Asia

An extremely powerful earthquake has struck off the coast of north-eastern Japan - Asia view (4)

Graft is becoming a bigger problem—and the government should tackle it (90)

• • Congress drags its feet over tackling graft. It may pay a high price
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• • The finance minister gushes with optimism, but how much is warranted?
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• • Coping with the aftermath of a massive scam (Nov 2010)
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Can China avoid a bubble? (77)

• • Our quarterly index reveals the world’s most overvalued homes
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• • China’s leaders nod to the left, but look anxiously to the right (Feb 2011)
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With the rise of militant Islam, Pakistan reaps what for years the state has sown (68)

• • Pakistan's blasphemy law (Feb 2011)
  • Asia view
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• • Salman Taseer, a good man who did something (Jan 2011)
  • (25)
• • Pakistan's increasing radicalisation (Jan 2011)
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The government loses another of its leading lights (18)

• • A budget showdown to mirror America's
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• • The prime minister loses another good reformer
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Massive police action in Beijing suggests that the Chinese government takes seriously the threat of popular unrest (253)

• • No awakening, but crush it anyway
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• • A whiff of jasmine in Kashgar
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• • Banyan: The wind that will not subside
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• • China's reaction: Build a wall
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Attacks on the sainted Muhammad Yunus escalate (9)

• • Saint under siege (Jan 2011)
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• • Bangladesh's Punch-and-Judy politics (Jul 2010)
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Ever since 1979 American policy over Taiwan has been an exercise in calculated or accidental ambiguity - Banyan (283)

• • Economic integration with China is not doing what China hoped and the opposition feared
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• • Confronting the KMT's original sin
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• • Voters are inching towards a kind of closer union with the mainland (Dec 2010)
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A clash between spy agencies is boosting the ISI—but is doing Pakistan no favours (27)

• • With the rise of militant Islam, Pakistan reaps what for years the state has sown
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• • Banyan: Loss and risk management
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The People's Liberation Army plays a more dynamic role abroad while keeping an eye turned to its audience back home (220)

• • The armed forces nudged farther afield
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• • A special report on China's place in the world (Dec 2010)
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A national head count should show dramatic changes (16)

• • Caste in doubt (Jun 2010)
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• • Identifying a billion Indians (Jan 2011)
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A second big Christchurch earthquake in six months is worse than the first (5)

• • Videographic: A dangerous neighbourhood
• • Images of Christchurch
  • Asia view
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• • September's earthquake; only a foreshadow (Sep 2010)
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