China's Growth May Not Be So Spectacular
At face value, China's latest GDP numbers look impressive. Official figures released last week show that the world's fastest-growing major economy expanded 6.8 percent last quarter and 9 percent during all of 2008.
Thailand Slides Toward Civil War
The public siege of its airports may be over, but the country's political crisis is just heating up.
The Man Who Called the China Bust
An interview with Jim Walker, who predicted China's slump long before the crisis hit.
China's Economic Slowdown
As the factory to the world, China may be the nation most vulnerable to collapsing global demand.
Japanese Surge Ahead In Mergers
Japanese firms flush with cash are acquiring rivals all over the world.
World's Biggest Companies Are Deep In Debt
Corporate big spenders may have to fold as the credit crisis exposes their debt.
Chinese Housing Crash Threatens the Economy
The fallout from China's housing slump is now spreading fast, to makers of car, steel and more.
Q&A: Indonesia President on the Country's Comeback
SBY says there's no reason Indonesia can't grow faster than China.
Wall Street: Economic Turnaround Lessons From Asia
Asian nations are not strangers to financial crises. An expert's take on what it will take to turn things around.
Asian Economies Go From Boom To Bust
Asian economies—and the once booming sectors that drove them—face a spate of new challenges.
Thai Protesters Are Against Globalizations
The real enemy of demonstrators threatening to shut down the country is globalization.
Thailand Declares Emergency Rule
Thailand's emergency rule may play into the hands of rebels who want to bring the democratically elected government down.
Defining New Poverty Lines for Asia
Two efforts to redraw the poverty line in Asia find that millions more are barely getting by.
The Economics of Thailand's Thaksin is Catching On
The pundits laughed at Thaksin, but his economic populism is spreading in Asia, even as he leaves.
Singapore: Theater's Role in Sex, Race, Politics
Four directors discuss the evolving role of theater in exploring sensitive issues like sex, race and politics.
Guangdong's Factories are Shutting Down
Factories are closing in the Pearl River Delta, just as Beijing planned. The next step is even harder.
Why China Is Becoming The 'Black Hole' Of Global Markets
Is China the financial equivalent of the scariest celestial body in the universe? In a new report that crunches Beijing's opaque numbers, analysts at Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong argue that the country's foreign reserves "seem to have turned into some kind of massive black hole for the world's liquidity." They calculate that China drew in a staggering $324 billion during the first four months of 2008, of which $119 billion was "unexplained" by either the country's yawning trade surplus...
China Stocks: The Great Leap Downward
Not all prices are rising in China. Shares on the country's main stock exchange have fallen 50 percent in eight months.
Why Asia Won't Save The World
Asian exporters helped buoy the global economy; now, stagflation is threatening their growth miracle.
Spam Options
To stretch their battered food dollars, Americans are turning to a much-maligned staple: Spam. Sales of the canned meat product rose 10 percent over the previous three months as inflation-hit consumers used it to replace pricier cuts on their menus.
Can Ban Ki-moon Help Burma's Cyclone Victims?
U.N. boss Ban Ki-moon is scrambling to open up aid to Burma's cyclone survivors. Is his approach the right one?
It's the Stupid Politics: Food & Failed Policy
The world's poor are paying the price for years of bad government policy in agriculture.
Storm Warning
The world could be one crop failure away from an actual food crisis. Market panic has already started.
Fighting Food Shortages
We need a new Green Revolution, led by biotechnology, to meet the growing demand for grain in Asia.
In The Slow Lane
Plug-and-play electric cars for urban drivers are pushing the envelope on green. Just don't try gunning them—yet.