Opinion

FRESH from her role as Managing Director of the World Bank, Sri Mulyani Indrawati is making her second run at bringing a new tax regime to Indonesia . . 

CHINA has easily wedged ASEAN over Chinese incursions into the South China Sea as self-interest again rules the day, causing despair among ASEAN member States . . . 

US pressure on Thailand’s military Government to restore democracy has seen the Kingdom move closer to China on defence matters, undercutting the position of ASEAN allies who are protesting Chinese incursions into the South China Sea .

ONLINE sales in China have almost overnight made some companies very rich — but if today’s social media fancy suddenly becomes tomorrow’s lemon, the corporate  dangers are obvious . . .

MUMBAI — India's Budget  for the 2016-17 fiscal year is aimed at uplifting the farmers and rural  poor.  The agrarian poor constitute 92 per cent of the population and the ruling party needs their support to win State Assembly elections to be held in 2016 . . .  

A WATCHING brief on the workings of a democratic Government in Taipei may offer Beijing some insight into how best to handle political pressures at home . . .

2016 is likely to be symbolised by the spectre of world leaders scrambling to douse a series of economic and political spot fires, their attention diverted from the real problems . . .

ARE the three great regional powers, the US, China and Russia, being bested and manipulated by Pyongyang’s Kim Jong-eun . . .

ASEAN needs to have a clearer direction of how to engage with the private sector and to align investment from non-ASEAN countries with development plans at both sub-region and regional level. Some believe it could take 10-15 years for the AEC’s potential to be achieved . . .

ASEAN is about safety in numbers – about speaking with a collective voice that can be heard on the global stage . . .