Unless India overcomes the complex challenges hampering efforts to modernise its defence sector, the Indian Armed Forces will not acquire the materiel it needs to defend its interests, Keshav Kelkar writes.

The Chinese government has ticked off investors for ‘irrational investments’ in football. But what does that mean? In the third of his series of reports from China, Simon Chadwick takes a look at how the world game is becoming a political football.

China was awash with European football clubs visiting this close season. In the second of his special reports from China, Simon Chadwick takes a look at whether the visits lead to sustained success among Chinese fans schooled in Serie A.

President Xi may have grand plans to turn China into a global football powerhouse, but is his plan being heard on the streets of Beijing? In the first of three special pieces, Simon Chadwick reports on the sports battle for hearts and minds in the country.

The first shipment of Australian uranium to India marks the next stage in contract negotiations between India and Australian industry. Cindy Vestergaard explains how the potential for commercial uranium sales to India heralds a new phase in a decades-long policy debate.

China is enacting reforms to normalise the importation of goods for domestic consumption. Yet any opening of the Chinese market will be selective and will serve state industrial policy, Tristan Kenderdine writes.