Cracks in Asia’s bond market are not as alarming as headlines suggested because market predictions for “out-of-cycle defaults” remain on the bearish side for now, a...
Author: Gary Clyde Hufbauer, PIIE In the year 2018 — 99 years after the end of the First World War, 73 years after the end of...
Author: Nilanthi Samaranayake, CNA The return of the Rajapaksa family to the leadership of Sri Lanka raises questions about how the country’s foreign policy approaches to...
A 110.2 per cent increase in the price of pork from a year earlier led to a further rise in China’s consumer prices in November, as...
Author: Brendan Sargeant, ANU The debate in Australia about China is intensifying and some of the optimism of a decade ago has dissipated. This is in...
Author: Ashok Swain, Uppsala University South Asia is facing severe water scarcity. As the region’s population grows and its economies develop, a lack of sustainable water...
China’s factories showed signs of recovery last month, with the official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for November reporting the first positive reading since April.After six...
Author: Anthony V Rinna, Sino–NK Washington appears to be using the South Korea–US alliance to advance its goal of containing China as part of the ‘free...
Author: Anil Sigdel, Nepal Matters for America After upwards of 80 international trips, Chinese President Xi Jinping finally visited his South Asian neighbour, Nepal. The primary...