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East Asia
Asian giants

China is ahead of India

Statistics show that Communist China has been outperforming formally democratic India for decades

Fossil fuel industry
Retirement provisions

From the iron rice bowl to the filial piety law

China’s one-child policy is having catastrophic consequences for millions of pensioners

Tuberculosis

Never disrupt treatment

To make the world TB free, funding must increase dramatically

Blog

Coronavirus hurts Mauritius though no-one is infected so far

Mauritius is a very small country far away from China – but its economy has close ties to that country

Air pollution

Blue-sky policy

Our Indian contributor is impressed by Beijing’s efforts to curb air pollution

Digital surveillance

No one can opt out

China introduces points system for rating social behaviour

Illicit labour

Criminal girls

Criminal gangs have similar gender dynamics in Bangladesh and China

Global affairs

Pecking order of nations

Arrogant US approach is boosting nationalism in China and undermining multilateral policymaking

Blog

Xi Jinping is weaker than many observers believe

Why I do not think that China proves authoritarianism to be effective

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