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Sri Lanka's next test
Asia focus, Priyanka Krishnamoorthy, Published on 01/08/2022
» In a win for democracy, mass protests in Sri Lanka recently led to the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.
On the platforms
Asia focus, Pattama Kuentak, Published on 15/03/2021
» Work is no longer something that takes place only in brick-and-mortar stores, high-rise office buildings or factories, but also in virtual space, thanks to the rise of fast and always-on information technology.
Vaccine shopping spree
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 19/10/2020
» Indonesian officials have been stepping up to the pandemic plate to secure Covid-19 vaccines as they battle to contain the spread of the coronavirus in the world's fourth most populous nation.
China is committed to multilateralism
Asia focus, Xizhou Zhou in Beijing, Published on 23/09/2019
» In recent years, China's lead role in establishing new multilateral institutions -- including the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the New Development Bank -- has raised fears that the government aims to topple the existing world order. This interpretation misses a crucial point: China has benefited immensely from and continues to participate actively in -- and even ardently defend -- that very order.
Pollution solution
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 05/08/2019
» The Indonesian do-it-all app Gojek is taking steps to tackle the mounting problem of plastic waste, to which it has inadvertently contributed through its hugely popular food delivery service.
Chinese students in US fear for future amid trade war
Asia focus, Ken Lohatepanont, Published on 01/07/2019
» As the United States ramps up its trade war with China, college students are becoming collateral damage -- and in many ways, direct targets.
Who should control India's central bank?
Asia focus, Jayati Ghosh in New Delhi, Published on 19/11/2018
» The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is locked in a bitter public feud with the administration of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Modi's attempts to encroach on the central bank's independence. In fact, the government's actions are a serious problem, but not for the reason many people seem to think.
'Democracy' at odds with people's concerns in Sri Lanka
Asia focus, Kalinga Seneviratne in Singapore, Published on 12/11/2018
» After Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena announced the shock decision on Oct 26 to appoint his longtime political foe Mahinda Rajapaksa as prime minister, Western diplomats and the international media expressed outrage at what they perceived as "lack of respect for democratic institutions".
RCEP matters more than ever
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 03/09/2018
» Last week's meeting of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in Singapore came at a critical juncture, not only for the future prosperity of the 16 countries involved but also the sake of the rules-based free and fair trading system globally.
How can we retain the benefits of globalisation?
Asia focus, Koichi Hamada, Published on 16/07/2018
» In the last few years, for many people and their leaders, globalisation has become a scourge to be purged in favour of greater protectionism and unilateralism. This represents a sharp departure from the recent past, when globalisation was widely regarded as a positive force. What changed, and why?