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The new Silk Road superhighways have proved crucial for China's sprawling steel sector. Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, European Union, Germany, Middle East, World

Chinese ‘zombies’ feast on new Silk Road projects to ease layoff fears

by Gordon Watts July 19, 2018February 18, 2020

"Kusadasi, Turkey - October 23, 2008: An outdoor market in Kusadasi features counterfeit designer hand bags with the original designer logos at cheap prices." Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Taiwan, World

How Chinese counterfeiting hurts India

by Sriparna Pathak June 26, 2018

McDonald's now has self-serve kiosks. Photo via YouTube

Beijing, China, France, Germany, Japan, Northeast Asia, United Kingdom, World

Productivity might be desirable, but is it really measurable?

by Kenny Hodgart February 20, 2018February 20, 2018

Knowledge sharing in the Internet age. Photo: iStock

World

‘People’s Platform’ connects global knowledge economy

by Hakimi Abdul Jabar January 21, 2018

A laborer drinks tea inside a brick factory on the outskirts of Agartala, in northeast India's Tripura state. Photo: Reuters/Jayanta Dey

AT Finance, China, India, Indonesia, South Asia, World

India’s jobless growth haunts BJP’s 2019 poll ambitions

by Devangshu Datta January 12, 2018January 12, 2018

A Bersih rally in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia, in April 2012. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, Malaysia, World

Marching toward free and fair elections

by Hakimi Abdul Jabar November 9, 2017November 10, 2017

Chinese school children raising hands to answer a classroom question. Photo: iStock/Getting Images

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, European Union, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Asia rising in world education rankings

by Alan Boyd September 12, 2017February 18, 2020

Photo: Reuters/Jason Lee

China, India, Mexico, Russia, South Asia, World

Global ramifications of Trump’s protectionist agenda

by Junaid Ashraf September 11, 2017

A Myanmar migrant worker sorts fish at a wholesale market for fish and other seafood in Mahachai, Samut Sakhon province, Thailand, July 4, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Chaiwat Subprasom

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, European Union, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, South Asia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Sinking feeling for Asean fisheries

by Alan Boyd August 3, 2017February 18, 2020

A young Vietnamese man working on a laptop on a Hanoi balcony. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, Brunei, Cambodia, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Asean Economic Community fails to bridge skills gap

by Alan Boyd July 31, 2017February 18, 2020

Easier said than done — economists, bankers and policymakers have theories, but no over-arching agreement on the cause of weak productivity that persist among the world's developed countries. And solutions are equally scarce. Image: iStock

France, Germany, United Kingdom, World

The perplexing productivity puzzle defies workable solutions

by Howard Davies June 22, 2017

Chemistry class at the Dong Tien Secondary School, Thai Nguyen province, Vietnam. Photo: Asian Development Bank/Flickr, CC BY-SA

European Union, Germany, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, World

Global Pisa tests show how evidence-based policy can go wrong

by Andrea Saltelli June 17, 2017February 18, 2020

OECD per capita GDP growth remains over 1/2 a percentage point weaker than the 20-year pre-crisis average. Source: OECD

European Union, Germany, World

OECD ups global growth forecast but warns against complacency

by Asia Unhedged June 7, 2017February 18, 2020

Hong Kong's property carnival keeps on turning. Photo: Facebook/ AIA

Uncategorized

Fat cats rush for Hong Kong property as law exposes wealth

by Ben Richardson April 27, 2017April 27, 2017

Interns work at a Bangalore start-up, Hacklab. Photo: AFP / Manjunath KIRAN

China, India, South Asia, World

The economy is healthy – but India’s not working

by Seema Sengupta April 26, 2017February 18, 2020

Ask not for whom the bells toll

by Chan Akya December 25, 2008September 18, 2020

Dehumanized globalization

by Pepe Escobar May 18, 2002June 16, 2020