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, 30 May 2012 18:51:51 GMT Thu, 31 May 2012 10:14:49 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/0/717c28fc-a979-11e1-9772-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct A country with fragile institutions and a GDP per capita of $3,000 is about to be hosed with billions of dollars, writes David Pilling Wed, 30 May 2012 18:51:51 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/717c28fc-a979-11e1-9772-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 717c28fc-a979-11e1-9772-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bbb3f0fe-a41e-11e1-84b1-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct China still has the firepower to engineer growth, something the country badly needs in a year of fraught political transition, writes David Pilling Wed, 23 May 2012 18:07:34 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bbb3f0fe-a41e-11e1-84b1-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct bbb3f0fe-a41e-11e1-84b1-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/856bf1c0-9dd1-11e1-9a9e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct A proliferation of agencies – rather than the government itself – may be pushing the boundaries of China’s policy, writes David Pilling Wed, 16 May 2012 18:34:33 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/856bf1c0-9dd1-11e1-9a9e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 856bf1c0-9dd1-11e1-9a9e-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3d11a47e-92eb-11e1-b6e2-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Like Tiresias, who divined the truth in darkness, Mr Chen’s central stance exposed in a flash China’s moral bankruptcy, writes David Pilling Wed, 02 May 2012 18:54:30 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3d11a47e-92eb-11e1-b6e2-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 3d11a47e-92eb-11e1-b6e2-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a9654e40-8ee1-11e1-aa12-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct For many, the Philippines remains a basket case. But that view lags behind the reality of an economy that is debt-free and growing, writes David Pilling Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:13:40 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a9654e40-8ee1-11e1-aa12-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct a9654e40-8ee1-11e1-aa12-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d3174e7c-889d-11e1-a526-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Japan is moving towards an ideological war over the future direction of politics and economics, energy and tax policy, writes David Pilling Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:59:31 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d3174e7c-889d-11e1-a526-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct d3174e7c-889d-11e1-a526-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d968e014-82fe-11e1-ab78-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct For China’s Communist party it has become vital to cast Mr Bo and his wife as criminals and itself as the upholder of the law, says David Pilling Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:56:08 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d968e014-82fe-11e1-ab78-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct d968e014-82fe-11e1-ab78-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/85adb5c0-7733-11e1-baf3-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct After this election the world’s third biggest financial centre by many measures may never be quite the same again, writes David Pilling Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:38:07 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/85adb5c0-7733-11e1-baf3-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 85adb5c0-7733-11e1-baf3-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ac6f510a-6ebe-11e1-b1b2-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Bullet trains have made the ancient Chinese city of Hangzhou more accessible to tourists, writes David Pilling Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:01:23 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ac6f510a-6ebe-11e1-b1b2-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct ac6f510a-6ebe-11e1-b1b2-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3397c308-71c4-11e1-b853-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct China’s technocratic, consensus-driven system is under strain. The challenge comes from both inside and outside the party, writes David Pilling Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:32:08 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3397c308-71c4-11e1-b853-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 3397c308-71c4-11e1-b853-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bd935806-6d00-11e1-a7c7-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The region’s free ride is nearly over. The workforces of China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan will start to shrink soon, writes David Pilling Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:50:50 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bd935806-6d00-11e1-a7c7-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct bd935806-6d00-11e1-a7c7-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c5fb8fca-693d-11e1-9618-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Akash Kapur’s skill is to get people talking and weave stories into debate about India’s future, writes David Pilling Sun, 11 Mar 2012 20:13:08 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c5fb8fca-693d-11e1-9618-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct c5fb8fca-693d-11e1-9618-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/54bbe46e-679d-11e1-b6a1-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct People are voting for governance, they are voting against corruption and for parties who support development and get results, writes David Pilling Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:31:20 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/54bbe46e-679d-11e1-b6a1-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 54bbe46e-679d-11e1-b6a1-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b3c9bb98-62c5-11e1-9445-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct If a desperately poor state of some 100m people can haul itself from the mire, then nothing is completely hopeless, writes David Pilling Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:48:11 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b3c9bb98-62c5-11e1-9445-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct b3c9bb98-62c5-11e1-9445-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ce465218-5ca0-11e1-8f1f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The leading candidates to be the territory’s chief executive are behaving as if people actually had the vote, writes David Pilling Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:39:48 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ce465218-5ca0-11e1-8f1f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct ce465218-5ca0-11e1-8f1f-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/79e5c6f2-595a-11e1-abf1-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Mr Tang, a wine connoisseur who as finance secretary famously removed duty on wine, had been evasive about the illegal construction Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:16:32 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/79e5c6f2-595a-11e1-abf1-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 79e5c6f2-595a-11e1-abf1-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a39f14bc-572a-11e1-869b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The country’s top industrialists lament that the ‘I’ in Brics now stands for Indonesia. That would be the wrong conclusion, writes David Pilling Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:50:39 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a39f14bc-572a-11e1-869b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct a39f14bc-572a-11e1-869b-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a6ce4768-51c4-11e1-a30c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 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%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct a6ce4768-51c4-11e1-a30c-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2622c2b0-4c06-11e1-98dd-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 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%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 2622c2b0-4c06-11e1-98dd-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2bd00e4e-2644-11e1-9ed3-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 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%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 2bd00e4e-2644-11e1-9ed3-00144feabdc0