Incoming Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam walks a tightrope between Beijing's demands for 'patriotic' loyalty and the city's own freewheeling aspirations
You’re with us or against us: HK to toe Beijing line?
VIJAY VERGHESE
HONG KONG
Beijing’s zero-sum loyalty trap loses sight of the main prize – a strong, profitable, Hong Kong. Can the new chief executive, Carrie Lam, make a difference? It is in Beijing's interest that Hong Kong succeeds and divisions heal. more…
A no-win blockade by blockheads
Despite the chokehold, Qatar Airways pursues big expansion plans
VIJAY VERGHESE
HONG KONG
Qatar Airways opts for rapid expansion with redeployed regional aircraft. It's hard to keep a good oryx down. more…
Indian vigilantes and lynch mob justice
Cow protection patrols are part of the new breed of freelance Indian vigilantes
MJUKUL KESAVAN
NEW DELHI
Can the strangely silent Aung San Suu Kyi lead Myanmar to a genuine national reconciliation with the Rohingyas? more…
Rule Brittania and
the rape of India
The Delhi Durbar of 1877 proclaimed Queen Victoria the Empress of India
SHASHI THAROOR
NEW DELHI
As Indian manufacturing was crushed - in favour of British industry - pomp and pageantry created an aura of imperial power. more…
Nepal turns corner
as Delhi demurs
Nepal's 2017 poll is changing the power make-up of the country
KANAK DIXIT
KATHMANDU
Nepal's new Constitution permits the devolution of unprecedented power to village and urban units. more…
If the money's right
How much do world leaders get paid to shake hands and smile on TV? Quite a bit, it turns out, but not if you're at the helm of the world's most populated country. Read more
Guns and oil in China Sea
The disputed waters of the China Sea have seen their share of conflict, with growing tensions and clashes involving China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Japan. Read more
Virulent viruses sweep Asia
Asian outbreaks of Avian influenza (H7N9) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) have left hundreds ill and the death toll is rising. Read more
The Rohingya Rubik's Cube
Hardline Buddhist monks remain opposed to Rohingya integration
VIJAY VERGHESE
HONG KONG
Can the strangely silent Aung San Suu Kyi lead Myanmar to a genuine national reconciliation with the Rohingyas? more…
- BUSINESS
- Despite blockade Qatar goes big
- Halal travel worth US$220bn
- Finally, a green light for India
- Brand on the run
- Made in China, the fear factor
- Asian consumers are changing the world
- Microfinance in Asia: greed or goodwill?
- DEVELOPMENT
- How to bridge the wealth gap
- Songdo, a city smarter than you
- Ne Win to win win
- China's rise could undermine freedoms
- One size doesn’t fit all
- Pakistan’s gridlocked travails
- India needs rapid economic gain to alleviate Maoist pain
- ENERGY
- Clearing the air on energy matters
- Fukushima nuclear clouds one year on
- Solar energy: more sunny days ahead?
- Oil rush comes East
- ENVIRONMENT
- Just two degrees
- Saving the Earth
- HEALTH
- Assessing the travel health risks in Asia
- From whence the next outbreak?
- INFORMATION
- Death of a salesman
- Media moguls to slick clickers
- Print vs Web dust-up: Should we pay for online news?
- SECURITY
- Pakistan's lack of identity is key risk
- Super snoops patrol our unfriendly skies
- SHIPPING
- New shipping laws could make for greener seas
- SOCIETY
- India, a nation of vigilantes
- Why the UK has designs on China
- India lauds tough Lee model but...
- Faith and fists can move mountains
- Football in the sands: a force for change?
- Voices from the Underground
- Women: Afghanistan’s forgotten second war
- TRAVEL
- Marriott's takeover of Starwood
- Airline safety records
- Myanmar poll impact on travel and tourism
- Online travel agents and airlines clash as carriers go direct
- TRENDS
- China sets record for Asian art auctions
- Borderless world in CinemaScope
- One man’s meat is another’s poisson
- POLITICS
- Can Carrie Lam reinvent Hong Kong?
- Nepal's progressive
new Constitution - Tough Rohingya
Rubik's Cube - Rule Brittania and the rape of India
- Localists place HK in Beijing crosshairs
- Sword of the brother enemy - after Uri
- BJP dominant as Congress retreats
- Myanmar lacks clear policies, direction
- Do Modi's foreign tours have substance?
- HK a house divided
- War and peace in Asia
- Mind or muscle in HK's electoral battle?
- Why Britain must pay reparations to India
- Modi motorcade lands in trouble
- Caste and religion take a back seat - AAP win
- Why HK needs good table manners
- Pride not prejudice in Hong Kong stand
- Now you see it, now you don’t
- Jinnah to Osama the search for a soul
- Narendra Modi quells fears of saffron domination
- Aam Aadmi: an uncommon party for the common man
- Nepal's red skies turn blue
- Lessons of ’88 – from Ne Win to win-win
- Nepal: a growing mountain of woes
- India-China war: 50 Years After 1962
- Hong Kong yields to "Western" influence
- A glacial impasse
- Hong Kong: Wolf in CEO’s clothing?
- See the shiny new CEO
- Burma spring signals change
- A Benevolent Big Brother brand
- Politics, parochialism and power in India
- Fast work – Anna’s true Balance Sheet
- Hong Kong freedoms: Now the kowtowing gets serious
- Why the Kashmir story needs retelling
- HK democracy push led by young, Internet-savvy generation
- India caste woes: time to talk about the elephant in the room
- BLATHER
- Say farewell to
laptops inflight - Samsonite in a snit
- Smoke gets in your eyes
- Hitch your wagon to a star
- Dance through any emergency
- Why do good hotels serve bad scrambled eggs?
- Stay fit or fake it
- A fright for sore eyes
- Gorilla case: are your bags tough enough?
- Once in a babymoon and daft buzzwords
- VOICES
- Dealing with North Korean nukes
- Outcry over Rohingya 'genocide' inaction
- Muslim ban blasted
- Peres peace a pipe dream?
- Once bitten, twice shy - Zika
- Spat over Spratlys
- PM Lee, end of an era
- Barracking Barack - Bibi's bet
- Clean air and nukes in pivotal US shift
- What IS the world to do with ISIS?
- Where have all the flowers gone?
- Why MH370 matters
- Thailand on the brink
- Voters winners in Pakistan poll
- Calling the shots in North Korea
- An Apple a day brings lawsuits your way
- Egypt’s election sparks jubilation and fears
- Maldives: cold deeds in sunny places
- North Korea options
- Libya introspection
- A post-Bin Laden world
- Khamsin in the desert
- Japan's AWOL atoms
- Darkness in Pakistan
- Syria crackdown
- BY THE NUMBERS
- If the money's right
- Guns and oil in the China Sea
- Virulent viruses sweep Asia
- What's that glow?
- Green cars at red light
- Spoiling for a fight
- The greening of Asia
- Of mite and muscle
- Do pilots have cash to flash?
- Asia’s casino gamble
- Smartphones on speed dial
- Asia up in arms
- A global high
- Greenbacks for green
- Math by numbers
- Nuclear safety risks
- Just don’t breathe
- Presidential salaries
- Thailand after deluge
- Commuter pain index
- Soaring suicide rates
- Asian corruption index
- Cyber crooks playtime
- Asia arms race
- Hotels go green
- Battling inflation
- Rare earths fears
- Travel will triumph
- Waste not want not
- HOME
- BUSINESS
- DEVELOPMENT
- ENERGY
- ENVIRONMENT
- HEALTH
- INFORMATION
- POLITICS
- SECURITY
- SHIPPING
- SOCIETY
- TRAVEL
- TRENDS
Tackling North Korea
Ultimately, a "Sunshine" policy to bring North and South together is the only way to avoid those mushroom clouds. See world opinion
No lap dance aloft
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