The Big Story
Bollywood's gender revolution: Women are rewriting the rules
Exclusive Nikkei data analysis points to slow but significant change in India's prolific film industry
March 9th, 2023
Taking the lead
How women are changing the gender balance in male-dominated Bollywood
Business Spotlight
Indonesia and its ASEAN neighbors take to telemedicine
Growing populations, fewer physicians spur apps like Alodokter, Doctor Anywhere
Companies
Grab leans on Tencent and Amazon in rush to turn profit
Singaporean superapp cuts sales promotions to focus on monetization
Huawei crackdown
Huawei's rebirth as cloud provider faces total U.S. export ban threat
Chinese tech company would be unable to access any American chips
Asia Insight
Sri Lanka says IMF aid in reach after year of anger, hunger and fear
President hints new China letter will seal deal; local elections in focus
Taiwan tensions
Taiwan's unofficial diplomacy gains as democracies sour on China
Foreign minister Wu's recent visit to U.S. unimaginable just a few years ago
Indo-Pacific
U.S. to replace Japan-based carrier Ronald Reagan by 2025
USS George Washington set to return to Yokosuka with unmanned refueling drones
Datawatch
Japanese liquor makes little splash in global market
Exports are growing, thanks to weak yen, but red tape limits marketing potential
Opinion
Driving Big Tech out of India would be a mistake
Open-door policy has been boon to country's startup economy
Opinion
Nuclear weapons would only bring South Korea more trouble
Pyongyang unlikely to sit still, while Japan and others would respond badly
Life
Five of Hong Kong's best sustainable restaurants
City's leading chefs put a delicious spin on environmental friendliness
Tea Leaves
Mysterious algorithms help Vietnam TikTok hit go global
'See Tinh' is fun but endless internet scroll teaches us it's bad to be bored
