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January 5th, 2023

Your predictions for 2023

What might this year have in store for Asia?

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Your predictions for Asia in 2023

Taiwan, Twitter and tanks: We asked our readers what's on the cards this year for geopolitics, business and more

From currencies to climate change, Nikkei Asia readers have predicted what 2023 has in store for Asia. 
From China to Singapore, banks in Asia have had a tumultuous year, with some soaring and others under pressure. (Source photos by AP and Getty Images) 
Business Spotlight

Asia's rising interest rates boost banks -- but risks grow for 2023

Lenders in Japan and China lag peers enjoying fatter borrowing margins

SSI Group, the Philippines' largest retailer of luxury brands, is headed for a banner year as consumers free of pandemic restrictions resume shopping. (Photo by Yuichi Shiga)
Retail

Philippine luxury retailer eyes record sales on revenge spending

SSI Group sells brands from Armani to Zara but fears inflation, recession

Huawei has signed or extended more than 20 patent license agreements in 2022, says Alan Fan, global head of Huawei's Intellectual Property Department.
Technology

Huawei licenses key tech to major European automakers

Deals with Audi, BMW and others help Chinese company withstand U.S. clampdown

The SAIC-GM-Wuling Air EVs were used as official vehicles during the Group of 20 summit in Bali in November. (Photo by Koya Jibiki)
Automobiles

Tesla, Tata and others tout affordability as Asia's EV race heats up

Cheaper options expected to help market fully take off next year

A Ukrainian helicopter's shadow on a wheat field: The conflict sent shock waves through commodities markets -- one of the many ways it affected Asia this year.
Asia Insight

How Ukraine war shook and shaped Asia in 2022

Myanmar relations, Japanese energy and Chinese battle capability all in flux

Police officers escort a group of Chinese nationals at an airport in Changsha, China, after they were extradited from Cambodia for suspected telecom fraud. (China Daily via Reuters)
Comment

China's offshore police 'service stations' fuel human rights concerns

Outposts seen serving intimidation campaigns against exiled activists

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi receives a garland during Gujarat's state assembly election in Ahmedabad on Dec. 2. Modi was the star campaigner for the ruling BJP, which scored a record victory in the state.
Politics

Modi critics take aim at Indian PM's perpetual 'election mode'

Ruling BJP leans on leader's 'brand' in one state poll after another

The Indonesian navy ship KRI Teluk Banten-516 on security patrol on Nov. 13.
South China Sea

Indonesia's new commander plans special South China Sea operation

Analysts skeptical how much incoming military chief can achieve in only a year

Japan’s primary income from overseas investment continues to climb thanks to an acquisition spree by Japanese businesses.
Datawatch

Investment powerhouse Japan earns 10% of GDP from overseas income

Primary income surplus tops world ranking again in 2021

Tawang, in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, in October 2006: The latest clashes were sparked by a Chinese attempt to seize mountaintop positions near the town.
Opinion

Modi's silence on China's land grabs will not be India's last word

While downplaying territorial losses, New Delhi is modernizing its military

Delivery riders waiting outside a McDonald's restaurant in Singapore in June 2021: It is important to delink worker protections from worker status.
Opinion

All workers in Asia deserve job protections, not just company staff

Fresh policy approach would balance flexibility with minimum standards

Yaiphaba Kangjam, a battlefield guide and historian, poses with a Japanese World War II helmet found in the fields of Jessami, a village in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. (Photo by Bertie Alexander)
Life

How history is shaping the future in Nagaland

Remote region on India-Myanmar border hones efforts to attract international tourism

Traffic jams in Canggu have become relentless since tourists returned to Bali earlier this year. (All photos by Dave Smith)
Tea Leaves

Trashing paradise: The perils of post-pandemic tourism

After enforced lull, travel returns to Indonesia's Bali with a vengeance