http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/davidpillinghttp://www.ft.com/rss/comment/columnists/davidpillingFT.com - David Pillingen© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2009. "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.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:08:20 +0000Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:44:22 +0000Newspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/davidpilling(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/02f11ed8-d48d-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fdavidpillinghttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/02f11ed8-d48d-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.htmlThe only way to nudge China towards common goals is to draw it in so that its priorities coalesce with those of other nations, writes David Pilling Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:08:20 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/af2a1176-cef9-11de-8a4b-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fdavidpillinghttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/af2a1176-cef9-11de-8a4b-00144feabdc0.htmlObama should know that there are three – not two – parties to any discussions about the US-Japan alliance, writes David Pilling Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:25:02 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/1481e298-c977-11de-a071-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fdavidpillinghttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1481e298-c977-11de-a071-00144feabdc0.htmlWith a smaller slice of a shrinking domestic pie, Japanese pharmaceutical companies have had to take the fight abroad. The country's track record outside manufacturing does not bode well, but it is too soon to dismiss the industry, writes David Pilling Wed, 4 Nov 2009 20:04:13 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/cb05bc64-bf64-11de-a696-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fdavidpillinghttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/cb05bc64-bf64-11de-a696-00144feab49a.htmlCentral Asia is now the focus of a new 'Great Game' as Russia, China and the US vie for a strategic foothold. David Pilling discusses four volumes that bring to the fore a region that deserves to be better known and convey themes too pressing to ignore Out of SteppeInside Central AsiaIn the Bloody Footsteps of Ghengis KhanXanadu Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:44:19 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/cd44122c-b8f3-11de-98ee-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fdavidpillinghttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cd44122c-b8f3-11de-98ee-00144feab49a.htmlState-led companies that have received massive loans have the means to buy private enterprises, writes David Pilling Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:02:00 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/d4894520-b385-11de-ae8d-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fdavidpillinghttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d4894520-b385-11de-ae8d-00144feab49a.htmlDistasteful as it is to sit down with the generals, it is the right thing to do. Isolating Burma has pushed it towards China, writes David Pilling Wed, 7 Oct 2009 22:16:03 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/1054574c-ae0a-11de-87e7-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fdavidpillinghttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1054574c-ae0a-11de-87e7-00144feabdc0.htmlCitizens are aware of their country's failings and contradictions. Yet a common view is that these are inevitable side-effects of development. They are tolerable so long as tomorrow is better, writes David Pilling Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:44:52 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/33c970c6-a870-11de-9242-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fdavidpillinghttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/33c970c6-a870-11de-9242-00144feabdc0.htmlGiven the unspoken tensions over military bases, Japan's pacifism and relations with China, Washington should be giddy at the DPJ's promise to build a more equal, open alliance, writes David Pilling Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:46:18 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/f0b9fde6-a2f7-11de-ba74-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fdavidpillinghttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f0b9fde6-a2f7-11de-ba74-00144feabdc0.htmlIf western banks have been turned upside down, in Asia they have been turned downside up. A year after the Lehman implosion, four of the world's top 10 banks are Chinese, writes David Pilling Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:35:22 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/fb135710-9d6b-11de-9f4a-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fdavidpillinghttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fb135710-9d6b-11de-9f4a-00144feabdc0.htmlIn the absence of elections and free speech, government's ability to uncover the true state of public opinion is limited, writes David Pilling Wed, 9 Sep 2009 19:16:14 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/f20f062e-97f2-11de-8d3d-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fdavidpillinghttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f20f062e-97f2-11de-8d3d-00144feabdc0.htmlHatoyama's Democrats have responded to the national mood, offering direct support for farmers, poverty alleviation for families, a higher childcare allowance and better worker protection, writes David Pilling Wed, 2 Sep 2009 20:02:37 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/2e8a4abe-9271-11de-b63b-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fdavidpillinghttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2e8a4abe-9271-11de-b63b-00144feabdc0.htmlThe case of Ambani vs Ambani, where two brothers are in dispute over how their father's business empire has been divided, has similarities to the themes Charles Dickens used to write about, says David Pilling Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:03:33 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/7ab286f2-8cf6-11de-a540-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fdavidpillinghttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7ab286f2-8cf6-11de-a540-00144feabdc0.htmlThe US success in bringing elections to post-war Japan has few lessons for turbulent, ethnically mixed Afghanistan, writes David Pilling Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:36:12 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/0c96adb8-81ea-11de-9c5e-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fdavidpillinghttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0c96adb8-81ea-11de-9c5e-00144feabdc0.htmlFor all her noble qualities, Corazon Aquino failed to transcend her class by dismantling the skewed colonial inheritance of the hacienda-owning elite, writes David Pilling Wed, 5 Aug 2009 19:21:20 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/90d3a752-7c6d-11de-a7bf-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fdavidpillinghttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/90d3a752-7c6d-11de-a7bf-00144feabdc0.htmlFar from being a sign of strength, Beijing's vast foreign reserves are the side-effect of an over-reliance on exports, writes David Pilling Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:51:29 +0100