Market Spotlight
Chinese tech IPOs in US rebound after two-month lull
Didi Chuxing leads new clique of companies seeking to raise as much as $17bn
Editor's Picks
Interview
NATO exit risks Afghan 'security vacuum': Abdullah Abdullah
Top peace negotiator set to meet with Biden at White House on Friday
Business Spotlight
Grab's $40bn SPAC plan puts CEO Anthony Tan in driver's seat
Super app founder's huge voting power will bring fresh scrutiny of leadership
China up close
Analysis: G-7 and the Chinese Communist Party have no chemistry
Xi's centenary speech likely to portray a rising power at odds with democracy
Interview
War on cybercrime demands global campaign: Kaspersky CEO
Russian security expert warns of Chinese-speaking hackers' attacks on Japan
Tea Leaves
No swearing please, we're Indian (women)
Insults are okay, but sexism and bigotry are not, language campaigners say
The Big Story
Line in the sand: Chinese dredgers are stealing Taiwan, bit by bit
Officials split on whether 'gray zone' intimidation or rogue vessels
Datawatch
COVID crisis drives Japan's students into corner
Steep fall in part-time jobs raises specter of more college dropouts
Asia Insight
COVID gives Japan 'last chance' to reverse digital defeat
PM Suga pins hope on new agency to overhaul bureaucracy after pandemic blunders
Market Spotlight
Decade-high food prices hit Asian consumers and businesses
Bread and mayonnaise costs surge in South Korea and Japan as Thai farmers gain
Interview
'America won't abandon Taiwan,' says Sen. Duckworth
US lawmaker stresses need to cooperate with Japan, South Korea in Indo-Pacific
Business Spotlight
Shiseido bets on luxury skin care and China's fickle consumers
CEO Uotani adapts to changing customer preferences amid COVID pandemic
China up close
Analysis: Xi's 'lovable' China is wolf in sheep's clothing
Beijing eager to propagate own governance style, but world has no appetite
Tea Leaves
In Japan, transport companies really do deliver
As online shopping booms, couriers seem to be everywhere, all the time
The Big Story
China's tech workers pushed to limits by surveillance software
A vicious cycle of monitoring and overwork is fueling productivity -- and backlash
Interview
Eisai CEO sets sights on Asia with Alzheimer's drug approved in US
Haruo Naito sees 'enormous' market in China, Japan and elsewhere
Datawatch
Japan falls behind as international job retraining race heats up
Scandinavian nations benefit from government-labor-management cooperation
Asia Insight
China's Yangtze economic belt tests Xi's push for tech independence
Dual circulation and self-sufficiency plans create concerns for foreign investors
Interview
Israel envoy pans 'megaphone diplomacy' after ASEAN outcry on Gaza
Ambassador to Singapore says possible Netanyahu exit won't stop Asia outreach
Startups
KKR to make more bets on Japan's cloud software startups
Backer of ByteDance and Gojek beefs up tech talent pool in Asia
