The Big Story
Asia's food crisis: Ukraine war triggers chain reaction of shortages
Deadly combination of conflict, misgovernance and climate change threatens widespread hunger
May 19th, 2022
Asia's food crisis
Ukraine war triggers chain reaction of shortages
Business Spotlight
COSCO: China's shipping giant expands its global influence
From Taiwan to Greece, state-owned group with military links is enmeshed in world trade
Asia Insight
Paradise lost? China, the Solomons and the battle for the Pacific
Security pact tests old benefactors like Australia amid vaccine diplomacy rush
Sri Lanka crisis
Sri Lanka meltdown exposes China loan policy: 5 things to know
Beijing could complicate Colombo's IMF talks as other borrowers watch closely
Automobiles
Cambodia builds up EV infrastructure to speed electric ambitions
Aim is for 40% of cars and urban buses, 70% of motorbikes to be electric by 2050
Semiconductors
Japan's chip industry faces old challenge: Scaling up production
A boutique investment bank is working to set up a chip foundry to fill the gap
Comment
For Bongbong, economic growth key to restoring Marcos family honor
Philippines' president-elect must avoid crony capitalism and corruption
Indo-Pacific
Okinawa, 50 years after return, still heavily in U.S. defense playbook
Calls to cut burden drowned out by need for U.S. and Japan to face off China
Opinion
U.S. and China must cooperate to save the global order
A good way to start would be to roll back the current trade war
Opinion
HSBC is the canary in the financial coal mine
Storied bank's future has implications for the geography of global banking
Life
12 glorious highlights in Tokyo's constellation of starchitecture
The mind-bending vision of Japan's world-leading architects
Tea Leaves
Same, same but different: curse of the stereotype
Generalizing about Asia's national complexities is fraught with danger