Chidambaram on China and G7 lunches

En route from the G20 meetings in China, India's Finance Minister P. Chidambaram addressed a gathering organized by the Indian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong over dinner. Harvard-educated Chidambaram, who is currently serving his second term as the country's finance minister (the first was 1996-98), was at his razor sharp best, delivering a short address with panache and dexterously fielding difficult areas and questions with humour and sarcasm.