November 3, 2011

Swimming Naked in China

With the Chinese government tightening credit, the massive leakage from the formal banking sector into the ‘shadow system’ ultimately risks sinking the country’s financial system.

Japan’s Future in the Balance

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has a chance to rescue Japan’s economy with a key free trade agreement. Failure to seize it could result in terminal decline.

Burma's Opium Addiction

A rights group issues a disturbing report on the opium industry in one Burma state. The junta has to act.