Feb 8, 2012

Where Wukan has led, Beijing won’t follow

Village protesters will not unnerve the state

Feb 1, 2012

The trials of a reluctant superpower

As commercial needs suck it into a troubled world, China’s desire for a low international profile is at odds with reality

Dec 14, 2011

Just two cheers for a sputtering Indonesian dream

Poor infrastructure is deterring foreign investors

Nov 30, 2011

How to make Burma’s Botox revolution real

Even if the door leading to reform is open only a crack, it is better to stick one’s foot in than to see it slam shut

Nov 16, 2011

How America should adjust to the Pacific century

A look at the rivalry between the US and China in the Pacific

Nov 9, 2011

China needs more than a five-year charm offensive

The attraction of the US is in its ability to tolerate an alternative view

Illustration of megacities From LIFE & ARTS Nov 4, 2011

Megacities

The urban shift of humanity is inexorable. By 2050, three-quarters of the world’s population will be in the cities. That means more – and much bigger – metropolises

Nov 2, 2011

Modern China yearns for new moral code

Communism has given way to a raw kind of capitalism

Oct 26, 2011

Why the mad migration of parts for your iPhone matters

As well as the fragility of human life, the world’s recent disasters have revealed the vulnerability of the global supply chain

An illustration of a Japanese man and woman From LIFE & ARTS Oct 21, 2011

Haruki Murakami’s ‘1Q84’

The title recalls Orwell but the latest from the Japanese author, a surreal three-volume novel, is more like ‘Alice in Wonderland’

Oct 19, 2011

Why China’s leaders fear looking in the 1911 mirror

China’s Communist party has a difficult relationship with history

Oct 12, 2011

Why Americans should learn to love the renminbi

Poorer countries are correcting the huge divergence in incomes

Oct 5, 2011

When a hero’s image signals a new Burmese dawn

One western diplomat who met Aung San Suu Kyi recently says she is exhilarated by the changed atmosphere

Sep 21, 2011

Why Taiwan still rattles Beijing and Washington

In China and the US, who becomes president of Taiwan is probably more important than who is president of France

Sep 14, 2011

When the Singapore sling meets the Arab spring

People are better educated and have more aspirations. They couldn’t so easily be satisfied with decent jobs

Sep 7, 2011

Time to talk to the regime that cannot clothe its troops

Discussing nuclear safety could enable the US to talk to Pyongyang about nuclear weapons

Aug 31, 2011

Hard to see the wood for the trees in China

David Pilling on how the forests of Yunnan are a long way from Ontario

Aug 24, 2011

Excuse me waiter, there’s a shark in my soup

What people eat is a sensitive topic and one that generates much hypocrisy

Aug 17, 2011

China’s risky game of cat and mouse censorship

Authoritarian governments listen to those who shout loudest, bending to more nationalist sentiment

Aug 10, 2011

Japan’s ‘can-do’ bid for a nuclear-free era

The question of whether the country can survive without the industry will likely be answered soon

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 pharmeutical and biotechnology industry.

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