July 09, 2008

CHINDIA Talks At G8


In the background of this year's G8 summit in Japan, Chinese President Hu Jintao and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met yesterday and discussed the intertwining nuclear ambitions of India, the USA, and China. Bigger news for the budding China-India (or "CHINDIA" in tabloid speak) relationship was the announcement that trade between the two giants is up 74% year-on-year for the first seven months of 2008 to $24 billion (US dollars).


Concluding the G8 gathering this year was an 'outreach working session' today where Hu met with President George Bush.

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