Stories by David Pilling
As Asean prepares for an important milestone this month — the creation of a theoretically single market.
Published 14 Dec, 2015 06:53am
Despite all his vim and vigour, Mr Modi has found it hard to push his agenda through Delhi’s political process.
Published 07 Dec, 2015 06:56am
If Washington has the TPP, Beijing has the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
Published 30 Nov, 2015 06:47am
The TPP in its realpolitik guise was the economic complement to Washington’s military pivot to Asia.
Updated 12 Oct, 2015 07:03am
India’s statistics are as dubious as those of Beijing. And inflated growth breeds a false sense of security.
Updated 14 Sep, 2015 10:10am
Malaysia has relied on credit to sustain growth. According to HSBC, total debt, including household, corporate
Published 07 Sep, 2015 06:41am
If Mr Modi is to make Make in India a reality, he will need more than a slogan
Published 17 Aug, 2015 06:26am
China’s stock market performance has rarely had much, if any, correlation with the country’s real economy, let alone
Published 03 Aug, 2015 06:57am
China’s internet companies hold ever greater sway on how people shop, invest, travel, entertain themselves ...
Published 29 Jun, 2015 06:28am
The so-called GST has been 10 years in the making.
Published 18 May, 2015 06:55am
If even a fraction of the sums bandied about turn up as roads, railways and power stations,
Published 11 May, 2015 07:17am
Weak inflation puts pressure on the Bank of Japan to undertake yet more quantitative easing after its surprise...
Published 16 Mar, 2015 06:50am
Will Chinese companies too take the world by storm? Is it only a matter of time before many of us are chatting...
Published 09 Feb, 2015 07:06am
When India put a cut-price satellite in orbit around Mars, one media company could not resist a comparison with China.
Updated 19 Jan, 2015 08:00am
Indonesia should capitalise on the fact that wages are rising in China and that labour-intensive manufacturers are
Published 03 Nov, 2014 06:47am
Multinationals are discovering that there is only one thing worse than operating in a country where corruption is...
Published 29 Sep, 2014 06:12am
Mr Abe is cutting corporate taxes with the aim of attracting more investment. At 35pc, the rate is high. Yet it is not
Published 23 Jun, 2014 06:11am
For the Congress party, the only thing in doubt about this general election is the scale of its defeat.
Updated 12 May, 2014 05:17pm
The ideal, of course, is to generate as much economic growth as possible, then to ensure that this confers the greatest
Published 14 Apr, 2014 07:43am
Some industries, such as construction and trucking, cannot find workers for love nor money. …. The second factor
Published 31 Mar, 2014 07:25am
