Sitemap - 2008 - Asia Sentinel
China's Overinvestment Quandary
Taiwan's Chen Rats Out His Benefactor
Arts and Bards, Political Branch
India's Overprotected Politicos
Less Than Meets the Eye to Yuan Liberalization
UPDATE: Awami League Wins Bangladesh Polls
Pakistan's unruly intelligence services
The Muslim World Must Save Itself
A Worst-Case Scenario for China
The Bakrie Empire and Indonesia's government
The Spectre of Competitive Devaluations
Korea's Missionaries Charge Ahead
Korea's Filipino Missionary Mania
Divergence Grows Between China and the West
China's Year of Living Precariously
Are Malaysia’s Reforms Humbug?
Selling the Old School Tie in Asia
The Ghost of Christmas Future: Additional notes
Tough Times for India's Oil Companies
Bicycling with the Police in Malaysia
Taiwan Scores a Disappointing First
Making a Meal of the Miele Guide
The Gaijin Stumble in Japanese Banking
No Safety in Internet Journalism
Thailand's Done Deal: Back to the Future
Defeating the tyranny of terror
Kerry and the Credit Juggernaut
Asia's Top Tycoons Take a Haircut
Mumbai Massacre: the Dark Side of Globalization
India's Families Still Spend to say "I Do"
India and Space: The Launch of Chandrayaan
Indonesia's Merpati Flies Into Trouble
The Continuing Crisis in Thailand
Getting Pakistan Out of the Grip of Extremism
The US Economy's Bottomless Pit
Japan's Doing Better Than You Think
Thailand and the Coup for the Rich
A Grim Political Battle in Thailand
India's shifting policy on Burma
Mumbai's Multiple Crippling Ripples
Mumbai's Lessons: the terrorist perspective
A Birth Control Battle Looms in Manila
Indonesia's Army Seeks to Divest
The Return of the Skyscraper Index
China Flexes its Newfound Economic Muscles
Journalist shot and killed in Assam
Democracy Threatened at Bangkok International Airport
Explaining the Global Financial Crisis
Japan Keeps Politics in the Family
Amidst uncertainties, Bangladesh readies for polls
Malaysia’s Mongolian Murder Mystery Continues
Outflanking the Bush Administration
Manila Gets Set for the Downturn
The Froth Recedes on India's Housing Market
Tired of Waiting, Turkey May Look to the Orient
An Old-Guard Indonesian Titan Falls
China Plays a Better Long-Term Hand
The Economic Time™ and Tide™ Wait for No Man
Protecting China's Red Princes
Singapore's Temasek Stumbles Again
A Missile Race in Southeast Asia?
China-Vietnam ties remain more sour than sweet
China Gets it Right, the US gets it Wrong
Asia's Press Moves From Shackled to Free
Burma Moves to Silence the Opposition
The Politics of China's Rural Poor
No Light at the End of the Economic Tunnel
The Rise of India's Saffro-Nazis
Does Malaysia Have a Newly Independent Judiciary?
Six Months Later, Burma Still Suffers
China Acts with a Huge Bailout
China Closes down Overseas Mining Investments
Touching the heart of Malaysian Race Relations
Poison for the people, green food for the nomenklatura
The Yuan Revaluation Train has Left the Station
Nuke deal done, India Looks at a Gas Pipeline
Singapore to Become Water-Sufficient
Japan’s LDP Heading for Historic Defeat
No Easy Fix for Hong Kong's Economy
The Fallout From a Malaysian Murder Verdict
What lies behind Beijing's reservations about an Obama Presidency
Asian Views of America's Role in Asia 2008
Thailand’s Monarchy on the Firing Line
A Chilling New Anti-Obscenity Law in Indonesia
New Political Era for the Maldives
A Task Force to Save the Poor Rich
Vietnam Cracks Down on the Catholics
Political Analyst Freed in Mongolian Murder Case
Press Freedom In Malaysia, Not For The Fainthearted
Indonesia: Economically Shaken but Not Stirred - Yet
Tension Continues to Rise in Bangkok
Malaysia's Sclerotic Political Reality
Why Have China's Reforms Stalled?
Goodbye to All That: Wan Chai Under Threat
Indonesia at the Crossroads (Sigh) Again
Vietnam: Behind the Journalists' Jailings
Prison Sentence for ex Thai Prime Minister Thaksin
New Delhi moves to pool oil firm resources
CITIC Pacific: Are there More Coming?
The X Generation Arrives in Taipei
Thailand’s Turmoil May Claim a Prime Minister
A Malaysian Murder Trial to Nowhere
English Skills and A Culture of Apathy
Thailand and Cambodia Agree to Cool Things Off
Southeast Asia Waits with Fingers Crossed
Outsourcing Firms Face Wall Street Blues
A role for Mecca in Afghanistan
Indonesia's Government Saves the Bakrie Empire
Singapore Bankrupts the Singapore Democratic Party
US Delisting of North Korea Deals Japan "Bush Shock"
Book Review: The End of Food: The Coming Crisis in the World Food Industry
Beijing Attaches Strings to buying more US treasuries
The US Congress Charges Commission
Indonesia's One-Man Wrecking Crew
Malaysia Returns to the Barisan Fold
Contradictions Plague Malaysia's Government
Thailand's Political Crisis Turns Violent
Book Reviews - Two Books, One Message
Thailand's Establishment Supports Chaos
Americans Were Right To Say No!
Loving One's Own Is Not Enough
Burma's Democracy Roadmap Back on Track?
Indonesian Radicals on a Ramadan Holiday
Bailout for Bankers, Sellout for Taxpayers
America and China Are So Alike!
Push to legalize homosexuality in India
Challenge of a Credible Bangladesh Poll
Malaysia's Anwar Moves Closer to the Endgame
Will the U.S. Follow Lehman's Footsteps?
New Thai Premier's Olive Branch
Malaysia's Anwar Raises the Temperature
Indonesia Starts to Strangle on Success
Asia’s Closed Door to Immigration
Keeping East Timor's Catholics on Side
Malaysians Expect Big Protest Rally Monday
Hackers' Good Deed at Tsinghua University
Possible Power Change After Kim’s Stroke
Singapore Goes After Dow Jones Again
Nuke Deal to Benefit India Business
An Environmental Mistake in India
Cooking up an Absurd Stew in Thailand
Rising Racial Tension in Malaysia
Response to Shih Wing-ching's Essay
Malaysia's Lawmakers on the run
Down the Rabbit Hole With US Statistics
Pressure Builds on Singapore's System
Indonesia’s Garuda Faces More Problems
Unspeakable Savagery Against Women
A Digital Trip Over Chomolungma
US Failure Breeds a Stronger al-Qaeda
A Pessimistic Debate on Kashmir’s Future
The Investment Banks Turn on Korea
Who Will Suffer Least from a US Depression?
Malaysian Politics Descends Into Chaos
The Continuing Crisis in Thailand
Book Review - Out of Mao's Shadow
Nepal: Girls First, Goddesses Later
Malaysia Shuts Down an Internet Gadfly
China: No Time for Complacency
Seeking the Stork in Singapore
Thailand’s Premier Becomes an Unlikely Peacekeeper
North Korea Threatens Restart for Nuke Program
Anwar's Bid for Federal Power: Wishful Thinking?
Malaysia’s Anwar Wins Convincingly
Singapore Justice: a Moving Target
Power and Politics: Dams in Sarawak
US slowdown hits India’s IT sector
Singapore’s Temasek Courts Disaster
Harsh Chinese Crackdown Coming in Xinjiang
Hong Kong's Culture of Concrete
Race and Religion on the Boil Again in Malaysia
UMNO: Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.
Protest Hide and Seek in Beijing
Clash of civilizations or calculation of interest?
Indonesia’s Ceaseless Corruption Campaign
Anwar’s Sodomy Charge Complicates Political Struggle
M. Chapoutier Côtes du Rhône Rouge Belleruche 2006 – Southern Rhone Valley, France
Anwar Arrest Expected Thursday
The Decider Defuses an Island Row
Hong Kong As A Role Model for Shenzhen
Economic Waves Imperil Vietnam’s Leaders
The Maestro Won’t Face the Music
Mouse Droppings: Hong Kong ’s Fading Magic Kingdom
Economic Woes Imperil Vietnam’s Leaders
Anwar Announces for Malaysia’s Parliament
Anwar Arrest Looms in Malaysia: Report
Were the Anwar Sodomy Charges Faked?
Anwar Sodomy Charges: Doctor's Report
Indonesia Reforms its Tax Structure
Plush Govt. HQ - Not Just An Image Problem
Bringing Najib to Malaysia’s Witness Stand
Indonesia: Progressing, But not Fast Enough
World Trade Negotiators on a Thankless Mission
Damage Control Needs Dexterity
Malaysia’s Najib Ducks a Court Appearance
War “Imminent” over a Disputed Cambodian Temple
Nepal’s Revolutionary Pratfall
Asia Flirts With the Inflation Devil
Beijing’s Leaden Olympic Skies
Anwar Freed in Tense Kuala Lumpur
Anwar’s Arrest Raises Tensions
South Korea President’s North Korea Policy Backfires
Outsourcing Less Harmful than Public Believes
Malaysia’s Premier Badawi Buys Some Time
When a disastrous regime continues
China and the US Presidential Election
Book Excerpts - Out of Mao's Shadow
Stagflation Sightings Multiply
China Set to Bump Up Taiwan’s Economy
Hong Kong Used to be Scared of Shanghai
Philippines Ferry Sinking: Recurring Disaster
Singapore’s Minister Mentor Slips Up Under Oath
Book Review: A Fresh look at China
A Disturbing Radicalism Comes to Indonesia
Mass Incidents and Information Openness
Thailand’s “New Politics” Charade
Things Looking Up for India's Trains
Balasubramaniam's Statutory Declarations
A Malaysian Private Eye Recants an Explosive Statement
Off-Loading India’s Air Hostesses
Hong Kong’s New Market Obsession
A Vote for Korean Objections to US beef
More Twists in Malaysian Murder Trial
Anwar Tries To Face Down His Accusers
A Spy Brought to Book in Indonesia
One Steel Mill Holds Key to the Nuclear Revival
Revisiting Malaysia’s Social Contract
Malaysia’s Jungle Train Loses its Trees
Malaysia’s Neutralized Nuclear Threat
Malaysia’s Anwar Again Accused of Sodomy
President Rajapakse’s War Against the Press
Kim Jong Il Comes Sort of Clean on His Nukes
Overseas Chinese Deserve Love Too
A Cambodian Temple Roils Thai Politics
Malaysia Plays the Illegal Immigrant Card Again
Book Review: Crisis in Central Asia
Breathing Room for Japan’s Fukuda
The Internet As A Goad for Democracy
US Compromise on Beef Fails to Dent Korean Protest
Malaysian Deputy Premier's Wife Allegedly Linked to Murder
Factories Staying Put in China
De-stressing India’s Frazzled Students
Defying Malpractices is a Social Responsibility
G-8 Dithers While the US Dawdles
Malaysia’s Badawi Faces More Pressure
Preparing for peace in Pakistan
Fortress Guam Gets More Crowded
How Much is That Steel Mill in the Window?
Malaysia Faces a Succession Crisis
Book Review: Islam in Indonesia
Islamic Indonesian Sect Becomes a Lightning Rod
Dangdut and Drilling in Indonesia
A Sri Lankan Rights Commission Goes Nowhere
Thoughts on a Sichuan Trip - Prelude
Monarchy gone, but no consensus on government
Hutchison Whampoa’s Italian Telecom Challenge
Russians Mine for Gold in Hong Kong
Anwar’s False Promise on Fuel Prices
Farming Bird's Nests in the City
The Audacity of Independent Viewpoint
Political Tension Rises in Bangladesh
Civilians Become Cannon Fodder in Sri Lanka
Attacks Increase Against India’s Journalists
A Museum Director’s Death in an American Jail
A Pleasant Interlude in a Mongkok Park
A Buddhist master straddles the Taiwan Straits
Singapore Update: Dissidents Go Directly to Jail
A Song for the Sichuan Quake Orphans
Book Review: The New Asian Power Game
Singapore Update: Dissidents Go Directly to Jail
Thailand’s Political Tensions Continue
Asia Times Online Clipped by Libel Charge
Conflation of Liberty and Shamelessness
The Atomic Genie in India’s Bottle
In Malaysia, Signs of Government Reform
Rice Shortage: Crisis or Hype?
China Strives To Be Understood
A Chinese Woman in PAS Country
An Ill-Starred Anniversary for Japan’s Narita Airport
Corruption charges threaten East Timor's development
Indonesia Prepares an Islamic Bonds Industry
Is Indonesia Slipping Back from its Historic Tolerance?
China's Fourth Estate - Chance for Reform
Singapore to Dissident Leader: Shut Up
Asian Fuel Subsidies Distort the Energy Market
Scenes from the New Socialist Countryside
China’s Disasters by the Number
The Ominous Promise of Natural Disasters
Mahathir Quits the United Malays National Organisation
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Goes after his Nemesis
The Answer for China’s Inflation
Indonesia Loses a Human Rights Voice
Hong Kong Loses an Independent Watchdog
Two Crusading Journalists Arrested in Vietnam
Bangladeshi Immigrants Stoke Terror in India
The BRICs (and Mortar) of the New Global Economy
North Korea’s Nuke Logs: Propaganda or Substance?
A Tale of Two Devastated Countries
Despite Disaster, Burma Has a Forced Vote
Malaysia Ponders How to Handle its Bloggers
Asia Sentinel Singed by Olympic Torch
Asia Faces an Inflation Quandary
Thumb your way to a fortune on the phone
Survival Strategy: the Human Face of North Korean Hunger
Chinese Youth Need Own Group Belief
Malaysian Political Blogger Charged with Sedition
Success in the Offing for Hu Jintao’s Tokyo Visit
Death in Saigon’s Cholon District
Time to abolish Thailand’s lèse majesté law
RICEPEC: Thailand’s Dangerous Idea
Rhinos Slaughtered in India’s Preserve
Hong Kong’s Bureaucrats and the Stock Exchange
China’s Cybersnoops Scour the World
Malaysian Deputy Premier Denies Murder Links
European Union and China Drifting Apart
Burma’s Junta Seeks to Legitimize Its Rule
Japan and Russia: Common Interests Drive Them Together
The Public Open Space Conundrum
Psst, Malaysia’s Got a New Rice Bowl
Rice Smuggling Threatens Indonesia, Philippines
A Random Walk Down Connaught Road?
A Thai Stands Up for Sitting Down
Malaysia’s Exim Bank: A Morass of Bad Loans
Global Food Crisis and Corporate Titans
Korea’s Samsung Faces a Revolution Over Resignation, Scandal
Koreans, Condos and a Rare Unspoiled Philippine Forest
Will Rice Depart from Asia’s Tables?
In Cambodia Urban Renewal Takes A Nasty Twist
A Tale of Two Chinese in Italy
Reason Lost in Angry Voices on Tibet
The End of a Korean Dog’s Life
Malaysia’s Besieged PM May Concede Power
The Conqueror of China’s Wild West
Capitalism and Income Inequality
Hong Kong’s Ailing Telecom Company Comes Up for Air
Globalization’s Tipping Point and Tibet
No Chaos in China for the Olympic Torch
Hong Kong Bourse Needs Stronger Watchdog
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Under Fire
Long road after Bali breakthrough
In Bhutan, It’s a Rocky Start for Democracy
Tangled up in Bumi: Disgraced Former Malaysian Banker Linked to Irish Premier’s Fall
Can South Korea’s Lee Complete His Revolution?
Nepal: Himalayan Women Get Set For the Fray
Singapore's Great Escape Continues
Did Tata Bite Off More Than It Could Chew?
White Out: Asia’s Rice Price Crisis
US Interests Face a Challenge in Pakistan
Malaysia’s Changed Political Landscape
Thailand’s Messy Telecom Loan to Burma Returns
Japan: Fukuda on the Razor’s Edge
Dissolution déjà vu in Thailand
India Cuts a Deal with Burma’s Junta
China’s Generation Without Women
A Onetime Political Star Returns to Malaysia’s Stage
Malaysia’s Badawi Faces a Precarious Future
Taiwan’s Kuomintang Return to Power
Romancing the Koran in Indonesia
Singapore’s Languishing Lawyers
India’s restrictions hamper Tibetan movement
The Tibet Riots: Hu Jintao is the Biggest Loser
Life Gets Tough for Asia’s Sovereign Wealth Funds
Will China Be Good to Baseball?
Malaysia’s Nervous View of the Future
Could India and Bangladesh Be Friends?
Philippine remittances could slow
Malaysia’s Market Gets Nervous
Kuomintang Cruising Towards Easy Taiwan Win
Malaysia’s Political Earthquake
Henriot Millesime 1998 - Champagne, France
Will Sabah Change Shirts in the Malaysian Elections?
Keeping Pakistan's Military Out of Politics
Thailand: Removal of capital controls suggests that you remove your capital ASAP!
Singapore Reels over a Missing Fugitive
Burma's democracy process mired in deceit
Asia Sentinel Writer Wins Fellowship
Thailand to Restart War on Drugs
How Deep Will Korea’s Samsung Scandal Go?
A Big-time Burmese Drug Trafficker’s Singaporean Connection
A Jihadi Limps Away from a Singapore Jail
Thaksin Returns to Face the Music
This Malaysian Election May Not be a Lock
Politics Ensnares the Bank of Japan
A Tell-All Book about Rupert Murdoch
Pandora’s Box: Shariah Law in Indonesia
A Nest of Potential Assassins Eye Each Other in Pakistan
Thailand’s cheap AIDS drugs under review
Korea’s New Pro-Chaebol President Takes Office
Hong Kong's Polarizing Fortunes
Hong Tang, Spring Festival 2008
Thai Democracy, the Senate, 6th October 1976 and the South
Malaysian Newspaper Forced to Shut Up
Korea’s Conservative Wants to get Cuddly with Washington
A Kosovar Wasp’s Nest for Asia
Bad Biofuel Policy Boosts Asian Inflation
Philippines + Scandal = Life Goes On
The great Indian stock market tumble
The sleaze behind the sleaze of Hong Kong’s sex photos
The Face at the Window: A Glimpse Into North Korea
Political Crony Writes Malaysian Judicial Decision
StanChart Leaves Investors Out in the Cold
Lots of Detours in Burma's Roadmap to Democracy
Hong Kong’s royalty skate through another scandal
Naked Edison Chen and Friends Light Up the Web
Lessons from Two Celebrity Tales
Casualties of a civilizational war
They’re Paving Paradise, Again
Thaksin’s shadow party takes aim on the military
Roiling the waters in the Spratlys
Chinese bank emerges from the shadows
China’s Stock Markets Aren’t Insane
Hong Kong's Second Newspaper Gets a Second Wind
Photos: Chinese New Year Cleaning in a Public Housing Flat
Get Out! Malaysia Tells Migrants. Again.
The Arroyo Imbroglio in the Philippines
Steel Mill Killing Mars Progress on Thai Industrial Disputes
Can Malaysia judge its judges?
Global Complications for Sovereign Wealth Funds
How much power does the Thai King really have?
Accountability for Suharto’s Crimes Must Not Die With Him
America Loses Another Industry
An American General’s Upbeat Afghan Assessment
The Flying Dutchman at Home in Hong Kong
Malaysia’s Budget Carrier Sets its Sights High
Hunting the Luxury Man in Shenzhen
Hong Kong's Bureaucrats Amass a Huge Windfall
Nam Ngum Hydropower Cascade Threatens Poverty Reduction in Laos
Thaksin’s Friends Are in Power
Malaysian Trial Drones Into Oblivion
Mitchell Watervale Riesling – Vertical 2000 to 2006
Taiwan Does the Presidential Math
Thailand’s Southern Rebels Return to Spotlight
Malaysian Yumpies Just Wanna Have Fun
Death won’t End Suharto’s Malign Influence
The December of Indonesia’s Patriarch
Asia Ponders Its Astounding Foreign Exchange Reserves
Cautious Courtship at the Hong Kong Toy Fair
Thailand’s Coup by Stealth or Something Else
Kim Jong-il Nears his End-game
Taiwan’s Ancien Regime Poised to Return
Will Rupert Murdoch Knuckle Under to Singapore?
Enzio's Clock: Economic Update for 2008
China Commands the Economic Waves to Stop
China’s Next Cabinet Shapes Up
Malaysia’s Warring Chinese Politicians
Mask of China: Xinzhi New Citizen School
The US Economy: Eyes Wide Shut
No Allah After All for Malaysian Christians
Worries About Thailand’s Invisible Hand
Book Review - "We Deserve Better" by Hemlock
Sex-Tape Scandal Spices Up Malaysian Elections