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The article features China as the largest source of Indian imports. It states that China has doubled its percentage rate to 24.16 billion in April to December 2008-09 over the comparable period of 2006-07, despite the economic slowdown. Haiyan Wang, managing partner of China India Institute, infers that imported capital goods from several countries including Japan, Germany, South Korea and Taiwan played an important role in helping China become a manufacturing and export powerhouse.

The article offers information on how countries measure their inflation rate. Housing in the U.S. has been given the highest weightage in the calculation of the consumer price index (CPI). In China, food tops the weightage list in the calculation of the inflation rate. India is reported to be the only country that calculates its inflation rate on the basis of the wholesale price index (WPI). The article also presents charts showing economic growth forecasts for most advanced economies.

The article reports on the plan of Ashok Kumar Bansal, chairman and managing director of Hanung Toys in India for acquisitions in China for mass market toys. Bansal has been a supplier of IKEA, a privately-held, international home products retailer that sells low-price products. Hanung has been established as a top player in the organized market of stuffed toys and among the top five in home furnishings. Bansal considers China as an excellent market for mass products.

The article reports on the result of a study which states the similarities between the intensity and direction of movement of Chinese stock exchanges and the Indian equities. It mentions that analysts believed that the reason for the strong correlation on the two indexes is the fact that global fund managers consider both countries in the same wavelength. It relates that both of the nation's stock markets have been moving up and down simultaneously.