http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/david-pilling David Pilling on Asian business, investment, politics and economics en (PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1)) © Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2012. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:49:35 GMT Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:16:58 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/comment/columnists/david-pilling http://im.media.ft.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.gif http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/david-pilling http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a6ce4768-51c4-11e1-a30c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product Village leaders were savvy enough to frame their actions as a protest against local corruption, not against the Chinese system, writes David Pilling Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:49:35 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a6ce4768-51c4-11e1-a30c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product a6ce4768-51c4-11e1-a30c-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2622c2b0-4c06-11e1-98dd-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product China’s desire to maintain a low international profile is butting up against reality as its commercial needs suck it into a troubled world, writes David Pilling Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:13:31 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2622c2b0-4c06-11e1-98dd-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product 2622c2b0-4c06-11e1-98dd-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2bd00e4e-2644-11e1-9ed3-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product Lack of infrastructure is holding the country back and preventing it from reaching its full potential, writes David Pilling Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:52:53 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2bd00e4e-2644-11e1-9ed3-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product 2bd00e4e-2644-11e1-9ed3-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/664dd00a-1b46-11e1-85f8-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product 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, writes David Pilling Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:16:13 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/664dd00a-1b46-11e1-85f8-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product 664dd00a-1b46-11e1-85f8-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/72bec88e-103e-11e1-8211-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product China has stirred from its slumbers and the US now has a significant rival, if not yet globally, then certainly in Asia, writes David Pilling Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:12:35 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/72bec88e-103e-11e1-8211-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product 72bec88e-103e-11e1-8211-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/12ff0d6e-0abc-11e1-b9f6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product For millions of people the attraction of the US is in its ability to tolerate – even encourage – an alternative view, says David Pilling Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:13:15 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/12ff0d6e-0abc-11e1-b9f6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product 12ff0d6e-0abc-11e1-b9f6-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6fb8a08e-0089-11e1-ba33-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product By 2050, three-quarters of the world’s population will be urban. That means more – and much bigger – metropolises, writes David Pilling Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:00:25 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6fb8a08e-0089-11e1-ba33-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product 6fb8a08e-0089-11e1-ba33-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/513c85a2-0544-11e1-b8f4-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product Communism has given way to a raw kind of capitalism in which wealth and power accrue to the bold and selfish, says David Pilling Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:38:51 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/513c85a2-0544-11e1-b8f4-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product 513c85a2-0544-11e1-b8f4-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/30666134-ff33-11e0-9769-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product As well as the fragility of human life, the world’s recent disasters have revealed the vulnerability of the global supply, writes David Pilling Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:55:49 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/30666134-ff33-11e0-9769-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product 30666134-ff33-11e0-9769-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c783d22e-f667-11e0-86dc-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product Haruki Murakami’s trilogy points to George Orwell’s novel but David Pilling finds shades of the adventures from ‘Alice in Wonderland’ Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:09:12 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c783d22e-f667-11e0-86dc-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product c783d22e-f667-11e0-86dc-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3eecf488-f976-11e0-bf8f-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product Having come to power by virtue of two revolutions, the party wants the idea of overthrows consigned to the dustbin of history, writes David Pilling Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:03:42 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3eecf488-f976-11e0-bf8f-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product 3eecf488-f976-11e0-bf8f-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3aa54f1a-f3fe-11e0-b221-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product As millions of workers in the emerging economies have entered the global workforce, they have begun to even out wage disparities, writes David Pilling Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:03:22 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3aa54f1a-f3fe-11e0-b221-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product 3aa54f1a-f3fe-11e0-b221-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6ec7e2de-ef3b-11e0-918b-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product One western diplomat who met Aung San Suu Kyi recently says she is exhilarated by the changed atmosphere, writes David Pilling Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:59:20 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6ec7e2de-ef3b-11e0-918b-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product 6ec7e2de-ef3b-11e0-918b-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a5c6579e-e3a0-11e0-8990-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product In China and the US, who becomes president of Taiwan is probably more important than who is president of France, writes David Pilling Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:19:32 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a5c6579e-e3a0-11e0-8990-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product a5c6579e-e3a0-11e0-8990-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/da37315e-debb-11e0-a228-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product People, the ex-PM said, were better educated and had more aspirations. They couldn’t so easily be satisfied with decent jobs, writes David Pilling Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:37:29 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/da37315e-debb-11e0-a228-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product da37315e-debb-11e0-a228-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/67d8d03a-d93a-11e0-884e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product Discussing nuclear safety could act as cover for the US to talk to Pyongyang about the issue of nuclear weapons, writes David Pilling Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:09:51 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/67d8d03a-d93a-11e0-884e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product 67d8d03a-d93a-11e0-884e-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e10da56a-d31e-11e0-9ba8-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product The forests of Yunnan are a long way from Ontario, writes David Pilling Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:12:08 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e10da56a-d31e-11e0-9ba8-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product e10da56a-d31e-11e0-9ba8-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/765afbce-ce3b-11e0-99ec-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product What people eat is a sensitive topic and one that generates much hypocrisy. But cultures are not immutable, says David Pilling Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:36:13 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/765afbce-ce3b-11e0-99ec-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product 765afbce-ce3b-11e0-99ec-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d6c0fc3c-c816-11e0-9501-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product Authoritarian governments listen to those who shout loudest, bending to more extreme or nationalist sentiment, writes David Pilling Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:48:37 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d6c0fc3c-c816-11e0-9501-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product d6c0fc3c-c816-11e0-9501-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8942e550-c2b8-11e0-8cc7-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product The narrow question of whether Japan can survive without nuclear power may be answered much sooner than people think, writes David Pilling Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:59:47 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8942e550-c2b8-11e0-8cc7-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_david-pilling/feed//product 8942e550-c2b8-11e0-8cc7-00144feabdc0