East Asia

  • Jun 29, 2016
  • 7 min read

Leadership reshuffle will steer China's path

A leadership reshuffle next year will reveal much about political stability and China's future policy course

China
  • Jun 29, 2016
  • 2 min read

Scandal may reshape South Korea's electoral landscape

A leading opposition figure and potential presidential candidate has resigned amid a funding scandal

South Korea
  • Jun 28, 2016
  • 2 min read

Brexit will affect Japan's economy and election

Japan's financial markets and currency were hit hard by the UK decision to leave the EU

Japan
  • Jun 27, 2016
  • 2 min read

Chinese steel merger will create new national champion

A proposed merger would create the world's second-largest steel-maker

China
  • Jun 24, 2016
  • 2 min read

'Brexit' sets back China's EU plans

Beijing had invested significantly in relations with London and publicly supported continued UK membership of the EU

China
  • Jun 23, 2016
  • 2 min read

US tariffs will aggravate trade tensions with China

The United States is to impose tariffs of more than 500% on some Chinese steel products

China
  • Jun 23, 2016
  • 2 min read

Abenomics diverts from Abe's Constitution plans

Campaigning for next month's election has got underway, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's party seizing the initiative

Japan
  • Jun 22, 2016
  • 2 min read

China's 'liberals' set back by Wukan protest

New unrest has erupted in a Guangdong village where a 'democratic' approach to dispute resolution was pioneered in 2011

China