Jan 30, 2013

Pipeline marks scramble for Myanmar

Naypyidaw has much to gain from playing east off against west

Cecil Chao at home in Hong Kong ©Berton Chang From LIFE & ARTS Jan 27, 2013

Babe magnate

David Pilling meets the Hong Kong property tycoon offering a $65m dowry for his daughter

Jan 16, 2013

Hong Kong sees the light through a haze

The city is finally addressing its pollution problem but is not going far enough

Jan 9, 2013

Judge Kim on his actions, not his words

Hints of domestic reform do not mean North Korea will moderate its foreign policy

A Filipino man wearing a pair of slippers From ANALYSIS Dec 27, 2012

A delayed take-off

The Philippines is finally picking up economic momentum, but this rapid growth has passed over the vast majority of the poor

Dec 19, 2012

Asia’s new leaders stir ancestral animosity

Rulers embody tensions boiling up in the region

Illustration of Aung San Suu Kyi ©Elisabeth Moch From LIFE & ARTS Dec 14, 2012

Aung San Suu Kyi

The will of the people is still strongly behind The Lady. Even in the isolated villages of the Irrawaddy Delta, people conjure her name as if it were magic

Dec 12, 2012

Philippines pays price for climate inaction

In human casualty terms, typhoon Bopha is almost five times worse than hurricane Sandy

Ferguson ©Ferguson Dec 5, 2012

Old rivalries stir in Japan and Korea

The differences in the elections in Asia’s second and fourth-largest economies are striking

Nov 28, 2012

Japan must revitalise its central bank

After failing to defeat deflation for 15 years, the BoJ could do with a fresh approach

Nov 21, 2012

Myanmar’s minorities deserve citizenship

The government should give the Rohingya people the protection they need

From LIFE & ARTS Nov 16, 2012

Hooked on Bombay

Jeet Thayil’s ‘Narcopolis’, pipped at the post for this year’s Booker, is a nostalgic evocation of the vanished opium dens of the city he refuses to call Mumbai

Nov 14, 2012

China’s rapid change and missed chances

The task that awaits Hu Jintao’s successor will be formidable

Nov 9, 2012

China’s players rehearse in the dark

The leadership selection process is out of step with progress made in many areas of society

Nov 7, 2012

Xi must tread on toes to advance reforms

Collectivist leadership and vested interests are standing in the way

Oct 31, 2012

Xi should draw up a new social contract for China

Stresses in the economy are bringing more social friction in a country that is increasingly volatile

Oct 24, 2012

Asia needs stronger regional institutions

As China grows more powerful, the Pax Americana is becoming less tenable

Oct 17, 2012

Malala paid dearly for claiming her right

Countries that fail to educate females cause themselves incalculable damage

Oct 10, 2012

Chance for Philippines to break with the past

Against a brighter backdrop, perennial problems are looking less intractable

Oct 3, 2012

Demographics ignite China’s factory riots

The country can no longer rely on an endless stream of pliant migrant workers

ABOUT DAVID

David Pilling David Pilling is the Asia editor of the Financial Times. He was previously Tokyo Bureau Chief for the FT from January 2002 to August 2008. His column ranges over business, investment, politics and economics.

He joined the FT in 1990. He has worked in London as an editor, in Chile and Argentina as a correspondent and covered the global pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry.

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