Sitemap - 2017 - Asia Sentinel
The Professionals Move in on Airbnb
The Danger to the South China Sea Fishery
Sins of Civilization Drive Respiratory Risk Factors
US H-1B Visa Cutbacks Likely More Harmful Than Helpful
2017 -- Another 65 Dead Journalists
Can Cambodia Protect Enough Forest for Ecotourism?
A Nervous Australia Feels China’s Too-Warm Embrace
Thailand’s Terrifying Highways
While Rohingya Draw World Attention, Other Myanmar Refugees Face Crisis
No General Election Boost in Regional Polls for India’s Modi
China’s Silk Road: Inroad to World’s other economies?
Indonesia’s Problem with Child Marriage
Hong Kong Gadfly Calls Bitcoin a “decentralized Ponzi Scheme”
Modi Pulls Off a Win in Gujurat
Reading the Tea Leaves in Gujarat
Focus of Malaysian Sub Scandal Surfaces
Human Rights Watch Excoriates Singapore
China’s PLA Air Force Raises Pressure on Taiwan
Asia’s Cryptocurrency Faultlines
Pacific Islands Face Climate Destruction, ADB Says
Corporate Interests Push Nose into Climate Talks Tent
The Philippines and the Concept of Loss-and-Damage
Japan’s Heisei Emperor Departs, Taking his Calendar
Hun Sen Assumes a Monarch’s Mantle
Global Aerospace Majors Invade Indian Market
Former Glam Thai Concern Faces Corporate Warfare
India’s Rahul Gandhi Finally to be Congress President
Public Anger Erupts After New Jakarta Governor’s Proposed Budget
China Cuts Overproduction Dramatically
Contrasting Visits to India by Obama, Ivanka
CPEC Turns into a Chinese Albatross on Pakistan’s neck
Malaysia Confronts its Jihadis
Tokyo Financial Group Divorces Thai Hire Purchase Firm
Trump Trip Demonstrates China’s Here to Stay
Ivanka Gets Red Carpet Treatment from Modi
Maute Jihadis Vanquished, Duterte Takes On Mindanao’s Other Militants
Philippines’ Communist Insurgency Heats Up
US Commerce Secretary Ross Changes Story on Net Worth
Book Review: Generation HK Seeking Identity in China’s Shadow
Book Review: Laos, the Silent Repression
New UN Climate Report Predicts Rising Hunger by 2050
Wilbur Ross’s Winter of Discontent
South Korea’s Take on the Trump Visit to Asia
Islamist Extremism Increases in Bangladesh
Indonesia’s Prize Health Insurance System Mired in Debt
Trump Abdicates Global Leadership to China’s Xi
Duterte’s Year as ASEAN Leader
Delhi Joins Quadrilateral Pact with US, Japan, Australia
Mauritius Lawsuit Accuses Top Indonesian Officials of Laundering Billions
The US President’s ‘Royal Progress’ Jaunt
Troubled Tokyo Firm to Take Over Troubled Thai Firm
China Takes the Xi Show on the Road
The US President in Asia’s China Shop
Thailand’s Deep State – The Military
Is Australia’s Nuclear Weapons Position Changing Under Turnbull?
Trump’s Indonesian Chum Builds a Hotel on Bali
Rich Countries Say They Won’t Pay to Compensate for Climate-caused Damage
Indonesia’s Disabled Ask Jokowi to Fulfill His Promises
INFOGRAPHIC: Bitcoin Comes into its Own
World Moves Forward on Climate Change Without US
South China Sea Needs Science Diplomacy Policy
Indonesia’s Graft Watchdog KPK in the Fight of Its Life
Iran’s Chabahar Port: India’s Foray Into Regional Power Politics
Can the US President Act Like an Adult on his Asia Swing?
The Question of West Papuan Independence
Dynasties: Part 6, Indonesia’s Palm Oil Scandal
INFOGRAPHIC: Macau vs. Las Vegas
A River of Donor Money Into Cambodia Does No Good
Corruption: Part 5, Indonesia’s Palm Oil Scandal
Hong Kong Chief Executive Lam Not Thrilled by Gay Games
Indonesia’s Media: Disturbing Lack of Legitimacy
Resistance: Part 4, Indonesia’s Palm Oil Scandal
India’s Tata Emerges from Year-long Crisis, Legal Issues Remain
African Satrap’s Laundered Millions Confiscated in France
Whistleblowers: Part 3, Indonesia’s Palm Oil Scandal
US President’s Asia Trip: More Appearance than Substance
Obama’s Pivot in the Trump Era
The Plantation Boom: Part 2, Indonesia’s Palm Oil Scandal
China Seeks to Lure Taiwanese Academics
Indonesia’s Palm Oil Fiefdom: Part 1, Indonesia for Sale
The US pushes ties with “ally” India
Taj Mahal in Political Crossfire over Nationalism
Final Curtain for Cyprus Money-Launderer
The Philippine Stock Exchange: Asia’s Backward Child
Thailand Investor Darling, Group Lease Takes Another Hit
Book Review: JASTA and a Third World War
Today’s Youth Face a Difficult Future, OECD says
Manufacturing jobs depart from Philippines for Vietnam
More than Lives, Marawi Tragedy Claims a Way of Life
Four Depressing Years After Typhoon Haiyan
Malaysia’s Sultans Take on Religious Intolerance
Thai Authorities Suspend Dubious Hire Purchase Company
Indonesia’s Fractured Programs for the Disabled
Thai Investor Favorite, Group Lease Hit by Devastating Report
New Nails in Hong Kong’s Coffin
Rogue Bank May Have Lost Fight to Stay Open
Could the World End AIDS by 2030?
India’s Modi, Shah, Jaitley Lose Some Bounce
Spies and the Australian Public Service
Rohingya Refugees in India Face Growing Peril
South Koreans Yawns at Nuclear Controversy
The Bamboo Union Gang: China’s Latest Weapon Against Taiwan
Thai Economy a Study in Contradiction
Final Chapter for Another Hong Kong Bookstore
Pakistan’s Costly Plunge into China Debt
US Mining Giant Takes on Indonesian Government over Mine Divestiture
Japanese Politics: Exciting for Once
Singapore’s Birth Rate Continues to Decline
Filipino Police Seek Drug Informants via ‘Drop Boxes’
ADB Predicts Stronger 2018 for Developing Economies
With a Hostile Regime in Washington, WTO in eclipse
Jaipur Lit Fest Spreads International Wings
Does Malaysia's Kleptocrat-in-Chief Regret Washington Visit?
China Takes to Boozing With a Vengeance
Asian Markets Steady as She Goes
Indonesia’s Plastic Trash Crisis
Indonesia Crosses the Nine-Dash Line
Jailed Viet Dissident is Latest in Rising Crackdown
Vietnam’s Conservatives Purge Former PM Dung's Allies
Myanmar’s Rohingya: A Far Wider Tragedy
Indonesia Can’t Get its Tourism Act Together
Sovereign Women in a Muslim Kingdom
Exiled Rebel Exhorts Filipinos to Rally Against President
China Fakes Inundate UK, OECD Says
The World Must Stop Myanmar’s Savagery Against Rohingya
Malaysia’s Kleptocrat-in-chief Visits The Donald
India’s Modi Strengthens his Cabinet
With ASEAN Toothless, The Region Needs a New Naval Pact
Book Review: The General vs. The President
Uber-Style Attack on the US$60-trillion Global Securities Industry
Indonesia’s Woeful Education System
Japan Under North Korea’s Missiles
India and China in a Water War
Malaysia at 60: The Promise Fades
Korea Seeks to Rein in Samsung
Killings Spark Fear, Rumors in Bangladeshi Refugee Camps
Who Benefits from Yingluck’s Exile from Thailand?
Eco-tourism and a Stunning Sumatra Rainforest
Afghanistan is About to Become Trump’s Folly
Duterte’s Drug War Stumbles on Allegations of Teen’s Murder
70 Years on, Outpouring of India’s Stories on Partition
Malaysia’s Najib Gets a White House Pass
Southeast Asia Generates a Sea of Plastic Garbage
Duterte, the Philippines and a Psychopathic Reign of Terror
The Singaporization of Hong Kong’s Judiciary
South Korean Rightists Want Atomic Weapons to Match the North
Indian Court Bans Book About Flamboyant Guru-Tycoon
A Fox in Charge of a Global Money-Launderer’s Henhouse
China’s Moneybag Friends at Harvard University
US’s Tillerson Stirs up The South China Sea
The Mystery Behind Singapore’s Expulsion of a Chinese-American Academic
India-China Rivalry Deepens over Border Clash
Singapore Family Feud Exposes Farce of Country’s Judicial Independence
Astonishing North Korea Policy Change From Tillerson
French Justice Catching up With Malaysians in Sub Scandal?
Gay and Undocumented, Burmese Refugees Struggle in Thailand
China to Take Charge of Kowloon Immigration Facility
The Hornbill Hunters of Sumatra
Chinese, Malaysian Timber Interests Loot PNG Rainforests
International Investment Firm Ordered Shut in Bermuda
China Overseas Investment Curb Exposes Splits in Government
Unending Punishment: Political Repression in Vietnam
India’s Modi Takes a Key State
With China Intruding, Indian Navy Finally Starts to Act
Powerful Indonesian Insider Faces Corruption Charges
Spurned by Washington, Pakistan Looks East
Good for Alibaba? SCMP Quashes Column on Xi-linked Tycoon
Forbes Magazine Dumps an Article on an Influential HK Tycoon
Philippines’ Duterte Claims a Crusading Newspaper’s Scalp
Canada: Expedite Snowden-Linked Asylum Cases
Floating Hospitals: Meeting Healthcare Gaps in Indonesia
Duterte’s Year One: Chaos Under the Surface
Singapore’s Lee Family Rift and International Consequences
Glamorous Russian Lawyer Tied to Deeper Scandals
Duterte’s War on Drugs: What Has He Achieved?
India, China Stare Each Other Down over Bhutan
Myanmar-China Pipeline: Myanmar Pays a Price
China India standoff raises memories of 1962 war
US, South Korean Presidents Meet to Confront the Pyongyang Quandary
A New Bank of Crooks and Criminals
I think you’re missing one more layer of self-selection that can muck up the waters even more…
Former President Obama Calls for Tolerance in Indonesia
Indonesia’s Generals Still a Potent Political Force
The Tragedy of Marawi for a Chastened Duterte
Vestiges of a Friendship Between North Korea and Cambodia
An Ageing, Worried Hong Kong Marks 20 Years Out of UK’s Clutches
Japanese Firm Got an Indonesian Bank Almost Free
Difficult Trek on Silk Road in Afghanistan
Trump, Modi bond and boost US-India partnership
Book Review: Islands and Rocks in the South China Sea: Post-Hague Ruling
Modi on a roll as he meets Donald Trump for the first time
The Philippines’ Marawi: Next Islamic State Nucleus
Disability Issues and the Lack of Data in Indonesia
Japan Fields a Powerful New Woman Politician
A Malaysian Kleptocrat’s Vast Depredations
Vietnam Uses Thugs as Surrogates to Keep Citizens in Line, Report Says
China Declares All-out Diplomatic War on Taiwan
Bitter Squabble Surfaces Among Singapore’s Lee Family
The Woeful State of Education for the Disabled in Indonesia
Russia’s Take on the North Korean Crisis
Depression in China: Cries for Help Go Unanswered
Luster Starts to Wear off Philippines’ Duterte
Britain’s Theresa May Blows It Through Hubris
Prosper or perish: Time for Sustainable Development
Reviving a Once-Raffish Shanghai Theme Park
Sleeping With the Fishes (or the Lawn) in Hong Kong
US President Breaks his International Toys
The Challenge of Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines
China’s Greatest Market Failure and Greatest Healthcare Opportunity
Malaysia Loses a Polymath – and a Malaysian
Washington Zig-Zags in the South China Sea
Politics Drives an Islamic Agenda in Malaysia
Dangerous Time for Cambodia --Polls on June 4
Viet Premier Finds “Unexpectedly Good Dynamics” at White House
Duterte’s Martial Law Edict Surprises Philippine Army
Crime, Terror, and Porous Borders in Southeast Asia
Christie’s Trims South Asian Sails, Does Well in London
For Malaysians, What’s In a Handshake?
The Harm Before The South China Sea Storm
Vietnam’s Premier Phuc Enters the US Cobra Den
Thailand’s Monarch Seeks a Return to the Kingdom of Siam
Trump Budget Cuts Endanger Developing Nations’ Clean Energy Plans
Philippines’ Duterte Raises Concerns with Martial Law Edict
President Trump’s Flying Circus
Malaysia Goes After Influential Opposition News Portal
The Izumo Deployment: Japan’s Hat In the Ring
India Shies Away from the OBOR Party
China’s OBOR Vision: No Development Masterpiece
Nha Trang and its Tourist Lure
Massive Break Illustrates Indonesia’s Prison Dilemma
Myanmar Struggles to Control Illegal Logging
Chinese Company’s Monument to Disaster
Zheng He’s Modern Doppelganger
Philippines Seeks to Reverse Duterte’s Foreign Policy Botch
Malaysia Squeezes Social Media Administrators
Logging Corruption in Vietnam and Cambodia
Cambodia’s Virachey National Park in Danger
Court Jails Jakarta Governor on (Political) Blasphemy Charge
Imperialist Beauty Standards Rule in the Philippines
The UK’s May, India’s Modi Go for “Strong and Stable”
Indonesia’s Child Trafficking Crisis
Korean Presidential Favorite’s Historic Chance…
New Mystery For Controversial Japanese Group
Coming Soon: One Country, One System
Philippines Needs Commitment for Renewable Energy
An Irrelevant ASEAN Limps to a Filipino Gala
Prabowo Reappears as an Indonesian Political Force
Trump Drill Edict Likely Won’t Have Much Effect
Malaysian Opposition Figure Calls Premier a Crook, Faces Suit
Usually Outclassed by China, India Scores a Few Points
Xi Jinping’s Massive Urban Monument to Himself
Thai Critic Faces Death Threat
New Round of Repression in Malaysia
Religious Politics Victorious in Indonesia
Malaysia’s Rajah Bomoh: Throwback to an Earlier Age
An Urbanizing Asia Dares Earthquake Tragedy
Taiwan’s Walking (or Lying) Dead
Thai Military Erases Important History
The New Thai King’s Reign of Fear
MOAB Attack Signifies Longer US Stay, No Strategy
Jakarta Gubernatorial Runoff a Squeaker
Tension Ratchets Up on Korean Peninsula
Indonesian Farmers Seek to Stop Cement Plant
Breitbart’s Fake News on Immigration
US Attack on Syria a Step in the Wrong Direction
BJP aims at Delhi elections as Hinduization spreads
US Faces Growing Troubles in Asia
ADB Identifies the Keys to Economic Progress
Three Scenarios for Hong Kong’s New Chief Executive
Pyongyang Finds an Ally in Moscow
Trump’s Protectionism Rattles Indian Emigres
Tribal Peoples NGO Decries Kaziranga Shoot-on-Sight Policy
Afghanistan: A Fruitless War Continues
Beijing Sends Hong Kong an Ominous Message
Book Review: The Dictator’s Dilemma
Book Review: Saving China’s Banking System
Historic Climate Pact Endangered
Obama’s Tilt to Asia: Too Little, Too Late
Beijing Serves Up Yet another Chief Executive for Hong Kong
Philippines’ Duterte Buckles to China
Hardline Hindu priest becomes UP chief minister
Singapore Blogger Bends Under Threat of Huge Fine, Jail Term
India’s Treasured National Park Under Fire
Korean Democracy: Alive and Well
Massive Scandal Swamps Indonesia’s Legislature
Xenophobia Flourishes in Beijing
Reining in the Philippine Mining Industry
US Justice Department Probe of 1MDB in Danger?
Book Review: A Swiss Myth’s Pinoy incarnation
Modi’s Uttar Pradesh Landslide
Can Asia Compete for Regional Airplanes?
A New Asian Great Game Gets Underway
Modi Saturates Ganges Constituency in Desperate Vote Bid
The Real Reasons for the Saudi King’s Asian Visit
China Starts Controversial Lao Rail Project
Malaysia Takes a Turn for the Religious Sinister Side
Malaysia’s N. Korea Ties Now a Major Embarrassment
Indonesia Warns US Mining Giant in Fresh Dispute
India Jostles for Regional Primacy
Hong Kong Rewards the Property Oligarchs
No Conclusive End to Filipino Demonstrations
Infosys and Tata Damaged by Boardroom Squabbles
Sea Change Awaits Trump in Thailand
Philippines’ de Lima Arrest may Signal Wreckage of Pork Barrel Case
Two Cases Spell Out Demise of Law in Hong Kong
Caught Between Two Koreas, Malaysia Dithers on Kim Killing
Long-Delayed Taiwan MTR Line Finally Opens
Trump Aides Cool Their Jets on Asia
The Needle’s Eye and US Immigration: Equally Difficult
TPP’s Demise Doesn’t Mean China’s Outright Victory
Latest Singapore Economic Roadmap Marks Time
Big Tests for Modi’s BJP in State Assembly Polls
Jakarta Election seen as ‘Battle for Country’s Soul’
China and the US Contradict Each Other on Trade
Book Review: Trickle-Down Censorship
Jaipur Lit Fest gets massive crowds for books and fun
Australia and a US–China Trade War
Trump’s “Extreme Vetting” for Muslims: Najib Exempt?
Economic Outlook 2017: Thailand
Gambling on Chinese Investment in Laos
India's Budget Presented under Shadow of Banknote Ban
Economic Outlook 2017: Hong Kong
Malay Scholars Find Fault in Malay Leaders
Duterte’s Drug War and Abuse of Power
Economic Outlook 2017: Philippines
Bribery and Airlines: Business as Usual
Welcome to the Year of the Cock
Economic Outlook 2017: Indonesia
Economic Outlook 2017: Australia
Rising US Protectionism Puts Indian Industry on Edge
Unprepared Philippines Faces AIDS Scourge
Deaths from Overwork Plague Japan
Korea’s Samsung: Too Big to Jail
The Red Dragon and the White Cross
Beijing Anoints Yet Another Hong Kong Chief Executive
Asia in 2016: Major events in the 10 largest Asia-Pacific economies
Trump Appointees Rattle Rockets
Tata Insider Takes Over Indian Conglomerate
A Questioning Asia Waits for the Donald
Book Review: A Great Place to Have a War
Myanmar Migrants Face Malaysian Violence
The Dangerous Philosophy Behind Duterte's 'War on Drugs'
Historic Chance for Myanmar Peace Probably Scuttled