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June 11th, 2020

EXODUS

Migrant workers and the poor suffer most in India's coronavirus lockdown

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The Big Story

India's migrant exodus foreshadows an economic crisis

Modi's lockdown hit the poorest hard. His recovery plan may leave millions more behind

Locking down the country in March, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi unwittingly triggered acute unemployment and mass migration. "We will die poor," said one migrant who struggled to return home.
Mobile telecoms and retail are two platforms on which Mukesh Ambani intends to remodel Reliance Industries (Nikkei Montage/Source photo by AFP/Jiji, EPA/Jiji and Ken Kobayashi)
Business Spotlight

Ambani reshapes Reliance for digital India with Jio deals

Investments led by Facebook herald spinoffs that will shift conglomerate's focus

Google has taken the Remove China Apps app from its Play store
Technology

Google takes down Indian 'Remove China' app

Downloads surged at time of tension between New Delhi and Beijing

Colliers International, an industry consultant, says Manila real estate prices are poised to slump by 15% this year amid the worst economic downturn in over 30 years. (Photo by Hirofumi Yamamoto)
Property

Chinese eye bigger slice of Manila as real estate prices tank

Locals fear being left out as market correction risks forcing quick sales

Workers install base stations in the U.S. state of Texas. Next generation 6G service will require many more base stations.
Technology

Race for 6G: South Korea and China off to early leads

Japan plays catch-up via infrastructure, and US tries to gain ground with chips

Zoom reported a 169% year-over-year revenue jump in the February-April quarter. 
Technology

Zoom's Q2 revenue jumps 169% as remote work trend continues

Videoconference company's Asia-Pacific sales more than triple year-over-year

A migrant worker in Singapore waits to be taken to a medical facility. Coronavirus outbreaks in dorms for foreign laborers account for 93% of the city-state's cases.
Asia Insight

Singapore coronavirus clusters awaken Asia to migrants' plight

From Malaysia to Japan, crisis highlights need for support and social inclusion

A protester holds up a British National (Overseas) passport in Hong Kong. The U.K. government says it will grant around 3 million Hong Kong residents greater visa rights if China does not reverse course.
International relations

UK turns on China over Hong Kong, Huawei and coronavirus

Boris Johnson's route-to-citizenship offer risks end of golden era of ties

Malaysia's former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is now on his third attempt at ousting a sitting head of government. (Photo by Ying Xian Wong)
Comment

Malaysia's ex-PM Mahathir gears up for one last fight

94-year-old politician joins hands with rival to oust Muhyiddin

Narendra Modi, left, and Xi Jinping talk at a garden in Wuhan in April 2018: why did the pact break down?
Opinion

India and China's border skirmishes bring giants closer to clash

Xi Jinping is growing aggressive, but Narendra Modi should not overreact

A worker packs polio vaccine vials in Bio Farma's factory: the company is the largest vaccine manufacturer in Southeast Asia.
Opinion

Southeast Asia is on the coronavirus vaccine hunt

Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam have successful pharmaceutical sectors

Shigeru Yokota, foreground, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korean agents in 1977, has died at the age of 87.
The Nikkei View

Father's death highlights need for results in abduction issue

Just two parents of North Korean kidnapping victims are still alive

Slogans and paintings depicting the Hong Kong protests cover the wall at Protection Umbrella, a restaurant in Taipei opened by Hong Kong anti-government protesters. (Photo by Rik Glauert)
Life

Hong Kong protesters revolutionize Taiwan restaurant scene

They promote fusion cuisine and political liberalism as exiles

A baseball game between Uni-President Lions and Fubon Guardians with 1,000 fans allowed at Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium in New Taipei City on May 8. Up to 1,000 spectators are now allowed in the stands for baseball in Taiwan on the day.
Tea Leaves

Taiwan's diplomatic home run

For a brief and glorious moment, baseball puts the island at center of world sport