The pursuit of a perfectly round soccer ball brought unintended woe to the Pakistan city that was world's soccer-ball capital.Asia-Pacific,Adidas,China,FIFA,football,Pakistan,Sialkot,soccer,Sports,Thailand,Paul Maidment

Liu He, one of China's best regarded economic technocrats, is laying out the case that President Xi Jinping will present to China's most senior leaders, that China has no choice but to change its economic growth model.Asia-Pacific,China,China's National Development and Reform Commission,Communist Party,Deng Xiaoping,Economic reform,Liu He,World Bank,Xi Jinping,Zhu Rongji,Paul Maidment

Top leadership likely to approve an expansion of China's nascent local-government debt market when they meet in November to discuss deepening economic reform, but how large a step will they be prepared to take?Asia-Pacific,China,China Securities Regulatory Commission,Development Research Center,local government finance,Municipal bond,Paul Maidment

September's unexpected fall in exports may signal that China's three decades of rapid export- and investment driven growth has finally had its day.Asia-Pacific,China,Reuters Comment

Photo Credit: AFP/Getty Images/Noah Seelam The end of the six-year joint venture between Walmart and its Indian partner Sunil Mittal’s Bharti Enterprises suggests multinational retailers will have to take a new approach to India’s retail market. Forget about it, at least until after next year’s elections. The arrival of the world’s large-scale retailers into the temptingly large but hitherto protected Indian market has been held at bay despite the liberalizing efforts…Asia-Pacific,Bharti Enterprises,Carrefour,India,Retailing in India,Scott Price,Tesco,Walmart,Paul Maidment