Trade winds blow east

The world's logistics giants are betting that the future of trade is more high-tech-and more Asian

China's strange new year

Even as covid-19 tears through the countryside, many seem ready to move on. Our columnist returns to the Henan village he visited in 2020

A grim truth

Abe Shinzo's assassin achieved his political goals. In Japan, political violence looks worryingly effective

Digital dead zones

India's rocketing internet-user growth has stalled. That is a major worry for a country pushing digitisation

<Reference: Economist>