small-batch production of high-value goods requiring lots of engineering, such as power generators for Cummins Inc. (CMI ) and core components for General Electric Co. (GE ) CAT scanners.

What holds India back are bureaucratic red tape, rigid labor laws, and its inability to build infrastructure fast enough. There are hopeful signs. Nokia Corp. is building a major campus to make cell phones in Madras, and South Korea’s Pohang Iron & Steel Co. plans a $12 billion complex by 2016 in Orissa state. But it will take India many years to build the highways, power plants, and airports needed to rival China in mass manufacturing. With Beijing now pushing software and pledging intellectual property rights protection, some Indians fret design work will shift to China to be closer to factories. “The question is whether China can move from manufacturing to services faster than we can solve our infrastructure bottlenecks,” says President Aravind Melligeri of Bangalore-based QuEST, whose 700 engineers design gas turbines, aircraft engines, and medical gear for GE and other clients.

However the race plays out, Corporate America has little choice but to be engaged — heavily. Motorola illustrates the value of leveraging both nations to lower costs and speed up development. Most of its hardware is assembled and partly designed in China. Its R&D center in Bangalore devises about 40% of the software in its new phones. The Bangalore team developed the multimedia software and user interfaces in the hot Razr cell phone. Now, they are working on phones that display and send live video, stream movies from the Web, or route incoming calls to voicemail when you are shifting gears in a car. “This is a very, very critical, state-of-the-art resource for Motorola,” says Motorola South Asia President Amit Sharma.

Companies like Motorola realize they must succeed in China and India at many levels simultaneously to stay competitive. That requires strategies for winning consumers, recruiting and managing R&D and professional talent, and skillfully sourcing from factories. “Over the next few years, you will see a dramatic gap opening between companies,” predicts Jim Hemerling, who runs Boston Consulting Group’s Shanghai practice. “It will be between those who get it and are fully mobilized in China and India, and those that are still pondering.”

In the coming decades, China and India will disrupt workforces, industries, companies, and markets in ways that we can barely begin to imagine. The upheaval will test America’s commitment to the global trade system, and shake its confidence. In the 19th century, Europe went through a similar trauma when it realized a new giant — the U.S. — had arrived. “It is up to America to manage its own expectation of China and India as either a threat or opportunity,” says corporate strategist Kenichi Ohmae. “America should be as open-minded as Europe was 100 years ago.” How these Asian giants integrate with the rest of the world will largely shape the 21st-century global economy.

India and China in a tit-for-tat spat

New Delhi is objecting to Chinese projects in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir after Beijing protested a visit by India’s premier to Arunachal Pradesh state, portions of which China claims.

Reporting from New Delhi – In the latest chapter of a simmering spat with China involving border disputes, long-standing mistrust and domestic electoral politics, India’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday called on Beijing to halt work on all projects in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir.

The demand followed an announcement Tuesday by the leaders of China and Pakistan that their nations would upgrade a cross-border highway and that China would lend full support to a hydroelectric venture. Both projects are in the Pakistani-controlled portion of Kashmir, which India claims.

India and China have eyed each other warily since at least 1962, when they fought a monthlong border war that the Chinese in effect won. China has long been allied with Pakistan, which in turn has fought three major wars with India over the last six decades.

The latest Indian salvo at Beijing followed a protest Tuesday by China after India’s prime minister visited the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, portions of which Beijing claims, and allegations that Chinese troops fired into India and crossed the border, leaving “China” painted in red ink on rock faces.

China has begun to issue visas — on paper separate from their passports — to Indian citizens from Arunachal Pradesh and disputed Jammu and Kashmir, perhaps suggesting that the states are not really part of India. New Delhi has threatened to tighten visa rules for Chinese working in India and to discontinue granting them business visas in favor of the more restrictive work visas.

The Chinese construction projects and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh were anticipated and hardly surprising. In fact, given that there are mechanisms in place to address border disputes, the protests may be a bit of posturing on both sides for domestic consumption, analysts said.

“I don’t think it will have any long-term impact,” said Rukmani Gupta, a research fellow at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies in New Delhi. “Still, these escalating protests are hardly conducive to the dialogue process.”

Singh’s visit had nothing to do with territory but a lot to do with the prime minister shoring up his governing Congress Party’s position leading up to elections early this week in Arunachal Pradesh and two other states; the results are expected by the end of the month.

“Congress has to keep winning state elections; there’s no international objectives,” said R. Hariharan, a retired military intelligence specialist. “They [the Chinese] don’t really understand that on the other side. They have no elections.”

The two nations have conducted 13 rounds of talks over three decades to try to resolve their border disputes. These stem in part from the 1962 war but more fundamentally from demarcations made during the British Empire that India recognizes and China does not.

Another factor in the recent rise in tensions, say analysts, is the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, who lives in northern India. He plans to visit next month an Arunachal Pradesh site revered by Tibetan Buddhists.

Beijing is deeply suspicious of the Dalai Lama, particularly after deadly protests erupted in March 2008 among ethnic Tibetans across China’s Tibetan plateau.

“The Chinese have always been very touchy on things like the Dalai Lama,” said K. Shankar Bajpai, a former Indian ambassador to China and now chairman of the Delhi Policy Group think tank. “We see our support for him as an act of kindness to a refugee. They view it as our trying to use him as an instrument of policy, which is not true. There’s a tendency there to see the world as you view it.”

In recent years, China has worked hard to settle lingering border disputes with Russia and other neighbors to better focus on domestic growth and stability. However, there’s been little progress along the 2,100-mile border with India.

In part this is a reflection of geography, some observers said. Because the Chinese-Russian border is largely uninhabited, the two sides were able in many cases to split the difference. The disputed Indian border regions have populated communities, infrastructure and Indian voters.

Despite their differences, the neighbors have sought to build confidence. Last year, senior Indian military officers visited Tibet and the Chinese city of Chengdu. And two-way trade has grown more than 20% annually and is expected to reach $60 billion next year, a thirtyfold increase since 2000, although it’s weighted heavily in China’s favor.

“This is all a bit of a power play,” Hariharan said. “The issues can’t be resolved in the short term.”

Reduce Weight with Simple Way

1. Drink plenty of water. Our body needs a lot of water so give in to water. Water is not just way to flush out toxin but if you have more water in your body you will generally feel healthier and fitter. This it self will discourage any tendency to gorge. The best thing about water is that is has no calories at all.

2. Start your day with a glass of water. As soon as you wake up, gulp down a glass of cool water. It’s a wonderful way to start you day and you only need a lesser quantity of your breakfast drink after that. A glass of water lets out all your digestive juices and sort of lubricates the insides of your body. You may have your morning cup of tea but have it after a glass of water. It is good for you.

3. Drink a glass of water before you start the meal. Water naturally needs some space so that you feel fuller without actually having to stuff yourself.

4. Have another glass of water while you are having the meal. Again this is another way of making yourself full so that you can actually rise from the table eating less but feeling full just the same. Instead of drinking it one gulp, take sips after each morsel. It will help the food to settle faster so that you get that feeling that you are full faster. SIDENOTE: Water is such a remarkable thing, but seldom do we give it the credit that it deserves. Did you know that over 66% of your body weight is nothing but water’ It’s amazing! Water also plays a vital role in weight control, which is why I donated so much space to it, above.

5. Stay away from sweetened bottle drinks, especially sodas. Hey all those colas and fizzy drinks are sweetened with sugar and sugar means calories. The more you can cut out on these sweetened bottle drinks, the better for you. So if you must drink sodas, then stick to diet sodas.

6. Include in your diet things that contain more water like tomatoes and watermelons. These things contain 90 to 95 % water so that there is nothing that you have to lose by feasting on them. They fill you up without adding to the pounds.

7. Eat fresh fruit instead of drinking fruit juice. Juice is often sweetened but fresh fruits have natural sugars. When you eat fruit, you are taking in a lot of fiber, which is needed by the body, and fruits of course are an excellent source of vitamins.

8. If you do have a craving for fruit juice then go for fresh fruit juice instead of these that contain artificial flavors and colors. Or even better, try making your own fruit juice taking care not to sweeten it with too many calories.

9. Choose fresh fruit to processed fruits. Processed and canned fruits do not have as much fiber as fresh fruit and processed and canned fruits are nearly always sweetened.

10. Increase your fiber intake. Like I mentioned, the body needs a lot of fiber. So try to include in your diet as many fruits and vegetables as you can.

11. Go crazy on vegetables. Vegetables are your best bet when it comes to losing pounds. Nature has a terrific spread when it comes to choosing vegetables. And the leafy green vegetables are your best bet. Try to include a salad in you diet always.

12. Eat intelligently. The difference between man and beast is that we are driven by intelligence while beasts are driven by instinct. Don’t just eat something because you feel like eating it. Ask you’re self whether your body really needs it.

13. Watch what you eat. Keep a watchful eye on every thing that goes in. Sometimes the garnishes can richer than the food itself. Accompaniments too can be very rich. Remember that it is the easiest thing in the world to eat something without realizing that it was something that you should not have eaten. Selective memory you know’

14. Control that sweet tooth. Remember that sweet things generally mean more calories. It is natural that we have cravings for sweet things especially chocolates and other confectionary. Go easy on theses things and each time you consume something sweet understand that it is going to add on somewhere.

15. Fix times to have meals and stick to it. Try to have food at fixed times of the day. You can stretch these times by half an hour, but anything more than that is going to affect your eating pattern, the result will either be a loss of appetite or that famished feeling which will make you stuff yourself with more than what is required the next time you eat.

16. Eat only when you are hungry. Some of us have the tendency to eat whenever we see food. We use parties as an excuse to stuff our selves. Understand that the effect of a whole week of dieting can be wasted by just one day’s party food. Whenever you are offered something to eat do not decline it completely bit just break of a nibble so that you appear to mind your manners and at the same time can watch your diet.

17. Quit snacking in between meals. Do not fall for snacks in between meals. This is especially true for those who have to travel a lot. They feel that the only time they can get a bite to eat is snacks and junk food. The main problem with most snacks and junk food is that they are usually less filling and contain a lot of fat and calories. Just think about French fries tempting but terribly fattening.

18. Snack on vegetables if you must. You might get the pangs of hunger in between meals. It is something that you can very well control. Or even better, try munching on carrots. They are an excellent way to satisfy those hungry pangs and are good for your eyes and teeth. True, you might end up being called Bugs Bunny, but its miles better to be called Bugs Bunny than fatso.

19. Go easy on tea and coffee. Tea and coffee are harmless by themselves. It’s when you add the cream and sugar that they become fattening. Did you know that having a cup of tea or coffee that has cream and at least two cubes of sugar is as bad as having a big piece of rich chocolate cake’

20. Try to stick to black tea/coffee. Black tea or coffee can actually be good for you. But personally I would like to recommend tea rather than coffee. The caffeine in the coffee is not really good for you because it is an alkaloid and can affect other functions of your body like the metabolism.

21. Count the calories as you eat. It’s a good idea to have an idea of the calories that most food items have. If it is a packed thing then the label is sure to have the calories that the substance has.

22. be sure to burn out those extra calories by the end of the week. If you feel that you have consumed more calories than you should have during the week, it happens you know, and then make sure that you work off those extra calories by the end of the week.

23. Stay away from fried things. Fried things are an absolute no-no. The more fried things that you avoid, the lesser weight you will gain. Fried things are called so because they are fried in oil or fat. And even if the external oil is drained away, there is still a lot of hidden oil in it so stay away from it.

24. Do not skip meals. The worst thing you can do while watching you diet is skip a meal. It has just the opposite effect of what you want. You need to have at least four regular meals every day.

25. Fresh vegetables are better than cooked or canned vegetables. Try to eat your vegetables raw. When you cook them, you are in fact taking away nearly half the vitamins in them. And canned vegetables too are processed and are not nearly half as good as fresh vegetables. When you buy your vegetables it would be a good thing to see if the label says that it is pesticide free.

26. Nothing more than an egg a day. Eggs are not such a bright idea. It would be best to reduce your intake of eggs to maybe three in a week. But for those of you die hard egg fans, you may have up to one egg a day but nothing more than that.

27. Make chocolates a luxury and not a routine. Chocolates are not or at least they should not be a part of your diet. So do not indulge too much in them. Even the bitter chocolates are not good for you because though the sugar is less there is still the cream in them.

28. Choose a variety of foods from all food groups every day. This is a fine way of keeping deficiency diseases at bay. Change the items included in your diet every day. This is an excellent way of keeping deficiency diseases at bay and it helps you to experiment with a variety of dishes and there by you do not get bored of your diet.

29. If you can say no to alcoholic beverages please do. Alcoholic beverages too are not good for you. Beer can be fattening and the rest of the alcoholic drinks may not be fattening by themselves but after a couple of swigs you will be in no position to watch your diet and your appetite too will be something to battle with.

30. Try to have breakfast within one hour of waking. It’s always best to have breakfast within an hour of waking so that your body can charge itself with the energy it needs for the day. The idea is not to wait for your self to get really hungry. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day but that does not mean that it should be the most filling meal of the day.

31. 50 to 55% of your diet should be carbohydrates. It is a myth that you should try and avoid carbohydrates when you are on a diet. Rather the other way round I should say. Carbohydrates are a ready source of energy and so 50 to 55% of your diet should be carbohydrates.

32. 25 to 30% of your diet should be proteins. Various processes and activities are going on in our bodies. Things are broken down and being built up again. Resistance has to be built up, recovery from disease too is needed and for all this the body needs plenty of proteins so see to it that 25 to 30 % of your diet consists of proteins.

33. Fats should only be 15 to 20 %. You need only this much of fat in your diet so keep it at that.

34. Try and adopt a vegetarian diet. A vegetarian diet is undoubtedly better for those of us watching our diet. There are a lot of advantages of keeping to a vegetarian diet but I don’t want to sing an ode to vegetarianism now. What I would suggest is keep to a vegetarian diet as much as you can. Make a non- vegetarian diet a week end event or something if you find it impossible to give up eating all those animals.

35. Choose white meat rather than red. White meat, which includes fish and fowl, is miles better than red meat, which includes beef and pork for those trying to lose weight.

36. High Fiber multigrain breads are better than white breads. Remember how I told you to increase the fiber content in your food; well this is the answer to that. It is not only better in terms of the fiber content but also in terms of the protein content as well.

37. Reduce your intake of pork. Pork is not something that can help you to lose weight. So the lesser pork you eat the better chances you have of losing weight. And remember that pork includes the pork products as well, things like bacon, ham and sausages.

38. Limit your sugar intake. If you can’t have things unsweetened go for sugar substitutes. These things are just as sweetening but are certainly not fattening.

39. Graze 5 to 6 times a day. Instead of sticking to just three meals a day, try grazing. Grazing means try having 5 or 6 smaller meals instead of three king sized meals. It is an excellent way of having smaller quantities of food.

40. Go ahead eat cheat food, but only for flavor. There are many things which you have to avoid from your diet but which you may have an undying craving for. Do not avoid them altogether. You could call them cheat foods and indulge in them once in a while. But take care just to tingle your taste buds, don’t hog on them. Instead of that share them with others. In this way

41. Watch your fat intake. Each fat gram contains 9 calories so by reading the total calories on a food and knowing the quantity of fat, you can estimate the % of fat, which should in no way exceed 30% of the food.

42. Go easy on salt, as too much salt is one of the causes of obesity. Make it a point to really cut down on salt. Try to bring down your salt intake to half of what it was last year.

43. Change from table butter to cholesterol free butter. If you have a choice why not go for it, any way it is healthier for you and tastes just the same. Bear in mind that these small changes can go a long way towards weight reduction.

44. Instead of frying things try baking them without fat. Baking is by far a healthier method of preparing food than frying. Baking requires lesser oil or fat.

45. Use a non stick frying pan for your cooking so that you do not have to add oil. The golden rule is to try and avoid as much oil as possible and a non stick pan is the perfect solution to this problem.

46. Boil your vegetables instead of cooking them, or even better, eat them fresh. However if you do not like eating your vegetables as it is, try steaming them without adding anything at all. This is probably the healthiest way to eat cabbages, cauliflowers and a host of other vegetables.

47. Carry parsley with you. Parsley is an excellent thing to munch on in between meals. Not just is it good for you in terms of vitamins, but it is also a perfect way of making your breath fresher.

48. Choose low fat substitutes or no fat substitutes. There are plenty of low fat or even no fat substitutes available in the market so why not choose wisely. It is much better for you heart too. Many people just go for shopping and pick up whatever they can. They do not bother to find out if there are nay substitutes for the thing they are looking for. In the markets of today, you will be astounded at the range of goods that manufactures have to offer. In fact with all the hue and cry that is being made about weight loss, low fat substitutes and no fat substitutes are hitting the stands faster than mushrooms that sprout after the first rains. So the next time you head for the stores instead of picking up what you have always picked up, see if there are better substitutes. Remember that our bodies need nutrients and not just calories. Fats give us nutrients but with more calories than what proteins or carbohydrates do.

49. Avoid crash diets. They are bad for health and you will gain what you have lost once you take a break. Crash diets are not a solution to weight loss. It might seem as if you have lost few pounds but the moment you give up on the crash diet every thing will bounce back with a vengeance. Take a look at it in this way. Do you think that it is possible for a person to survive on a crash diet for the rest of his or her life’ Certainly not! So at some time or the other, you will have to give up the crash diet and then you will see for yourself that a crash diet does more harm than good on the long run. Crash diets may have a lot to promise, but very rarely do these promises ring true. Crash diets are things people go on in order to wear an old dress or suit for a particular occasion. That’s the only purpose that they serve as far as I can see.

50. God gave us teeth for a reason... Therefore we should develop a habit of chewing all food including liquid food and soft foods like sweets, ice creams at least 8 to 12 times. This is essential to add saliva to the food, as it is only in the saliva that sugar is digested. Often we find that whatever goes into our mouth goes down like lightning. We hardly give the saliva any time to act on the food. So does digestion take place like it should’ Do we just stuff our tummies with food that doesn’t get digested or in other words that doesn’t yield the benefits that it should’

51. Dry wine is better than sweet wine. Sweet wines naturally contain a lot of sugar. But on the other hand, in dry wines most of this sugar has been fermented away so from the weight point of view dry wines are better than sweet wines.

//
//

52. When you decide it’s time to start working out, start slowly and don’t get discouraged if you don’t achieve your fitness goals after the first week. Many people make this mistake. They feel that if they really push their bodies they can lose more weight in a couple of work outs. This is a very serious thing in fact. If you try to push your body too much in the first few goes, you are likely to end up with sprained joints, a sore back and even torn ligaments. The rule to be followed here is slow and steady wins the race.

53.Check your weight before you start the routine and keep checking for changes but do not expect a radical change immediately, it might be one or two weeks before you notice some change. However it is crucial that you continue to monitor your weight. You may bear in mind the fact that even a few pounds loss is a big achievement.

54. When you do notice a change, reward yourself. When I say reward I do not mean go for some goodies like chocolates or sweets. Maybe you could go for a movie or buy yourself something like a new dress or a trinket. This is something that can keep you going. It is a good idea to save on the money that you wanted to spend on ice creams and chocolates and then treat your self to something more substantial.

55. You can take a day off from exercise every week. This is not just a very good idea but it is part of the exercise routine. Your body needs a day off from an exercise routine so do not hesitate to take a day off from what ever you have been doing.

56. Exercise out doors as far as possible. There are two advantages of doing whatever you are doing out side. One advantage is that it gives your body a chance to get a lot of the much needed fresh air and sunshine. The second advantage is that the surroundings keep you perked up and it is a break form remaining cooped up all day long

57. Try to collect some information about exercise, there are a lot of things that you can do at home. Extensive research has been done on exercise and plenty of this information is easily available. You can try browsing the net or getting a book or two on how to exercise at home. This information will be useful to you to know how much you need to work out on each specific exercise in order to burn off the desired number of calories.

58. Try to get somebody to exercise along with you. But it should be somebody committed or else your interest might dwindle. This is indeed an excellent idea. One of the advantages of getting a committed person to exercise with you is that it keeps you going. There may be days when you feel just too lazy to crawl out of bed in the mornings. On such days, the knowledge that some body is waiting for you is enough to slide out of bed. Another advantage is that you can discuss your progress and fears with another person and be a sympathetic listener to the other person as well. This is a fine way of getting motivated your self.

59. Stop when your body has had enough. There is no sense in pushing it. When you have worked out for a considerable time, your body will start giving you signals. Heed those signals. This is particularly true in the initial stages. Take one step at a time. Stop when you are out of breath or when a certain part of your body tells you that it has had enough.

60. If you want to increase your time of exercise or your work out routine, do it gradually and not in sudden steps. Well easier said than done. Most of us have such hectic schedules that it is quite impossible to fit in tie for exercise right’ Wrong. I want to say it once and for all, your body, or anybody’s body for that matter needs proper exercise. If you make up your mind to do it, you just can.

61. Select an exercise pattern to suit your life style. All of us have different life styles and professions so there is no sense in trying to follow the book strictly. Try and follow an exercise routine that is suitable for you. You have to understand that even more important than the exercise it is sticking to it. So unless you choose something that can suit your life style, you are not going to stick on to it.

62. Don’t stand, walk. If you can walk about then do so. Do not stand in a fixed position. Pacing about is a good thing to do. If you are thinking deeply about something, try pacing about, it will aid in your thinking.

63. Don’t sit, stand. If you can stand, then do not sit. The golden rule is to choose a position that is less comfortable.

64. Don’t lie down, sit. The rule that we mentioned above rings true here as well.

65. Do not be a couch potato. It is the easiest thing in the world to become a couch potato. You know what we are talking about don’t you’ That shapeless thing that sits or reclines on a shapeless chair in front of the television and stupidly munches away at something fried! If you are inclined to become a promising old couch potato, break the habit, cut at the very root of the vine. And you want to know what the best way is for that’ Take away that favorite chair of yours. In fact, it would be a very good idea if you could keep a chair that isn’t too comfortable in front of the TV. This will discourage any tendency to become a couch potato.

66. If you have a sitting job, stand up and stretch yourself every half an hour. Most of the jobs today are indeed sitting jobs that are in one word sedentary. This is especially true for those who sit and punch away at the keyboard or toy with the mouse all day long. So if you have such a job, make it a point to get up at least every half an hour and stretch your self.

67. While making telephone calls try walking up and down. I hope you will agree with me that this is an excellent suggestion.

68. Use the stairs instead of the elevator whenever you can. Elevators are one hell of a convenience particularly if you have to go up or down some twenty floors. But elevators also make us very lazy. There may be no sense in trudging up some twenty flights of stairs because by the time you get there you will be totally pooped. But while coming down, if you have the time, you can easily come down the stairs instead of using the elevator. Coming down is not at all exhausting. And talking about the time factor, I don’t think that there is much of a difference. Sometimes waiting for an elevator door to open at your floor after you hit the button can take up all of eternity.

69. Smoking is bad for weight loss. Smoking as such may not contribute to weight loss but smoking leads to other conditions like erratic eating habits and excessive dependence on things like coffee.

70. If you hate running, remember, you do not have to run a marathon to stay fit. 10 minutes of cardio each day is good enough for most.

71. And if you can’t run, try walking. 15 minutes of brisk walking a day is enough to keep most fit.

72. Any distance is walk able if you have the time, so consider walking to places that you would normally drive (such as work or the market if they’re not too far away). It may take you longer, but the health benefits will last you a lifetime.

73. It sounds strange, but some people have reported that they lost more weight when they drank black coffee before a workout. While there’s no hard data to support this, nutritionists speculate that the caffeine in coffee makes the body rely more on fat for fuel during the work out. It’s worth trying!

74. Here’s a corollary to the tip above: Avoid drinking coffee in excess, as it tends to desensitize your body to the fat burning effects of caffeine.

75. Stop using remote controls. Remote controls are the bane of a prospective weight loser. They may be remarkable gadgets by themselves but from the weight loss point of view, they just aren’t very helpful. They really encourage us to take a laid back kind of attitude towards life itself. In fact if remote controls were not there, the television would not have become so popular. It is because of remote controls that people can remain where they are and switch from one channel to the other. And they only have to twitch a finger muscle to achieve this. Now, I have nothing against multi channel television sets but what I strongly advocate is that you get up from where you are and change the channel of the TV each time you want to do so. The same thing holds true for other remote controls as well. As it is we have remote controlled TVs, DVD players, A/Cs, garage doors, gateways and what not. The next thing we know is that we will have remote controlled people as well.

76. Do things like fetching, turning things off and on by you’ Often when we come back tired from work, we tend to get others to do simple chores for us. These things are no big deal. They are things that we can very well do for our selves but we don’t. That is why we often ask our kids to fetch us this or take away that. Training your pet is a wonderful thing indeed. It is quite remarkable how some people get their dogs to fetch them something. But the fact is that while you may be making sure that your dog is getting a lot of exercise, you are neglecting your bit of the story.

77. Here’s a pop quiz. Escalators help us to: 1.Move up and down faster 2. Gain weight 3. Stand stupidly as they move up and down 4 Look down at other people when you are going down 5. Look up to others when we are going up you have to pick the correct answer from the 5 alternatives given. You can see for your self that all the options are in a way correct. So the next time you travel on an escalator, don’t just stand there…climb up or down along with it. (Or better yet, take the stairs.)

78. during commercial breaks walk about. If you want to sit all evening with your eyes glued to the tube, then do so. But at least spare your eyes the agony of a commercial break. When the next commercial flashes on screen, instead of surfing, get up and take a walk. Reach over and try to touch your toes or do any such simple exercise that will at least get the blood flowing in your veins.

79. Wriggle your toes and your fingers whenever you can. This too is a stress buster and it gives you a chance to at least work your hand and leg joints. This will tell you how sore they are and if their condition is so bad, just think of the rest of your body.

80. Turn on music and dance like wild. Let your hair down once in a while. Go back to the days of wild child hood. Close the door of your room, turn on your sound system to the highest volume possible (but a little lower than the level at which your neighbors start to complain) and then do the wackiest dance that you can think of. Jump on your bed and jump off it again. Roll all over the floor. Pretend that you are Michael Jackson or Madonna (you will never see them keeping still) and do ever boogie move that you know.

81. Carry a soft flying disc or Frisbee with you. Toss it around and get up to fetch it. This is also an excellent way to beat stress. It makes a person feel good to throw something away forcefully when the person is all worked up. And the thing that you throw is something soft and can’t damage anything, and then what is stopping you’ It is not really the throwing part that we are interested in. It is the fetching part. Each time you get up to fetch it back; you are giving yourself a chance to stretch those muscles and joints

82. Get down at a block before your destination and walk the rest of the way. You might not have time to fit in long walks in your busy schedule so this is one way of ensuring that you at least get to walk for a little bit every day. If you take the bus or the subway, get down at an earlier station and see if you can walk the rest of the way. If you drive to work, see if you can get space in a parking lot that is a little away from your office.

83. When nobody is watching try doing pelvic gyrations. If you take a moment to observe it you will see that it is the mid section of our body that gets the least bit of exercise and that is probably why the signs of weight gain are mostly seen there. It is the same reason why we find it very difficult to lose weight in that section. So the best thing that you can do is consciously try to give that part a little bit of exercise. Stomach crunches might be too strenuous an exercise to start off with but gyrations are relatively mild. Pelvic gyrations make you thrust your midsection towards all directions and this is the best way of tightening every muscle in that mid section and that is of course what weight loss is all about.

84. Tuck in your tummy whenever you walk. Get that proper gait. And the best way for that is to tuck in your tummy and inflate your chest. Do not let your tummy hang above your belt line like some unruly layer of flesh. Bring it under the belt. Each time you tuck in your tummy, you will feel the pressure on the muscles of your stomach. This tightening and loosening of these muscles is even better than stomach crunches.

85. Try breathing exercises. You might be surprised to know that breathing exercises too can lead to weight loss. If you are doing the breathing exercises properly, you will find that you can exert a lot of pressure on the muscles around the mid section. You can feel a tightening of these muscles each time you breathe in or breathe out. So go ahead and breathe properly, it is good for you.

86. Try yoga. Yoga is one of the best ways of losing weight. Of course I can’t go into a full lecture about yoga over here but I can tell you that I have never seen people with better-toned bodies than those who practice yoga. One of the benefits of yoga is that you learn to control virtually every muscle and joint of your body so that the issue of weight gain will cease to exist.

87. Try massaging your partner. This is a fun way to lose weight. It is something that can give your partner a lot of pleasure and at the same time can give you a lot of exertion there by leading to weight loss. The attitude over here should of course be you scratch my back I will scratch yours. It should not be a one sided effort or else the interest will soon dwindle. In fact it is a good idea if couple takes up weight loss routines together. They can keep watch over each other, help control those urges to eat and motivate each other to stick to the routine. There are a lot of things that couples can do together that can help them to keep physically active.

88. If you can’t think of any thing else to do try punching your pillow. Now here’s another one of those weird ideas but believe me it works. Not too many of us have punching bags at home and if you have really fluffy pillow giving it a good punching routine is just as good as anything else. This is also a nice way of letting off steam so go for it. After all something is better than nothing. But I would suggest that you do not hit it too violently or else the stuffing might come out. Do not bother too much about the force with which you hit the pillow. It is number of hits that are important. Try to get at least fifty punches in one bout. I would like to give you a little tip over here. If there is somebody that you particularly dislike like your boss or your neighbor, or may be your ex boy friend or girl friend, try fixing a picture of the persons head on the top of your pillow and then try punching it. I promise you, it will give you a lot of satisfaction.

89. Instead of waddling up and down the staircase, try taking them two at a time. Now this is something that you have to be careful about because we do not want you to trip. So when you do this make sure that your feet are well and truly planted on each step before you increase the beat and try two at a time.

90. If you have a dog, take it for a run and let the dog lead you on. You will be surprised as to how much exercise a dog can give you. Animals are sensible enough to know that they need a lot of exercise so let your animal lead you on. Take your pet dog out for as walk and before you know what hit you, it will turn out to be a run.

91. Join a dance class. Dancing is a wonderful way to burn off those extra calories. It is true. When you dance you are in fact burning away a lot of calories. Of course we are not referring to the slow ballroom kind of dances in which one person actually leans on the other one for support. We are talking about fast dances. The best way to do it is by joining a dance class because they will really wok you out. But I would suggest that you wait for a couple more pounds to vanish before you think of becoming a ballerina.

92. Whenever you can, lean against a wall with your hands flattened against the wall and in such a way that your face is very close to the wall. Then use you hands to push your body away from the wall. Do these two or three times at a stretch.

93. If there is a pool nearby go for swims as often as you can, swimming is one of the best exercises. Water has a lot of advantages. And if nothing else, a cool dip in a pool is a wonderful stress reliever.

94. Try playing something like table tennis or basket ball. Games are a fun way to lose weight. It is much more exciting to play a game than just work out by yourself. The best thing about games is that they are addictive. Once you start playing you will soon end up with a friends’ circle and then the playing goes on without even you knowing it. It is something that you can look forward to and there is no stress involved in this program. In fact the more you play the less you will consider this to be a part of your weight loss program. As you burn away those calories, you will also be able to expand your social circle.

95. Any work out should start with a 5 to 10 minute warm up and should end with a 5 to ten minute cool down session. Whatever physical exercise you are involved in, you must remember to warm up before the exercise really starts. Do not just plunge into the water and start thrashing about, to put it figuratively. Your body needs to reach a certain level of readiness before it can actually start responding to exercise. And this readiness is achieved by the warming up process.

96. Do not carry your mobile phone around but leave it a place where you can hear it ringing. In this way you make sure that you at least get up and walk towards it. This might sound sill but I really mean it. You need a reason to keep yourself going. Life today has become so easy that we have every thing at our fingertips. All we have to do is push a button here and push a button there. The only things that get any exercise at all are our fingers. Years ago Charles Darwin put forward a theory of use and disuse. According to this theory, a certain part of the body that is put to constant use develops a lot and a certain part of the body that has no use at all becomes smaller and smaller and gradually ceases to exist. Certain examples that he quoted were the long neck of the giraffe, which appeared to become longer and longer when the giraffe stretched higher and higher to reach the leaves at the treetops. He quoted the example of the absence of a tail in human beings to illustrate the example of the theory of disuse. Now if Darwin’s theory were to prove true, as the years go by man is likely to end up with just a huge head, a few fingers and maybe some other parts of the body that are also put to use. That is why I made it a point to say that you have to drive your self to move about. A cell phone may be convenient, but the same thing can turn out to simplify life just a little too bit. There are other arguments against the use of cell phones but that is beside our topic. What I would suggest is that at home or in your office, leave the cell phone lying about so that you can hear it ring, but can’t just reach into your pocket and answer it. See to it that you have to actually stand up and walk a few steps before you can pick it up.

97. While traveling in an elevator instead of just standing there and staring stupidly at the numbers going up or down, try raising your self onto your toes and then back on your feet again. Do this several times. Also try flexing your buttock muscles as well. In fact there are many muscles in our body that we can twitch and flex without inviting the attention of others. Even if others do notice you, it’s no big deal provided you are flexing a muscle in a decent part of the body. (Most of the other parts do not have muscles any way.) Others might brand you as a health freak but it is miles better to be known as a heath freak than as a sack of potatoes.

98. Undress and stare at yourself in front of your mirror. If what you see displeases you, then you have all the more reason to work out. Try tucking in the extra fat in all those wide areas, this will give you an idea of which part you need to be working on. Turn to you side and get a very good view of your side profile. This is an excellent way of checking whether you have a tummy that is starting to bulge or has bulged already. Try pulling in air and then take a look at your tummy; if it has gone in even a little bit, there is hope for you. If you start now, you can control it where it is now and may be if you really set your mind to it; you can lose a couple of inches in a just a few weeks. Weighing your self on your bathroom scales is a good idea but personally I would recommend this mirror viewing. To be very frank, a few pounds gain may shock you but does not really disgust you. But a flabby figure and extra fat certainly will.

99. If you have a banister rail or a balustrade that will support you, sit on it and pump your legs as if you are riding a bicycle, taking care not to fall off of course. This might sound like another crazy idea and I don’t want to argue with you about that. I just want to tell you that by doing such crazy things, you are in fact not missing a single chance to lose those extra pounds. It is a way of keeping your mind alert all the time. Every thing must look like an opportunity to you.

100. Do not slouch in your chair but try to maintain an erect posture with your tummy tucked in. Slouching is a very bad habit. Not only is it bad for your back but it also gives you a very flabby figure. It is your way of saying yes to a comfortable, weight-gaining pose. Make it a point to always sit as erect as you can. It is also a terrific way to ward off back problems.

101. Psst. I would like to let you in on a secret. As it is I understand that most of us tend to put on weight particularly in the mid section, right. It is the tummy that seems to have a mind of its own. Well I will tell you a sure shot method to reduce the flab around the waist line. Mind you this doesn’t hold true for post pregnancy tummies. This is what you have to do. Breathe in air as strongly as you can and as you do so, tuck in your tummy as much as you can. Hold it like this for a few seconds and then slowly release your breath taking care not to let out your tummy. Try to keep breathing like this at least fifty or sixty times in a day. In fact breathe like this whenever you can remember to do so. After the first day, you should feel the muscles of your stomach tightening each time you do this. Then you know that you are on the right track. If you practice this without fail for 20 days, at the end of the twentieth day, you will have lost at least an inch.

 

Strategic Trading Systems ( VIP Forex)

Forex mentoring course will teach you to be an independent Forex currency trader. You can make your own hours and decide which trading session to trade. You have many currencies to chose from and you can trade any trading session in a 24 hour period. There is always an opportunity to trade.

It doesn’t matter if you are a complete beginner to Forex trading or have been struggling for years to make consistent profits. This course will help you.

It doesn’t matter if you have never been profitable trading Forex. My trading method will steer you in the right direction. The Past does not Equal the Future. You can start today and become the successful Forex trader you’ve dreamed you could be.Some of the most effective methods of consistent trading are the basics. We focus on what works up to 70% or better most of the time. We will train you to focus on and see setups you may have never considered in your training. The main part of our system uses Support and Resistance Levels, Moving Averages, and Patterns! Combine that with the understanding of how to trade in Volatile and Non-Volatile markets and you have a Winning Combination!

You don’t need all of those technical indicators that are leading or lagging and make you biased and hesitate when it’s time to pull the trigger. You will have clean cut signals to take. Indicators and Pivot Lines are over-rated. Previous Support and Resistance levels are much more reliable. If you think about it most Pivot lines are spaced about 30 pips apart. Price is bound to bounce off a line that is so close to one another. That’s no real trading method. It’s been proven time and time again that price will ALWAYS test a previous Support/Resistance Level. USE WHAT WORKS 90% OF THE TIME IN YOUR FAVOR! Of course you can continue to use any of your favorite indicators if you wish. Once you see the simplicity of the market in action you will be amazed that you haven’t noticed it before.

• Are you consistently profiting?
• Are you getting the trading result you want?
• Are your emotions causing you to make bad trading choices?
• Do you have trouble pulling the trigger?
• Are you getting confused from too many indicators and rules?
• Does your emotion fluctuate more than forex?

60 day Money Back Guarantee

All products are in standard PDF format.

You will be sent a Download link within 24 hours guaranteed.

Order 100% Risk Free Here!

click here for more ……………….

New iPhone

Latest Intel Chipsets Causing iPhone-Windows 7 Syncing Woes

iPhone users are reportedly having a hard time in syncing their handset with their PCs running Microsoft’s latest OS upgrade Windows 7, and Intel’s new chipset Intel 55 is to blame for the entire chaos.

Apple’s support forums are simply inundated with a large number of postings from users complaining about the iPhone-Windows 7 synchronization-related woes.

As per the postings, iPhone users have not been able to sync their smartphones with Windows 7, and were being hit by the error code Error 0xE8000065 during the course.

The issue is primarily affecting P55-based motherboards on a variety of platforms from Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI, and 64-bit version of Windows 7 is seemingly more vulnerable to the issue than its 32-bit cousin.

In addition, users have reported the similar problems while using a PC’s motherboard-based, as well as a powered USB hub.

However, some users have had success in syncing contents, like iTunes for Windows 7, by using a PCI-based USB card, which apparently bypasses the P55’s on-board USB controller.

Read more: http://www.itproportal.com/portal/news/article/2009/11/2/latest-intel-chipsets-causing-iphone-windows-7-syncing-woes/#ixzz0VhPb9JUX

 

Read more: http://www.itproportal.com/portal/news/article/2009/11/2/latest-intel-chipsets-causing-iphone-windows-7-syncing-woes/#ixzz0VhPH2YRn

Meet the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet. iPhone 3GS features video recording, Voice Control, up to 32GB of storage, and more.

New to iPhone? Find out why you’ll love it

Watch the
Guided Tour

 

The Fastest iPhone Ever

The first thing you’ll notice about iPhone 3GS is how quickly you can launch applications. Web pages render in a fraction of the time, and you can view email attachments faster. Improved performance and updated 3D graphics deliver an incredible gaming experience, too. In fact, everything you do on iPhone 3GS is up to 2x faster and more responsive than iPhone 3G.

Video

Now you can shoot video, edit it, and share it — all on your iPhone 3GS. Shoot high-quality VGA video in portrait or landscape. Trim your footage by adjusting start and end points. Then share your video in an email, post it to your MobileMe gallery, publish it on YouTube, or sync it back to your Mac or PC using iTunes.
Learn more about video recording

3-Megapixel Camera

The new 3-megapixel camera takes great still photos, too, thanks to built-in autofocus and a handy new feature that lets you tap the display to focus on anything (or anyone) you want.
Learn more about the camera

Voice Control

Voice Control recognizes the names in your Contacts and knows the music on your iPod. So if you want to place a call or play a song, all you have to do is ask.
Learn more about Voice Control

Compass

With a built-in digital compass, iPhone 3GS can point the way. Use the new Compass app, or watch as it automatically reorients maps to match the direction you’re facing.¹
Learn more about Maps + Compass

 

Cut, Copy & Paste

Cut, copy, and paste words and photos, even between applications. Copy and paste images and content from the web, too.
Learn more about Cut, Copy & Paste

Landscape Keyboard

Want more room to type on the intelligent software keyboard? Rotate iPhone to landscape to use a larger keyboard in Mail, Messages, Notes, and Safari.
Learn more about the keyboard

 

Messages

Send messages with text, video, photos, audio, locations, and contact information. You can even forward one or more messages to others.
Learn more about Messages

 

Search

Find what you’re looking for across your iPhone, all from one convenient place. Spotlight searches all your contacts, email, calendars, and notes, as well as everything in your iPod.
Learn more about Spotlight Search

Accessibility

iPhone 3GS offers accessibility features to assist users who are visually or hearing impaired. These features include the VoiceOver screen reader, a Zoom feature, White on Black display options, Mono Audio, and more.
Learn more about accessibility

Internet Tethering

Surf the web from practically anywhere. Now you can share the 3G connection on your iPhone with your Mac notebook or PC laptop. Tethering is not currently offered in the U.S. and some other countries. See your carrier for availability.

Learn more about Internet tethering

 

Voice Memos

Capture and share a thought, a memo, a meeting, or any audio recording on the go with the new Voice Memos application.
Learn more about Voice Memos

 

Nike + iPod

iPhone includes built-in Nike + iPod support. Just slip the Nike + iPod Sensor (available separately) into your Nike+ shoe and start your workout.

Stocks

Stocks on iPhone shows you charts, financial details, and headline news for any stock you choose. Rotate iPhone to see even more detailed information.

YouTube

Watch YouTube videos wherever you are. Log in to your YouTube account to save and sync bookmarks and rate your favorites.

 

Find My iPhone
and Remote Wipe

If you misplace your iPhone, Apple’s MobileMe service can help you find it. Log on to me.com to view a map that shows the approximate location of your iPhone. If it’s nearby, have it play an alert sound to help you find it. If it’s not, you can display a custom message, remotely lock it with a passcode, or initiate a remote wipe and restore it to factory settings. Learn more at the MobileMe site

Everything you love about iPhone.

Phone, iPod, and Internet device in one, iPhone 3GS offers desktop-class email, an amazing Maps application, and Safari — the world’s most advanced mobile web browser. And your iPhone does even more when you add apps from the App Store.