The elephant in the region
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Competition with China is making it nicer, but India could do still more to sweeten relations with its neighbours(399)
Competition with China is making it nicer, but India could do still more to sweeten relations with its neighbours(399)
The more things change the more it looks as if they haven't changed(13)
A troubled utility is to be as good as nationalised(11)
In daring to take on Pakistan’s army, the Supreme Court is striking a blow for the rule of law(55)
How to explain South Korea’s low stockmarket ratings(42)
Unravelling the mysteries of a—so far—peaceful revolution(68)
India’s central bank is one of its best institutions. It is also complicit in a government-borrowing binge(38)
The public is unnerved, while the Nazarbayev magic wears thin(5)
Malaysia’s central-bank governor knows her own mind (0)
Tales from the city underground (0)
The next wave of Japanese investment into America will differ from the last (2)
Our columnist is joined by other correspondents in surveying Asia's political, business and cultural landscapes
The mainland has broken out from the rest of Asia with a page of its own. We offer our rationale, as well as a place nearby in which to find most all of our current China coverage
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A totally drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis may have emerged in India More »
Notes from the underground
(Bookforum) Sterling praise for Katherine Boo's new book about the underbelly of Mumbai
The Defeated
(Caravan) Sri Lanka's Tamils pick up the pieces
Pakistan the unreal
(Foreign Policy)
Aatish Taseer thinks the country is best suited to fiction
Your guide to the Man Asian Literary Prize Shortlist
(The Millions)
A new rail service connects India’s north-east directly to its southernmost tip
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