Asia

Digital domination

America v China: who controls Asia’s internet?

Amid an explosive data and AI boom the superpower contest hots up

An interview with Admiral Tang Hua

China is using an “anaconda strategy” to squeeze Taiwan

Taiwan’s navy commander warns that his forces are increasingly strained

No longer showing up

America is losing South-East Asia to China

President Joe Biden will not attend this year’s East Asia Summit

Putting the AI in Mumbai

India has a unique opportunity to lead in AI

Its development will be unlike China’s or America’s

The outsider otaku

Japan’s new prime minister is his own party’s sternest critic

This could make it harder for Ishiba Shigeru to govern effectively

Japan’s new leader

Ishiba Shigeru will become Japan’s next prime minister

The maverick won his fifth bid for leadership of the ruling party

Going soft

Has the Quad lost its way?

Critics say the loose coalition is lowering its ambitions

Tailored solutions

How India can compete in labour-intensive manufacturing

Lessons from a superstar exporter

Banyan

Who will become Japan’s next prime minister?

The three leading candidates offer very different visions

All change

An upset in Sri Lanka propels an outsider into power

The new president leads a party with Marxist roots

No country for women’s rights

The Taliban is removing every shred of freedom from women

Three years after America’s withdrawal, the situation is grim

Not waving but plodding

China and Australia are beefing up their Pacific policing

In the competition to police the waves, who will win?