Aijaz Ahmad discusses with Newsclick the current stand-off between the US and Iran after the current round of sanctions that includes Irani Central Bank. He believes that the US policy is regime change and no solution can take place unless other countries such as India, Brazil, Turkey, Russia, China, etc intervene.

Part II of Newclick's interview with Prof. Anuradha Chenoy of the Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies, SIS, JNU, on developments in Central Asia, as a pro-democracy uprising wave is in progress in West Asia.

Professor G.P.Deshpande talks about the "assertive" role of China in world affairs with D. Raghunandan, Newsclick Editor. 

Wen told the country's parliament that China's economy faced a clouded international outlook in 2010 and would stick to a steady policy course this year, shifting tack if needed to counter the lingering impact of the global credit crunch.

Dr. Andrew Fischer of the International Institute of Social Studies talks about the Chinese "Oversavings" debate, domestic wages and healthcare issues.

Dr. Andrew Fischer from Institute of Social Studies in an exclusive interview talks about Chinese resilience towards the global financial crisis, increasing inequalities and possible way forward.

China's indignant reaction to the announcement of U.S. plans to sell weapons to Taiwan appears to be in keeping with a new triumphalist attitude from Beijing that is worrying governments and analysts across the globe.

SHANGHAI, Jan 20 (Reuters) - In the autumn of 1998, computer science engineer Li Yanhong developed Rankdex, an experimental search engine that ranked websites according to their relevance to each other.