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Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:59:40 GMT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:47:41 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/comment/columnists/david-pilling http://im.ft-static.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.png http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/davidpilling http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7a4e8e92-d2a5-11e2-88ed-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The problems at Infosys raise the question of whether India’s most successful industry can pull the country out of poverty Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:59:40 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7a4e8e92-d2a5-11e2-88ed-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 7a4e8e92-d2a5-11e2-88ed-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d1f336c8-cd0c-11e2-90e8-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Contrary to the swagger with which China sometimes conducts itself on the international stage, in many ways Beijing has never felt more vulnerable Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:37:39 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d1f336c8-cd0c-11e2-90e8-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct d1f336c8-cd0c-11e2-90e8-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/7330a336-c6eb-11e2-a861-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct A tale of war on Japan is part thriller, part psychoanalysis of a troubled nation. David Pilling reviews ‘From the Fatherland, with Love’, by Ryu Murakami Fri, 31 May 2013 17:21:42 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/7330a336-c6eb-11e2-a861-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 7330a336-c6eb-11e2-a861-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/608edd78-c791-11e2-be27-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct It is a shame that other countries have not been bold enough to test their maritime claims against Beijing. Step up Vietnam, Japan and Indonesia Wed, 29 May 2013 15:36:50 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/608edd78-c791-11e2-be27-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 608edd78-c791-11e2-be27-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/08cf74f6-c216-11e2-8992-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct No one will say it, but the unstated aim of the TPP is to create a ‘high level’ trade agreement excluding the world’s second-largest economy Wed, 22 May 2013 17:24:34 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/08cf74f6-c216-11e2-8992-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 08cf74f6-c216-11e2-8992-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e12e2fe6-bcb1-11e2-b344-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct For a country in its demographic sweetspot, with a highly motivated and entrepreneurial population, the economy is not growing fast enough Wed, 15 May 2013 19:03:26 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e12e2fe6-bcb1-11e2-b344-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct e12e2fe6-bcb1-11e2-b344-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/717274d0-b687-11e2-93ba-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Shinzo Abe has not abandoned his nationalism. In February he made the explicit link between it and his mission to revive the economy, writes David Pilling Wed, 08 May 2013 20:54:58 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/717274d0-b687-11e2-93ba-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 717274d0-b687-11e2-93ba-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3289098e-b5ae-11e2-a51b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The incumbent, canny enough to sense disaffection with crony politics, has begun to roll back the repressive state and played on electorate’s fears Sun, 05 May 2013 19:00:19 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3289098e-b5ae-11e2-a51b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 3289098e-b5ae-11e2-a51b-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/702ceea0-b19d-11e2-b324-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct At stake on Sunday are governance based on race and patronage and the concept of transferring power from one party to another, writes David Pilling Wed, 01 May 2013 17:15:46 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/702ceea0-b19d-11e2-b324-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 702ceea0-b19d-11e2-b324-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3a217ee4-ab61-11e2-8c63-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Even if Xi Jinping does embrace a radical economic overhaul in the future, don’t expect political reform to follow writes David Pilling Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:38:46 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3a217ee4-ab61-11e2-8c63-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 3a217ee4-ab61-11e2-8c63-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/894422b4-a5d6-11e2-9b77-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The hope is that by beating the enemy of inflation to the punch, one stands a chance of gaining the upper hand, writes David Pilling Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:09:11 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/894422b4-a5d6-11e2-9b77-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 894422b4-a5d6-11e2-9b77-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6aa07bb2-a07e-11e2-88b6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Someone will need to talk to North Korea to try to glean something about who on earth the world is dealing with, writes David Pilling Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:13:25 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6aa07bb2-a07e-11e2-88b6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 6aa07bb2-a07e-11e2-88b6-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/e3fd267e-9b7c-11e2-a820-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct A study of why some Asian states prosper while others are left behind. David Pilling reviews ‘How Asia Works’, by Joe Studwell Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:15:10 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/e3fd267e-9b7c-11e2-a820-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct e3fd267e-9b7c-11e2-a820-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a0e70e44-954c-11e2-a4fa-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has provided relatively weak leadership but his country has benefited in economic and democratic terms, says David Pilling Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:45:54 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a0e70e44-954c-11e2-a4fa-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct a0e70e44-954c-11e2-a4fa-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/69b2f2c0-9093-11e2-a456-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Younger people have already been saddled with reduced opportunity and earnings potential, writes David Pilling Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:21:14 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/69b2f2c0-9093-11e2-a456-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 69b2f2c0-9093-11e2-a456-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/a6e3f2c2-8a56-11e2-bf79-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct An intriguing novel of interlocking Japanese lives. David Pilling reviews ‘A Tale for the Time Being’, by Ruth Ozeki Fri, 15 Mar 2013 23:20:20 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/a6e3f2c2-8a56-11e2-bf79-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct a6e3f2c2-8a56-11e2-bf79-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a4073292-8b07-11e2-8fcf-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct After years of operating clandestinely, Suu Kyi’s party is struggling to become a modern organisation capable of taking power, writes David Pilling Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:50:54 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a4073292-8b07-11e2-8fcf-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct a4073292-8b07-11e2-8fcf-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/51b057da-85ad-11e2-9ee3-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Breastfeeding is on the decline across Asia, denying children the incalculable benefits of the most natural of starts, writes David Pilling Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:02:51 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/51b057da-85ad-11e2-9ee3-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 51b057da-85ad-11e2-9ee3-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7c76e8e0-80cf-11e2-9c5b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Capital, like water, is wont to find the path of least resistance. Banks and non-banks are adept at circumventing regulations, writes David Pilling Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:34:08 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7c76e8e0-80cf-11e2-9c5b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 7c76e8e0-80cf-11e2-9c5b-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/72eb94f8-7a92-11e2-9cc2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Japan’s challenge is to move from the present comfortable deflation to a new equilibrium based on mild inflation, writes David Pilling Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:02:08 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/72eb94f8-7a92-11e2-9cc2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_david-pilling%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 72eb94f8-7a92-11e2-9cc2-00144feabdc0