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India’s big new reform should be just the start

  In opening up sectors from aviation to defense to 100 percent foreign ownership this week, India’s government is clearly hoping to signal that its reform drive is revving up again. Next on the agenda may be one of the most far-reaching new measures in years: a long-awaited, nationwide goods-and-services tax, or GST. India’s Aspirations Sceptics have reason to roll ...

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Are Chinese cyberattacks against US targets in decline?

  Since the middle of 2014, cyberattacks by China-based hacking groups against the U.S. government and private sector have declined, according to a June 2016 analysis by the U.S. cybersecurity firm FireEye. A FireEye team reviewed the activities of 72 hacking groups purportedly operating out of China or supporting Chinese state interests from the beginning of 2013 to June 2016. ...

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The overlooked threat to CPEC in Gwadar

  Shah Meer SPECIAL TO EMIRATES BUSINESS The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has attracted attention all over the world. Politicians and analysts say CPEC will reshape the geopolitics of the region and bring unprecedented economic development to Pakistan. For China, CPEC is a vital part of its much larger One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative, a game-changing project which aims ...

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