About 2point6billion.com

With both China & India signing trade agreements, as well as sharing a common border, both countries are set to be key players in the development of global trade, investment and politics for the rest of this century.  The combined population of 2.6 billion represents the single largest market opportunity and global challenges facing the international businessman today. New markets, new opportunities, evolving legal systems, investor-friendly tax incentives, infrastructure developments, talent pools, cultural awareness, political changes are all part of the new Asian trading block that is emerging.  At 2point6billion.com, interested academics, business executives, and trade mission leaders can read about all these, contribute, listen, learn, make contacts and get prepared for the global market resurgence of these dynamic, ancient, yet vital countries.

2point6billion.com was designed by the China-India business advisory and tax consultancy Dezan Shira & Associates, main contributors to China Briefing and India Briefing,  to enable western and international businessmen, in addition to their Indian and Chinese counterparts, to examine, discuss and explore the complexities of these two huge markets, conducting business with and within them, and the likely impact this will have on their own companies, countries, and globalization in general.

Dezan Shira & Associates have a 15 year presence in China and service some 1,600 international clients (mainly American & European) in the PRC, from their eight China offices, including Indian clients such as Mittal Steel, Tata, and the Bank of India. They have established an India presence in Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai.

China Briefing Media Ltd. is an established publishing house dealing with matters of China law, tax and business management, producing a monthly magazine and a variety of book titles. It is contributed to and owned by Dezan Shira & Associates. The company publishes the reknown China business magazine China Briefing, and its sister magazine India Briefing. Complimentary subscriptions to both magazine can be found on their respective websites.

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