AsiaПн, 27 янв

 
 
1. Myanmar’s earthquake piles misery on civil warПт, 28 мар[-/+]
Where will aid come from, and how will the junta use it?

2. Japanese people are starting to quit their jobsЧт, 27 мар[-/+]
After decades of inertia, workers are now on the move. Why?

3. How a year of tremor and terror transformed JapanЧт, 27 мар[-/+]
Two disasters in 1995 captured the spirit of the country’s lost decades

4. Myanmar’s battered junta embraces drone warfareЧт, 27 мар[-/+]
It is unlikely to turn the tide of the war

5. Riots over a dead Muslim ruler put Narendra Modi in a tight spotЧт, 27 мар[-/+]
India’s prime minister is due to visit Nagpur, the site of the violence

6. Why India’s south is fighting plans to overhaul parliamentЧт, 27 мар[-/+]
Tamil Nadu’s leader explains in an interview with The Economist

7. China’s cynicism offensive in AsiaЧт, 20 мар[-/+]
Chinese diplomats won’t—or can’t—take full advantage of America’s mistakes

8. Taiwan’s president takes on alleged Chinese infiltrationЧт, 20 мар[-/+]
His proposed crackdown is already controversial

9. North Korea is remarkably entrenched in global supply chainsЧт, 20 мар[-/+]
Considering the amount of sanctions plastered on the country

10. India is obsessed with giving its people “unique IDs”Чт, 20 мар[-/+]
The government is entrenching bureaucracy in the guise of cutting it

11. Why the Indian diaspora has not yet embraced Donald TrumpЧт, 20 мар[-/+]
Despite his overtures

12. Why are North Korean hackers such good crypto-thieves?Ср, 19 мар[-/+]
They recently pulled off the world’s biggest cyber-heist

13. How dangerous would Asian security be without America?Чт, 13 мар[-/+]
The balance of power is harsher for allies in Asia than in Europe

14. India is benefiting from Trump 2.0Чт, 13 мар[-/+]
Its top diplomat is also echoing the president’s language

15. Are these the world’s most beautiful airports?Чт, 13 мар[-/+]
What spectacular new terminals reveal about a country

16. The global importance of Rodrigo Duterte’s arrestВт, 11 мар[-/+]
Thugs in high office can be deterred. But only if politics allows

17. Why New Zealanders are emigrating in record numbersЧт, 06 мар[-/+]
The government may not be able to reverse the trend

18. Indonesia’s shakedown of Apple comes to an endЧт, 06 мар[-/+]
But the iPhone maker got the better of the negotiations

19. Asian allies fear being dumped by TrumpЧт, 06 мар[-/+]
America’s friends in the Indo-Pacific live in dread of being abandoned like Ukraine

20. Donald Trump’s cuts to USAID will hurt Asia, tooЧт, 06 мар[-/+]
Even less aid-dependent countries, such as India, will be affected

21. A new law targets India’s third-biggest landowner: AllahЧт, 06 мар[-/+]
Narendra Modi’s government seeks control of thousands of Muslim sites

22. The election in Tajikistan is unlikely to be democraticЧт, 27 фев[-/+]
Instead it will be a way for Emomali Rahmon, the president, to cement his rule

23. Prabowo Subianto is drastically cutting Indonesia’s budgetЧт, 27 фев[-/+]
The cash saved is going into a new fund he controls

24. How overt religiosity became cool in IndiaЧт, 27 фев[-/+]
The Maha Kumbh Mela shows how tradition has become trendy

25. The trouble with ancient IndiansЧт, 27 фев[-/+]
India is rapidly ageing. It’s in for some surprises

26. Singapore’s leader of the opposition is convicted of lyingЧт, 20 фев[-/+]
The city-state’s usually dull politics have taken a turn

27. Only Asia can help America counter China’s shipbuilding prowessЧт, 20 фев[-/+]
But will Donald Trump let it?

28. The US-Russia dogfight to sell India fighter jetsЧт, 20 фев[-/+]
The Economist witnessed the first face-off between the world’s top stealth fighters

29. India’s other, little-known infrastructure revolutionЧт, 20 фев[-/+]
Not just highways, India has built up its rural roads network, too

30. Can Indonesia make its Top Gun dreams a reality?Чт, 13 фев[-/+]
An aircraft-carrier is the last thing its navy needs

31. New Zealand and the Cook Islands fall out over ChinaЧт, 13 фев[-/+]
That is New Zealand’s second diplomatic dispute in the Pacific this year

32. South-East Asian producers are being hammered by Chinese importsЧт, 13 фев[-/+]
Deep ties with China stymie a protectionist response

33. Is MAGA great for India?Вт, 11 фев[-/+]
Ahead of an Oval Office confab, we explore the next chapter of the Trump-Modi bromance

34. Pakistan is furious with the Afghan TalibanЧт, 06 фев[-/+]
Violence on the border is the worst it has been for a decade

35. China is infiltrating Taiwan’s armed forcesЧт, 06 фев[-/+]
And Taiwan is struggling to deal with the growing number of spies

36. Donald Trump and Japan’s Ishiba Shigeru make for an odd coupleЧт, 06 фев[-/+]
But shared interests can help keep America and Japan close

37. Japan could finally face its own #MeToo crisisЧт, 06 фев[-/+]
A series of scandals has rocked the country

38. India’s attempt to save the tiger has been a remarkable successЧт, 06 фев[-/+]
The predator is now thriving in many parts of the country, even alongside humans

39. Why India isn’t winning the contest with ChinaВт, 04 фев[-/+]
A series of setbacks suggest that new policies are needed

40. Why Taiwanese youth complain of becoming “housing slaves”Чт, 30 янв[-/+]
A new generation is questioning the value of homeownership

41. Who is Lee Jae-myung, South Korea’s possible next president?Чт, 30 янв[-/+]
The Economist interviews the divisive progressive leader

42. Is Cambodia slipping out of China’s orbit?Чт, 30 янв[-/+]
A new generation of leaders could be more receptive to the West

43. The Quad finally gets serious on securityЧт, 30 янв[-/+]
The Indo-Pacific coalition signals a tougher approach to China

44. Taiwan’s political drama is paralysing its governmentЧт, 23 янв[-/+]
Domestic dysfunction plays right into China’s hands

45. An angry culture war surrounds Australia DayЧт, 23 янв[-/+]
Conservatives claim that wokeness is destroying the national holiday

46. The fate of a ranting driver raises doubts about the “new” UzbekistanЧт, 23 янв[-/+]
It seems free speech is not so guaranteed after all

47. Indian politicians are becoming obsessed with doling out cashЧт, 23 янв[-/+]
Handouts are transforming the role of the state—perhaps for the worse

48. How to end the nightmare of Asia’s choked roadsЧт, 23 янв[-/+]
The middle classes love cars but hate traffic

49. Can Donald Trump maintain Joe Biden’s network of Asian alliances?Чт, 16 янв[-/+]
Discipline and creativity will help, but so will China’s actions

50. What North Korea gains by sending troops to fight for RussiaСр, 15 янв[-/+]
Resources, technology, experience and a blood-soaked IOU

51. Is Arkadag the world’s greatest football team?Ср, 15 янв[-/+]
What could possibly explain the success of a club founded by Turkmenistan’s dictator

52. After the president’s arrest, what next for South Korea?Ср, 15 янв[-/+]
Some 3,000 police breached his compound. The country is dangerously divided

53. India’s Faustian pact with Russia is strengtheningПн, 13 янв[-/+]
The gamble behind $17bn of fresh deals with the Kremlin on oil and arms

54. Joe Biden’s mixed legacy on JapanЧт, 09 янв[-/+]
Security co-operation flourished, but a scuppered steel deal leaves a sour taste

55. AUKUS enters its fifth year. How is the pact faring?Чт, 09 янв[-/+]
It has weathered two big political changes. What about Donald Trump’s return?

56. Indonesia nearly has a monopoly on nickel. What next?Чт, 09 янв[-/+]
Prabowo Subianto, the new president, wants to create an electric car supply chain

57. What a 472-year-old corpse reveals about IndiaЧт, 09 янв[-/+]
St Francis Xavier is both venerated and despised

58. Pakistan’s army puts a former intelligence chief on trialЧт, 09 янв[-/+]
General Faiz Hameed is an ally of Imran Khan, who is currently behind bars

59. By resisting arrest, South Korea’s president challenges democracyВт, 07 янв[-/+]
His attempt to impose martial law failed. But Yoon Suk Yeol is still causing trouble

60. How 1.4bn Indians are adapting to climate changeЧт, 02 янв[-/+]
As heat, floods and drought get worse, people are getting creative

61. Economic bright spots are getting harder to find in ThailandЧт, 02 янв[-/+]
Falling car production is a sign of a deeper malaise

62. Another accidental aircraft shootdown is a matter of when, not ifСр, 01 янв[-/+]
The spread of conflict in Asia threatens the safety of air travellers

63. Why you’re not on holiday in India right nowПт, 27 дек 2024[-/+]
A fabulous destination for foreign tourists does little to lure them

64. Singapore’s government is determined to keep hawker centres aliveЧт, 19 дек 2024[-/+]
Why is the city-state’s bare-bones government running a bureaucracy of stir-fries?

65. Dommaraju Gukesh’s win will accelerate India’s chess ambitionsЧт, 19 дек 2024[-/+]
The youngest-ever world champion is part of a bigger country-wide trend

66. South Korea’s president is impeachedСб, 14 дек 2024[-/+]
Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial law destroyed his presidency. For the country the reckoning has just begun

67. South Korea’s unrepentant president is on the brinkЧт, 12 дек 2024[-/+]
His attempt to impose martial law has triggered a constitutional crisis

68. Bangladesh’s economic progress may have been hypedЧт, 12 дек 2024[-/+]
A new report highlights the challenges facing Muhammad Yunus’s interim government

69. India wields cricket as a geopolitical tool against PakistanЧт, 12 дек 2024[-/+]
A spat over a big tournament highlights how bad relations have got

70. How to clean up India’s filthy citiesЧт, 12 дек 2024[-/+]
As the country gets richer it consumes more—and throws away more, too

71. South Korea’s president survives an impeachment voteСб, 07 дек 2024[-/+]
More attempts to remove Yoon Suk Yeol will follow

72. Jay Shah is the most powerful man in cricketПт, 06 дек 2024[-/+]
He has been helped by family ties and India’s cricketing might

73. Australia wants to lead the big tech crackdownЧт, 05 дек 2024[-/+]
It is more likely to be an example of how not to go about banning social media

74. Bushra Khan, Imran Khan’s wife, marches on Pakistan’s capitalЧт, 05 дек 2024[-/+]
Although her protest didn’t free him, it perhaps launched her political career

75. Martial law in South Korea—and then not. What comes next?Вт, 03 дек 2024[-/+]
A rash, unexpected move by Yoon Suk Yeol, the president, tests the country’s democracy

76. Suffering from the Bhopal disaster in India continues, 40 years onВс, 01 дек 2024[-/+]
So does the search for justice for victims of the world’s worst industrial accident

77. Indonesia’s Prabowo is desperate to impress Trump and XiЧт, 28 ноя 2024[-/+]
The new president’s first foreign tour was a shambles

78. Fathers are doing more child care in East AsiaЧт, 28 ноя 2024[-/+]
About time, too

79. Ice Age antelopes surge back from the brink of extinctionЧт, 28 ноя 2024[-/+]
Even better, these peers of sabre-toothed tigers can help with carbon capture

80. Is India’s education system the root of its problems?Чт, 28 ноя 2024[-/+]
A recent comparison with China suggests that may be so

81. Meet the outspoken maverick who could lead IndiaЧт, 28 ноя 2024[-/+]
Nitin Gadkari, India’s highways minister, talks to The Economist

82. The Adani scandal takes the shine off Modi’s electoral successВс, 24 ноя 2024[-/+]
The tycoon’s indictment clouds the prime minister’s prospects

83. Priyanka Gandhi: dynastic scion, and hope of India’s oppositionСб, 23 ноя 2024[-/+]
Poised to enter parliament, she may have bigger ambitions than that

84. The Caspian Sea is shrinking rapidlyЧт, 21 ноя 2024[-/+]
This has big implications for Russia, which has come to rely on Central Asian ports

85. Racial tensions boil over in New ZealandЧт, 21 ноя 2024[-/+]
A controversial bill regarding Maori people punctures its relative harmony

86. Once a free-market pioneer, Sri Lanka takes a leap to the leftЧт, 21 ноя 2024[-/+]
A new president with Marxist roots now dominates parliament too

87. The mystery of India’s female labour-force participation rateЧт, 21 ноя 2024[-/+]
A good news story? Maybe

88. Why is it so hard for Indians to get a visa?Чт, 21 ноя 2024[-/+]
Outsourcing firms are capitalising on Indians’ misery

89. The surprising stagnation of Asia’s middle classesЧт, 21 ноя 2024[-/+]
It could shake up everything from profits to politics

90. South Australia tries to ban political donationsЧт, 14 ноя 2024[-/+]
The state’s government wants to take money out of politics

91. Can the Philippines keep Donald Trump on its side?Чт, 14 ноя 2024[-/+]
As problems escalate in the South China Sea, it may not be well placed to do so

92. How South-East Asia can weather the Trump trade typhoonЧт, 14 ноя 2024[-/+]
The complacent region could use an outside jolt

93. India is turning into an SUV countryЧт, 14 ноя 2024[-/+]
The culture and meaning of cars is changing as the country gets richer

94. 2024’s biggest revolution may yet devour its childrenСр, 13 ноя 2024[-/+]
Muhammad Yunus faces calls for early elections and retributive justice

95. Why suspects in Japan are almost never acquittedЧт, 07 ноя 2024[-/+]
And it is facing renewed criticism

96. South-East Asian Muslims are incensed by the war in GazaЧт, 07 ноя 2024[-/+]
A few may become radicalised off the back of it

97. Will Prabowo Subianto cosy up to Donald Trump or to China?Чт, 07 ноя 2024[-/+]
The first foreign trips for Indonesia’s new president raise awkward questions

98. Myanmar’s junta chief finally goes to ChinaЧт, 07 ноя 2024[-/+]
It is the first visit since he staged a coup four years ago

99. What Narendra Modi’s third term may look likeЧт, 07 ноя 2024[-/+]
Reading the tea leaves of parliaments past

100. Pakistan’s politicians seize control of the judiciaryЧт, 31 окт 2024[-/+]
Powerful judges were seen as a threat to the government

101. Yes sir: a bizarre initiation ritual for Indonesia’s cabinetЧт, 31 окт 2024[-/+]
The newly-inaugurated president sends his ministers to boot camp

102. Australia is trying to ruck China in Papua New GuineaЧт, 31 окт 2024[-/+]
Funding for a rugby team might be one way to do so

103. India’s startups pray for a Hindu super-appЧт, 31 окт 2024[-/+]
The business of God could yet create an Indian unicorn

104. North Korea’s fanatical regime just got scarierСр, 30 окт 2024[-/+]
A new missile test, troops to Russia and death sentences for K-pop

105. Voters deliver a historic rebuke to Japan’s ruling coalitionПн, 28 окт 2024[-/+]
But the Liberal Democratic Party may still hang on to power

106. Japan is remarkably open to AI, but slow to make use of itЧт, 24 окт 2024[-/+]
The land of Doraemon embraces the new technology in theory but not in practice

107. Making nickel is a nightmare. Unless you are IndonesianЧт, 24 окт 2024[-/+]
Gluts and shortages notwithstanding, Indonesia wants to double down on resource nationalism

108. Suck up to your fake CEOЧт, 24 окт 2024[-/+]
The deepfake scam explosion has only just begun

109. Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping meet and resolve a border rowЧт, 24 окт 2024[-/+]
The meeting in Russia signals a new era of closer ties

110. Indonesia’s macho new leader is no “cuddly grandpa”Вт, 22 окт 2024[-/+]
Prabowo Subianto has fought back from years of disgrace and exile

111. Myanmar’s military junta has conjured up a crazy currency systemЧт, 17 окт 2024[-/+]
Desperate for cash, the Tatmadaw is distorting foreign-exchange markets

112. New Zealand’s biggest pivot since the 1980sЧт, 17 окт 2024[-/+]
An interview with Christopher Luxon, the prime minister reshaping its foreign policy

113. Pakistan rolls out the red carpet for China’s prime ministerЧт, 17 окт 2024[-/+]
But the “all-weather strategic co-operative partnership” has hit a rough patch

114. Bhutan prays it can be India’s Hong KongЧт, 17 окт 2024[-/+]
The Himalayan kingdom seeks to reincarnate as a financial centre

115. New railways could transform South-East AsiaЧт, 10 окт 2024[-/+]
China is keen to assist

116. Kazakhstan’s referendum on nuclear energy could benefit RussiaЧт, 10 окт 2024[-/+]
The opposition have been barred from campaigning or locked up

117. Asia is weighing data-centre ambitions against sustainabilityЧт, 10 окт 2024[-/+]
Malaysia and Singapore illustrate the region’s resource balancing act

118. Is India’s economy slowing down?Чт, 10 окт 2024[-/+]
New data highlight old problems

119. Has Narendra Modi lost his mojo?Чт, 10 окт 2024[-/+]
Two state elections suggest that India’s prime minister is no longer such a vote-winner

120. America v China: who controls Asia’s internet?Ср, 09 окт 2024[-/+]
Amid an explosive data and AI boom the superpower contest hots up

121. China is using an “anaconda strategy” to squeeze TaiwanЧт, 03 окт 2024[-/+]
Taiwan’s navy commander warns that his forces are increasingly strained

122. America is losing South-East Asia to ChinaЧт, 03 окт 2024[-/+]
President Joe Biden will not attend this year’s East Asia Summit

123. India has a unique opportunity to lead in AIЧт, 03 окт 2024[-/+]
Its development will be unlike China’s or America’s

124. Japan’s new prime minister is his own party’s sternest criticВт, 01 окт 2024[-/+]
This could make it harder for Ishiba Shigeru to govern effectively

125. Ishiba Shigeru will become Japan’s next prime ministerПт, 27 сен 2024[-/+]
The maverick won his fifth bid for leadership of the ruling party

126. Has the Quad lost its way?Чт, 26 сен 2024[-/+]
Critics say the loose coalition is lowering its ambitions

127. How India can compete in labour-intensive manufacturingЧт, 26 сен 2024[-/+]
Lessons from a superstar exporter

128. Who will become Japan’s next prime minister?Ср, 25 сен 2024[-/+]
The three leading candidates offer very different visions

129. An upset in Sri Lanka propels an outsider into powerПн, 23 сен 2024[-/+]
The new president leads a party with Marxist roots

130. The private sector won’t save America’s Indo-Pacific policyЧт, 19 сен 2024[-/+]
More needs to be done to repair the economic relationship with South-East Asia

131. The Taliban is removing every shred of freedom from womenЧт, 19 сен 2024[-/+]
Three years after America’s withdrawal, the situation is grim

132. China and Australia are beefing up their Pacific policingЧт, 19 сен 2024[-/+]
In the competition to police the waves, who will win?

133. Private tutoring is booming across poorer parts of AsiaЧт, 19 сен 2024[-/+]
Governments are struggling to keep up with an educational arms race

134. What does Modi 3.0 look like?Пн, 16 сен 2024[-/+]
India’s prime minister is 100 days into his third term. It’s not smooth sailing

135. Youngsters are fleeing Japan’s once-mighty civil serviceЧт, 12 сен 2024[-/+]
Why would anyone sane and talented work for it?

136. The downfall of a Philippine mayor may be linked to Chinese gangsЧт, 12 сен 2024[-/+]
The story of Alice Guo provides hints about how transnational criminals operate

137. Kim Beom-su, the billionaire founder of Kakao, faces trialЧт, 12 сен 2024[-/+]
But will the tech entrepreneur be seen as “too big to jail”?

138. What ilish, a fish, says about India-Bangladesh relationsЧт, 12 сен 2024[-/+]
It is falling to pisces

139. Can India’s garments industry benefit from Bangladesh’s turmoil?Чт, 12 сен 2024[-/+]
Despite the disruption, Bangladesh remains far ahead

140. The scary new map of the South China SeaВт, 10 сен 2024[-/+]
Fresh fights over reefs and shoals test America’s credibility

141. Taiwan is trying to learn from the wars in Gaza and UkraineЧт, 05 сен 2024[-/+]
Could it repel a potential Chinese invasion?

142. Why Indonesia’s horror films are boomingЧт, 05 сен 2024[-/+]
Directors such as Joko Anwar are taking old ghost stories to new heights

143. Could Japan and South Korea finally become friends?Чт, 05 сен 2024[-/+]
Younger generations are less concerned with their countries shared history

144. Myanmar’s military junta is battered by Chinese-backed forcesЧт, 05 сен 2024[-/+]
The Brotherhood Alliance continues its string of shock victories

145. Welcome to India, where the streets have four namesЧт, 05 сен 2024[-/+]
Constantly renaming cities, roads and stations is pointless and counterproductive

146. Why does the West back the wrong Asian leaders?Чт, 29 авг 2024[-/+]
The supposed bastions of liberalism need to fix their picker

147. Why Australia is not yet a critical minerals powerhouseЧт, 29 авг 2024[-/+]
A string of lithium and nickel mines have closed this year

148. The King of Java inflames an Indonesian “democratic emergency”Чт, 29 авг 2024[-/+]
Jokowi is clinging to power and protesters are angry about it

149. Rich parts of Asia are on the hunt for immigrantsЧт, 29 авг 2024[-/+]
But the demographic maths remain unforgiving

150. Narendra Modi faces a new threat: his Hindu-nationalist patronsСр, 28 авг 2024[-/+]
India’s prime minister needs to fix a rift with the group that launched his career

151. What a Japanese gold mine says about its approach to historyЧт, 22 авг 2024[-/+]
The site, recently declared a World Heritage site, is more contentious than it seems

152. If a China and America war went nuclear, who would win?Чт, 22 авг 2024[-/+]
After 45 days of conventional fighting nukes would be tempting, wargamers suggest

153. The rape and murder of a doctor in India is fuelling outrageЧт, 22 авг 2024[-/+]
But public protests about violence against women have not achieved much

154. Vietnam’s new ruler: hardman, capitalist, hedonistСр, 21 авг 2024[-/+]
To Lam, the Communist Party’s new leader, has just met Xi Jinping. America is next

155. Indonesia’s new capital is built on vanityПн, 19 авг 2024[-/+]
President Jokowi doesn’t seem to be in any mood to leave politics behind

156. We are hiring a new South Asia bureau chiefПн, 19 авг 2024[-/+]
An opportunity to join our global editorial staff

157. What if South Korea got a nuclear bomb?Чт, 15 авг 2024[-/+]
An America First world will force allies to face uncomfortable questions

158. Taiwan braces for America’s electionЧт, 15 авг 2024[-/+]
For the opposition, a possible Trump victory is another reason to talk to China

159. Thailand’s prime minister is sacked. What next?Чт, 15 авг 2024[-/+]
The constitutional court has further muddied the country’s messy politics

160. Afghans are suffering. Don’t expect any tears from the TalibanСр, 14 авг 2024[-/+]
Three years on from America’s humiliating departure, the country is ignored

161. Bangladesh’s new ruler is in a race against timeСр, 14 авг 2024[-/+]
The country’s police have gone missing

162. Kishida Fumio, Japan’s prime minister, stands downСр, 14 авг 2024[-/+]
The race to succeed him next month is unusually unpredictable

163. Muhammad Yunus, a microcredit pioneer, is Bangladesh’s interim leaderСб, 10 авг 2024[-/+]
His experience, popularity and international reputation offer new hope for a democratic future

164. Could Kamikawa Yoko be Japan’s next prime minister?Чт, 08 авг 2024[-/+]
She would be the first woman to hold the top role

165. India cannot fix its problems if it pretends they do not existЧт, 08 авг 2024[-/+]
The government’s response to bad news is to stick its fingers in its ears

166. Can hope beat hatred in Bangladesh?Чт, 08 авг 2024[-/+]
Domestic politics and great-power rivalries will make transitioning to democracy hard

167. Thailand’s top court tramples over the country’s democracyСр, 07 авг 2024[-/+]
Pita Limjaroenrat and his Move Forward Party have been banned

168. Bangladesh’s dictator flees—leaving behind a dangerous vacuumПн, 05 авг 2024[-/+]
The army tries to restore order after Sheikh Hasina, the country’s “iron lady”, escapes

169. America remains Asia’s military-exercise partner of choiceЧт, 01 авг 2024[-/+]
A new report shows just how far China is falling behind

170. How Asia’s wild west shakes up the modern worldЧт, 01 авг 2024[-/+]
James C. Scott, an anthropologist, shed light on an ungovernable region

171. Indian cities are utterly unprepared for what is about to hit themЧт, 01 авг 2024[-/+]
The urban population is set to double by 2050

172. America recreates a warfighting command in JapanВс, 28 июл 2024[-/+]
The threat from China hastens the biggest military transformation in the Pacific in decades

173. Taiwan is beefing up its military exercises to counter ChinaЧт, 25 июл 2024[-/+]
The island’s new defence minister wants more practice and less performance

174. Sheikh Hasina faces her biggest crisis in yearsЧт, 25 июл 2024[-/+]
Bangladesh’s prime minister shuts down the country

175. A weakened Narendra Modi subsidises jobs and doles out porkВт, 23 июл 2024[-/+]
The prime minister has had to compromise after a disappointing election

176. Is this a new age of warrior Japan?Пн, 22 июл 2024[-/+]
The country is spending more on its armed forces. But not everyone is on board

177. The epic bust-up between China and India could be endingЧт, 18 июл 2024[-/+]
Witness calm in the Himalayas, diplomatic charm offensives and thickening trade links

178. Imran Khan comes under further pressure in PakistanЧт, 18 июл 2024[-/+]
The government and the generals who back it want to outlaw his party

179. Climate change is making the monsoon more dangerousЧт, 18 июл 2024[-/+]
People in South Asia and India can expect more extreme weather

180. The Bay of Bengal should be an economic superpowerЧт, 18 июл 2024[-/+]
Why isn’t it?

181. Social-media populists have arrived in JapanЧт, 11 июл 2024[-/+]
A small-town mayor shakes up Tokyo’s election

182. Singapore’s foreign admirers see only the stuff they likeЧт, 11 июл 2024[-/+]
It is a Rorschach nation

183. The world’s next food superpowerЧт, 11 июл 2024[-/+]
Farming in India should be about profits and productivity, not poverty

184. Narendra Modi cuddles up to Vladimir Putin in MoscowСр, 10 июл 2024[-/+]
India’s prime minister visited amid fresh Russian atrocities in Ukraine

185. Demand for uranium is booming. Who is benefiting?Чт, 04 июл 2024[-/+]
One Central Asian country stands out above the rest

186. Why is Thai health care so good?Чт, 04 июл 2024[-/+]
The country could become a model for the region

187. Why many young Asians are no longer studying historyЧт, 04 июл 2024[-/+]
One city-state is bucking the regional trend

188. Indians have grown used to getting nice things from politiciansЧт, 04 июл 2024[-/+]
It’s no longer enough to win votes

189. Japan’s mind-bending bento-box economicsПн, 01 июл 2024[-/+]
The paradox of red-hot labour markets, falling demand and rising prices

190. Meet the incels and anti-feminists of AsiaЧт, 27 июн 2024[-/+]
They threaten to make the region’s demographic decline even worse

191. Casinos are booming in South-East AsiaЧт, 27 июн 2024[-/+]
Thailand could soon become the latest country to jump on the bandwagon

192. Takashima Ryosuke is Japan’s youngest ever mayorЧт, 27 июн 2024[-/+]
At 27 years old, he is bucking the trend of the country’s gerontocratic politics

193. Ancient artistic loot will finally make its way back to CambodiaЧт, 27 июн 2024[-/+]
On July 3rd the Metropolitan Museum in New York will return artefacts to the country

194. Narendra Modi needs to win over low-income IndiansЧт, 27 июн 2024[-/+]
They are dissatisfied with their share of the country’s growth

195. The army-backed establishment in Thailand goes after its enemiesЧт, 20 июн 2024[-/+]
Thaksin Shinawatra’s case is just one of many

196. Thailand legalises same-sex marriageЧт, 20 июн 2024[-/+]
It comes at a time when other freedoms are being curbed

197. Why India should create dozens of new statesЧт, 20 июн 2024[-/+]
The success of Telangana, the youngest, shows the benefits

198. Vladimir Putin’s dangerous bromance with Kim Jong UnВс, 16 июн 2024[-/+]
Russia’s dictator visits Pyongyang and signs a new strategic pact

199. The semiconductor choke-pointЧт, 13 июн 2024[-/+]
The world wants to rely less on Taiwanese chips. The island has other plans

200. Russian exiles are making a mark in the Caucasus and Central AsiaЧт, 13 июн 2024[-/+]
People and businesses are flooding into the region

201. Why caste still matters in Indian politicsЧт, 13 июн 2024[-/+]
Narendra Modi must rethink his approach to Hinduism’s social hierarchy

202. How will India’s new coalition government work?Чт, 13 июн 2024[-/+]
Narendra Modi’s cabinet signals continuity, but may soon face unfamiliar difficulties

203. How the Philippines is turning the water-cannon on ChinaЧт, 06 июн 2024[-/+]
Ferdinand Marcos’s flip is a huge gift to America. But dangers lie ahead

204. Rohingya are being forced to fight in Myanmar’s civil warЧт, 06 июн 2024[-/+]
The army that used to massacre them is now press-ganging them

205. Will India’s new government turbocharge the fight against poverty?Ср, 05 июн 2024[-/+]
India and China have taken very different approaches to the problem

206. A shock election result in India humbles Narendra ModiВт, 04 июн 2024[-/+]
Instead of strongman rule an uncertain era of coalition government beckons

207. Exit polls point to a crushing victory for Narendra ModiСб, 01 июн 2024[-/+]
The BJP is expected to extend its reach across India

208. Some Taiwanese worry that their lawmakers may sell them out to ChinaЧт, 30 мая 2024[-/+]
They are protesting against the legislature awarding itself greater powers

209. Want to stop a third world war? Pick up the phoneЧт, 30 мая 2024[-/+]
America’s and China’s defence ministers will meet in Singapore. They need to talk more

210. Australia joins the industrial arms raceЧт, 30 мая 2024[-/+]
The government hopes to spend its way to a future as a green superpower

211. Bans on dog meat sweep across AsiaЧт, 30 мая 2024[-/+]
Three reasons lie behind the cuddly trend

212. Is America giving Narendra Modi an easy ride?Пн, 27 мая 2024[-/+]
The West is struggling to balance interests and values in India

213. In the Philippines a decades-long conflict nears its endgameЧт, 23 мая 2024[-/+]
Peace in Mindanao matters for regional security

214. Vietnam’s ruling communists rush to fill the country’s top jobsЧт, 23 мая 2024[-/+]
Amid an anti-graft drive, they will struggle to restore an aura of calm

215. Geopolitics helps reignite New Caledonia’s anti-colonial unrestЧт, 23 мая 2024[-/+]
Emmanuel Macron makes an emergency dash to the troubled Pacific island

216. India’s YouTubers take on Narendra ModiЧт, 23 мая 2024[-/+]
In one corner of India’s internet, dissent survives. For now

217. Lai Ching-te aims to strengthen Taiwan but maintain the status quoПн, 20 мая 2024[-/+]
It’s already proving tough

218. The murder that aroused a nationЧт, 16 мая 2024[-/+]
Despite a recent conviction, a culture of impunity persists among the well-connected

219. Taiwan, the world’s chipmaker, faces an energy crunchЧт, 16 мая 2024[-/+]
The island is already plagued by blackouts

220. Taiwan wants to prove that it is serious about defenceЧт, 16 мая 2024[-/+]
Its incoming president, Lai Ching-te, will face new challenges

221. The military dictatorship controls less than 50% of MyanmarЧт, 16 мая 2024[-/+]
The junta has suffered severe losses but remains powerful

222. Narendra Modi ramps up the Muslim-baitingЧт, 16 мая 2024[-/+]
Is the Indian prime minister confident, or worried?

223. Who could replace Narendra Modi?Пн, 13 мая 2024[-/+]
A leadership struggle is brewing in India’s ruling party

224. In South-East Asia, the war in Gaza is roiling emotionsЧт, 09 мая 2024[-/+]
The governments of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore have responded very differently

225. India has quietly transformed its portsЧт, 09 мая 2024[-/+]
That is good for trade, and a good sign for reform

226. Lawrence Wong in his own wordsСр, 08 мая 2024[-/+]
Singapore’s next prime minister sat down with The Economist

227. Singapore has achieved astounding economic successСр, 08 мая 2024[-/+]
Can Lawrence Wong, its incoming PM, oversee further growth?

228. An interview with Lawrence Wong, Singapore’s next PMСр, 08 мая 2024[-/+]
He will be just the fourth person to hold that position

229. Japan and South Korea are struggling with old-age povertyЧт, 02 мая 2024[-/+]
Their problems may be instructive for other countries

230. The Philippines bans some genetically modified foodsЧт, 02 мая 2024[-/+]
But golden rice could help thousands of nutrient-deficient children

231. Meet the maharajas of the world’s biggest democracyЧт, 02 мая 2024[-/+]
Indian officialdom still treats citizens like subjects

232. Even disillusioned young Indian voters favour Narendra ModiВт, 30 апр 2024[-/+]
They worry about their future, but do not blame the BJP

233. Chinese firms are expanding in South-East AsiaЧт, 25 апр 2024[-/+]
This new business diaspora is younger, better-educated and ambitious

234. The family feud that holds the Philippines backЧт, 25 апр 2024[-/+]
Squabbling between the Marcos and Duterte clans makes politics unpredictable

235. The Maldives is cosying up to ChinaЧт, 25 апр 2024[-/+]
A landslide election confirms the trend

236. Why do the Japanese love CDs?Чт, 25 апр 2024[-/+]
They have not taken to streaming as keenly as the rest of the world

237. Can women-only factories help more Indian women into work?Чт, 25 апр 2024[-/+]
Ola, an electric-scooter manufacturer, is trying to find out

238. Without fanfare, the Philippines is getting richerВт, 23 апр 2024[-/+]
And its economy is unusually well-defended against American politics

239. Lawrence Wong will be only the fourth PM in Singapore’s historyЧт, 18 апр 2024[-/+]
The next leader promises continuity and change

240. An obscure communist newspaper is shaping Japan’s politicsЧт, 18 апр 2024[-/+]
Stories by Shimbun Akahata consistently pack a punch

241. Tensions mount between China and the PhilippinesЧт, 18 апр 2024[-/+]
The latest incident was just inside the “nine-dash line”

242. Radio Modi: How India’s prime minister sweet-talks the nationСр, 17 апр 2024[-/+]
We analysed hundreds of Narendra Modi’s broadcasts. They reveal a meticulously cultivated image

243. Gandhi v Modi: crunch time for Congress as India prepares to voteВт, 16 апр 2024[-/+]
The Economist joins the most prominent opposition politician on the campaign trail

244. Myanmar’s junta is losing ever more groundЧт, 11 апр 2024[-/+]
Our correspondent spent three days with one rebel group

245. Some Australians are increasingly sceptical of AUKUSЧт, 11 апр 2024[-/+]
The government needs to sell its ground-breaking security pact much harder

246. How India’s imports of Russian oil have lubricated global marketsЧт, 11 апр 2024[-/+]
But as the country’s importance in the global oil market grows, risks loom

247. South Korean voters—and spring onions—rebuke the presidentЧт, 11 апр 2024[-/+]
The failure of Yoon Suk-yeol’s party in parliamentary elections will make his last three years hard

248. America’s Asian allies are trying to Trump-proof their policiesВт, 09 апр 2024[-/+]
Kishida Fumio meets Joe Biden in Washington, DC, to shore up deterrence

249. For a glimpse at Japan’s future, look at its convenience storesЧт, 04 апр 2024[-/+]
The country’s 7-Eleven shops show the importance of immigration

250. Asian “nepo babies” are dominating its politicsЧт, 04 апр 2024[-/+]
They are stunting growth, too

251. The end of cricket’s Indian monopolyЧт, 04 апр 2024[-/+]
The Indian Premier League is a model for other tournaments

252. Japan is still reeling 100 days after the Noto earthquakeПн, 01 апр 2024[-/+]
The recovery will take years, and holds lessons for future disasters

253. Why India’s elite loves Narendra ModiПт, 29 мар 2024[-/+]
Educated voters usually disdain populists. Three factors explain why India’s leader is different

254. What next for Pakistan?Ср, 27 мар 2024[-/+]
The new government faces polarised politics, a faltering economy and terrorist threats

255. The Islamic State’s branch in Afghanistan is at war with the worldСр, 27 мар 2024[-/+]
The group which claimed responsibility for the Crocus City Hall attack is increasingly worrying

256. Arvind Kejriwal’s imprisonment is a stain on India’s democracyСр, 27 мар 2024[-/+]
He is the first sitting chief minister in the country’s history to be arrested

257. Vietnam’s head of state leaves under a cloudСр, 27 мар 2024[-/+]
Investors should worry about the state of the country’s politics

258. India throws another opposition leader in jail as elections loomПт, 22 мар 2024[-/+]
Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi’s chief minister, is hauled off 29 days before voting starts

259. A string of setbacks for the junta in Myanmar presents an opportunityЧт, 21 мар 2024[-/+]
Outside powers must not waste it

260. India’s election could be the world’s most expensiveЧт, 21 мар 2024[-/+]
Big Indian companies have been buying “electoral bonds”, mostly for Narendra Modi’s ruling party

261. How to make India richerЧт, 21 мар 2024[-/+]
It would help if more people moved within the country

262. Relations between Japan and South Korea are blossomingПн, 18 мар 2024[-/+]
But how long can the good times last?

263. An Australian spy chief triggers a debate about ChinaЧт, 14 мар 2024[-/+]
Its intelligence agencies are concerned about complacency

264. Pakistan’s generals look increasingly desperateЧт, 14 мар 2024[-/+]
A fraudulent election may not keep Imran Khan’s fans at bay

265. India is souping up its nuclear missilesЧт, 14 мар 2024[-/+]
For the first time it has tested a missile with multiple warheads that can each hit different targets

266. India’s government implements a controversial citizenship lawЧт, 14 мар 2024[-/+]
It may be trying to please its base shortly before a general election

267. Inside the world of crazy rich IndiansПн, 11 мар 2024[-/+]
The new wealthy elites are younger and more adventurous than the old lot

268. What the war in Ukraine means for AsiaЧт, 07 мар 2024[-/+]
Peace in East Asia hangs to a worrying extent on the outcome of the conflict

269. Why are so many Indians piling into stocks?Чт, 07 мар 2024[-/+]
The country is in the middle of an unprecedented retail-investment boom

270. Indian food is great. Perhaps too greatЧт, 07 мар 2024[-/+]
Long associated with hunger, India is now confronting an epidemic of obesity and lifestyle diseases

271. We’re hiring a senior India correspondentСр, 06 мар 2024[-/+]
An opportunity to join our global editorial staff

272. North Korea is arming Russia and threatening war with South KoreaВт, 05 мар 2024[-/+]
Kim Jong Un likes to provoke. The risks of miscalculation are rising

273. What will Prabowo Subianto’s foreign policy look like?Чт, 29 фев 2024[-/+]
Indonesia’s new president wants his country to play a bigger role

274. Massive farmers’ protests are a headache for Narendra ModiЧт, 29 фев 2024[-/+]
Even if the recent ones have been contained, discontent remains

275. Inside Narendra Modi’s battle to win over the southЧт, 29 фев 2024[-/+]
Can the BJP woo the country’s richer, better-educated states?

276. Thaksin Shinawatra joins Thailand’s establishmentЧт, 22 фев 2024[-/+]
The former prime minister has become a tool for nobbling Thai democrats

277. Japanese men have an identity crisisЧт, 22 фев 2024[-/+]
In Japan, women are empowered. Men don’t know what they are

278. How wild horses sparked a culture war in AustraliaЧт, 22 фев 2024[-/+]
A long-delayed brumby cull is proving controversial

279. How independent is India’s Supreme Court?Чт, 22 фев 2024[-/+]
Despite its enormous powers, it rarely challenges the government

280. India’s civil society is under attackСр, 21 фев 2024[-/+]
The crackdown is hurting policymaking and millions of poor Indian lives

281. Australia needs to rethink its approach to its Pacific island neighboursЧт, 15 фев 2024[-/+]
They care more about development than hard security

282. India’s Supreme Court delivers a rare setback for Narendra ModiЧт, 15 фев 2024[-/+]
It declared unconstitutional an opaque campaign-finance tool that chiefly benefited the ruling party

283. India’s unprecedented love-in with the Middle EastСр, 14 фев 2024[-/+]
Amid a war Narendra Modi builds new Gulf ties

284. Prabowo Subianto will be Indonesia’s next presidentСр, 14 фев 2024[-/+]
The controversial former general is unlikely to boost the country’s democratic credentials

285. Pakistan’s voters tell the generals where to put itПн, 12 фев 2024[-/+]
Imran Khan’s candidates won the most seats despite heavy-handed attempts to hobble them

286. Confusion reigns in Pakistan’s rigged electionПт, 09 фев 2024[-/+]
Despite their strenuous efforts, the generals appear much less in control than they thought

287. Singapore cracks down on Chinese influenceЧт, 08 фев 2024[-/+]
The city-state wields its foreign-interference law for the first time

288. Australia’s enthusiasm for immigration is being testedЧт, 08 фев 2024[-/+]
The country is trying to slash net migration

289. Izumi Kenta wants to shake up Japan’s oppositionЧт, 08 фев 2024[-/+]
The centre-left leader tells The Economist his plan for a more serious politics

290. A controversial general is likely to be Indonesia’s next leaderЧт, 08 фев 2024[-/+]
Prabowo Subianto looks unfit to govern the world’s third-largest democracy

291. South Korea’s writers and directors play Squid GameСр, 07 фев 2024[-/+]
The people behind the country’s TV and film boom are not profiting from it

292. Are India’s corruption police targeting Narendra Modi’s critics?Вт, 06 фев 2024[-/+]
Money-laundering raids, many on the opposition, have increased 27-fold in the past decade

293. Asia’s commercial heft helps keep Russia’s war economy goingЧт, 01 фев 2024[-/+]
That holds future lessons for America

294. TikTok is a key battleground in Indonesia’s electionЧт, 01 фев 2024[-/+]
Liberalism is under threat in the world’s third-largest democracy

295. Imran Khan is convicted. Pakistan’s generals are contentВт, 30 янв 2024[-/+]
The message is clear: don’t bother voting for his party

296. Japan’s ruling party is in crisisВт, 30 янв 2024[-/+]
Kishida Fumio’s chance of a second term looks ever slimmer

297. India’s opposition bloc disintegratesВс, 28 янв 2024[-/+]
The defection of Bihar’s chief minister is excellent for Narendra Modi

298. The Hindu right’s pro-cow policies are terrible for India’s cowsВс, 28 янв 2024[-/+]
A Hindu nationalist cow census is an effort to solve a problem after making it worse

299. India tightens the screws on online dissentЧт, 25 янв 2024[-/+]
A bouquet of new laws gives the government huge new powers

300. Few countries are better placed than Vietnam to get richВт, 23 янв 2024[-/+]
Yet political paralysis could slow it down


 
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