Asia

Tensions between China’s prosperous middle classes and its poor will make it a harder country to govern (253)

• • Continued economic success is under threat from a resurgence of the state and resistance to further reform
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• • Beware the middle-income trap
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• • Banyan: Nothing new under heaven
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• • An interview with the author

Even copying their opponent’s policies has done the ruling party little good (30)

• • Victory in July’s elections would bring back Thailand’s most divisive figure
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• • Charge of the clone (May 2011)
  • Banyan
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• • Tea with Thaksin Shinawatra
  • Multimedia
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Nuclear fears—and their economic impact—spread far from Fukushima (13)

• • Tokyo's luxury retailers blast the air-con likes it's going out of style
  • Banyan
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• • What crisis? (Apr 2011)
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• • Households can do more to help (Apr 2011)
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• • The graphic details
  • Daily chart
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Against the background of a broad crackdown, Ai Weiwei's release comes as a surprise. And poses new questions (230)

• • The artist-activist used his blog to rail against a regime with no respect for the truth
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• • His detention is part of a worrying trend
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• • Ai Weiwei on China's regime
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Australians are adjusting to a changed sense of their place in the world - Banyan (25)

• • A special report on Australia
  • Multimedia
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• • Australia's Chinese entanglement (Apr 2009)
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The end of the surge in Afghanistan, and the beginning of a search for peace (39)

• • The president is at risk of running down American forces in Afghanistan too fast
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• • Lexington: America is tired of war
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Japanese entrepreneurs are pressing for change. The old guard resists (8)

• • Rakuten's boss makes a symbolic break with the old order
  • Banyan
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• • Foreign investors are still favouring Japanese shares

The jailing of a jihadist leader still leaves plenty to worry about (11)

• • Abu Bakar Basyir gets a lengthy prison sentence, at long last
  • Banyan
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• • Religious persecution, a slightly different beast (Feb 2011)
  • Banyan
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The world's two biggest exporters are growing increasingly cosy - Newsbook (140)

• • Europeans have mixed feelings about Chinese investment
  • Charlemagne's notebook
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• • Charlemagne: China’s buying spree raises hope, and fear in Europe (Jan 2011)
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Pakistan arrests those who helped get Osama bin Laden (242)

• • Civilian leaders and the United States put pressure on the beleaguered generals
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• • Pakistan: Post-uprisings depression
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• • Stuck with you (Mar 2011)
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An opening for Chinese investment in a benighted country (24)

• • Not waving. Perhaps drowning (May 2010)
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• • Monetary folly most foul (Jan 2010)
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