Asia
A glitch in the matrix
Asia is weighing data-centre ambitions against sustainability
Malaysia and Singapore illustrate the region’s resource balancing act
Going nuclear
Kazakhstan’s referendum on nuclear energy could benefit Russia
The opposition have been barred from campaigning or locked up
Banyan
Has Narendra Modi lost his mojo?
Two state elections suggest that India’s prime minister is no longer such a vote-winner
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