Second child? Malls already ramping up offerings for summer

China's small businesses are likely to ensure the second-child policy will bear fruit sooner than later. Allow me a detour to explain.

A weekend walk through a Beijing mall - busyness and business were written all over it - reminded me of a sellout stand-up comedy show I attended last year in Mumbai.

Bollywood comedian Johnny Lever joked that Amitabh Bachchan, whom a BBC poll had voted as the planet's greatest actor, is a money-spinning serial product-endorser.