Pakistan’s febrile politics

A game of chicken

Squeezed between the army and the courts, Pakistan’s civilian government may yet survive(17)

Booming Mongolia

Mine, all mine

The country that is likely to grow faster than any other in the next decade, and how it is changing, for better or worse(60)

Taiwan's presidential race

It’s all right, Ma

Taiwanese democracy catches on—in mainland China(150)

Energy in India

The future is black

Power is essential for India’s long-term growth. But electricity is unlikely to flow fast enough(18)

Law and justice in Japan

Parental abduction in Japan: Child-snatchers

A dark side to family life in Japan(29)

Nepal and its giant neighbours

Yam yesterday, yam today

Talking up new heights with China, while trying to maintain old ones with India(106)

Change in Myanmar

Follow my lead

The government moves, and gets its rewards(7)

Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim

The end of Sodomy 2.0

The acquittal of the opposition leader spices up the next election(31)

China's property market

Marriages and mergers

China’s housing downturn will benefit state-owned developers(60)

Succession in North Korea

Grief and fear

It seems unlikely that Kim Jong Un will want to reform North Korea, but even less likely that the regime can go on resisting change(36)

Research and development

Brain gain

Misplaced fears of Asian innovation

Our columnist is joined by other correspondents in surveying Asia's political, business and cultural landscapes

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Prospero

More than Murakami

Japan's other artists are starting to get noticed More »

Schumpeter

Prada is not Walmart

It is a sorry day for India when a rule tweak to allow Starbucks or Prada to own not 51%, but 100%, of their shops is presented as a meaningful economic reform More »

Johnson

The Chinese language

Languages or dialects? A hoary question More »

Babbage

The second coming

A totally drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis may have emerged in India More »

The battle over Pakistan's schools
(Guernica) Can a small group of reformers modernize Pakistan’s schools?

Your guide to the Man Asian Literary Prize Shortlist
(The Millions)

Mainlanders invade Hong Kong, as they ever have
(Al-Jazeera) via Shanghaiist

The Andamans and mass tourism
(The Guardian)
The Jarawa people are existentially threatened by the affluent masses

China abroad