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Tata Power transmission lines outside Mumbai: The company has committed to increasing the renewables shares in its generating capacity.

Joe Bae and Natarajan Chandrasekaran

Collaboration key to filling Indo-Pacific infrastructure funding gap

New partnership will help to mobilize private capital for public priorities

Joe Bae and Natarajan Chandrasekaran

A China Baowu Steel Group plant in Shanghai: The pace of decarbonization is encouraging.

Rag Udd

China's steelmakers are making real progress in reducing emissions

Partnerships have opened path for introduction of new technologies and approaches

Rag Udd

A transformer production line near Ahmedabad: India cannot offset China's demographic decline in terms of cheap, abundant and able workers.

Satyajit Das

India will never be all the West wants it to be

Country cannot fill in for China as production base or market

Satyajit Das

An incomplete Country Garden project in Shanghai in February: Approximately 9 million presold homes are at risk of nondelivery to buyers.

Xia Le

More muscle will be needed to turn China's property market around

Stock buying sentiment has improved but homebuyers need more convincing

Xia Le

Vincent Namatjira's portrait of Gina Rinehart, center, is one of 20 in his work "Australia in Colour, 2021," on display at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. (AAP Image)

Chris Wallace

This time, art speaks louder than wealth in Australia

Mining tycoon Gina Rinehart's attempt to hide portrait has only drawn more viewers

Chris Wallace

Rohingya refugees try to balance on a capsized boat in the waters off West Aceh, Indonesia, on March 21.

SHIN NAKAYAMA

Letter from Nikkei Asia's editor: Nowhere to go

Shin Nakayama shares his weekly reflections and recommendations

SHIN NAKAYAMA

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on May 16: Their countries are more firmly aligned now than at any time since the 1950s. (Pool via Reuters)

Brahma Chellaney

Growing China-Russia alignment signifies Biden policy failure

U.S. has pushed natural competitors into becoming strategic collaborators

Brahma Chellaney

Modern technology can arm an individual with access and knowledge traditionally afforded only through being part of a large organization. (Sipa via AP Images)

Nobuko Kobayashi

The gig economy is liberating Japanese corporate drones

Entrepreneurial ideas can bypass bureaucracy to directly reach the market

Nobuko Kobayashi

The Reserve Bank of India maintains one of the smallest balance sheets among its peers.

Karan Mehrishi

India's central bank must be revamped for the economy's sake

RBI should be regionalized and support corporate bond market

Karan Mehrishi

Myanmar troops retreat amid fighting around the border town of Myawaddy on April 11: Resistance groups are building state structures and delivering public services in "liberated areas."

Morten B. Pedersen

West must come to terms with Myanmar's fragmentation

Resistance forces need international help with providing governance for millions

Morten B. Pedersen

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf supporters demonstrate in Karachi on March 2 against alleged vote rigging.

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Pakistani political parties have much to learn from Turkey's AKP

Ability to resist military interference depends on mass mobilization

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, left, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, center, and Chinese Premier Li Qiang face the press at their trilateral summit in Seoul on May 27. (Pool via Kyodo)

Nikkei Editorial

Japan-China-South Korea talks are good for regional stability

Resuming dialogue is first step, but major issues still need to be addressed

Nikkei Editorial

The dominance of the smartphone operating system market by Apple and Google does not mean the market is not working well. (Sipa via AP Images)

Robert D. Atkinson

Japan's proposed app store law would do no good

Existing powers sufficient to address abuses without hurting innovation

Robert D. Atkinson

Chaithawat Tulathon, center left, current leader of the Move Forward Party, with supporters at a Labor Day march in Bangkok on May 1. (Sipa via AP Images)

Thitinan Pongsudhirak

Move Forward ban would shatter Thailand's last democratic veneer

Powerful bodies keep removing public's favored representatives

Thitinan Pongsudhirak

To Lam is sworn in as president of Vietnam on May 22 in Hanoi. (Vietnam National Assembly via AP)

Nhu Truong

Vietnam's leadership upheaval signals regime's security focus

Incidents of unrest held up as threats to economic development

Nhu Truong

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te's inaugural address on May 20 has set the stage for policy tweaks.

Chiew-Ping Hoo

Taiwan's Lai should value engagement with regional partners

Dialogue with both China and Southeast Asian nations crucial for island's security

Chiew-Ping Hoo

Parading Houthis show off a rocket launcher on Feb. 7 in Sanaa in front of a banner depicting the Japanese ship Galaxy Leader seized in November.

Alessio Patalano

Japan should play part in protecting Red Sea shipping

Country has much to lose from normalization of threats to global maritime order

Alessio Patalano

Annual Hong Kong fashion industry events like Centrestage are well established, but have been scattered through the year. (Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Fashion and Textiles)

Erin Cho

Fashion can bring Hong Kong tourism back into style

Concentration of events can create critical mass to catalyze visitation

Erin Cho

The Mekong riverfront in Phnom Penh: The new waterway will provide a direct route for trade, reducing dependence on foreign ports.

Sun Chanthol

Cambodia's waterway project will deliver prosperity

Canal to be vessel for commerce and cooperation, not conflict or coercion

Sun Chanthol

Migrants of various nationalities must trek through the jungles of Colombia and Mexico, often encountering dangerous animals and gangs, to reach the U.S. border. (Photo by Wang Zhongwei)

SHIN NAKAYAMA

Letter from Nikkei Asia's editor: The crossing

Shin Nakayama shares his weekly reflections and recommendations

SHIN NAKAYAMA

Protesters with masks depicting Rodrigo Duterte and Xi Jinping call for China to stop harassing Philippine vessels in the South China Sea on April 19 in Manila.

Richard Heydarian

China's bullying of the Philippines is self-defeating

Intimidation is reinforcing public resolve and resistance -- and risks conflict

Richard Heydarian

Asian businesses must shift from focusing solely on repelling hackers to prioritizing employee awareness and training. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)

Jeff Kuo

Education key to protecting Asian companies from AI-driven fraud

Deepfake-powered scams prey on susceptible employees

Jeff Kuo

A truck ferries goods along the Mekong in Phnom Penh: Much freight from the capital now reaches the sea via Vietnamese ports.

Sam Rainsy

Cambodia's planned canal isn't in its own interest, only China's

Development should be halted for independent review of risks and benefits

Sam Rainsy

A programmer in Beijing: Productivity gains from AI are not translating into better job satisfaction or improved working conditions.

Nikki Sun

AI is empowering Chinese employers far more than employees

Data collection restrictions must cover workplaces, not just consumers

Nikki Sun

Lai Ching-te speaks at his inauguration on May 20: The new Taiwanese president urged China to "stop threatening" the island. (Photo by Hideaki Ryugen)

Taiwan's economy should be Lai's first priority

Young workers disheartened by growing inequality, high home prices