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China is the great power that keeps Venezuela's Maduro in power

Beijing quick to congratulate president on questionable election win

Carlos Eduardo Pina

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping, during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 13, 2023.

Wendy Cutler and Jane Mellsop

World should take note of a new trade and climate change deal

Wendy Cutler and Jane Mellsop

A thermometer shows a temperature of 44C in Athens, Greece, on July 18.

Nikkei Editorial

Multilateral cooperation needed to deter Beijing in South China Sea

Nikkei Editorial

Maureen Harris and Liangyi Chang

Vietnam's Just Energy Transition Partnership is not 'Just'

Maureen Harris and Liangyi Chang

Alldo Fellix Januardy

Indonesia's bid to create family office hub in Bali is a tough ask

Alldo Fellix Januardy

Vishakha N. Desai

What the Coconut Tree meme says about Kamala Harris' Indian heritage

Vishakha N. Desai

A mine in Indonesia's Halmahera Island. (Photo by Survival International)

Amy Chew

Indonesia must improve ESG standards to attract global investment

Scrapping of BASF-Eramet nickel-cobalt project shows need for sustainable practices

Amy Chew

Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivers his third State of the Nation Address at the House of Representatives in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, on July 22.

Don McLain Gill

Marcos's annual address shows steely resolve on maritime rights

Rising South China Sea tensions prompt Philippine leader to strengthen rhetoric

Don McLain Gill

An aerial view of Southwest Cay, also known as Pugad Island, which is controlled by Vietnam and part of the Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea.

Alexander L. Vuving

Vietnam's land reclamation helps balance power in South China Sea

Hanoi's strategic moves offer hope against China's aggressive island building

Alexander L. Vuving

Racing at Sha Tin Racecourse on July 14: Deng Xiaoping promised that "horses will still run" for 50 years after China's resumption of control over Hong Kong in 1997. (Photo by Shinya Sawai)

SHIN NAKAYAMA

Letter from Nikkei Asia's editor: Hong Kong Jockey Club builds a lead

Shin Nakayama shares his weekly reflections and recommendations

SHIN NAKAYAMA

Bangladeshi soldiers take a position at the Mohammadpur area during a national curfew in Dhaka on July 20.

Tathagata Ray Chowdhury

Bangladesh's quota quagmire shows need for urgent reforms

Hasina must create economic opportunities, give more space to opposition

Tathagata Ray Chowdhury

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures at the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters in New Delhi last month.

Elvin Ong

New coalition governments in Asia must embrace compromise

Thailand, Malaysia, and India have to balance policy and voter expectations

Elvin Ong

The G7 summit was held in Italy in June. We are now observing the onset of a less-Western dominated world.

Samir Puri

The West is no longer the center of global affairs

As populism rises and emerging nations assert themselves, G-7 dominance fades

Samir Puri

Joseph Wu, Taiwan's previous foreign minister, left, and Filip Grzegorzewski, head of the European Union office in Taipei, commemorate 20 years of ties between the EU and Taiwan in Taipei in June 2023.

Philippe Le Corre

Europe must prepare militarily and economically for a Taiwan war

Once merely aware of the risks, European leaders now have deep concerns

Philippe Le Corre

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is likely to stay in power until the next general election, expected in 2027.

Trinh Nguyen

Malaysia sheds short-termism to become Asia's comeback kid

Investors embrace political stability as alarms sound over Thailand's fragility

Trinh Nguyen

Joe Biden's decision to pull out of the U.S. presidential election may cause global confusion.

Nikkei Editorial

All sides must work to minimize impact of Biden's withdrawal

U.S. political chaos threatens to upend global economy and markets

Nikkei Editorial

Singapore's National Hydrogen Strategy calls for low-carbon hydrogen usage as a "major decarbonization pathway" to help it reach its emissions goal of net zero carbon by 2050.

Tim Daiss

Singapore must import clean energy from ASEAN neighbors

City-state faces quandary over production of blue or green hydrogen

Tim Daiss

Japan's stock market hit a record high in February and has since gone higher after a 34-year wait.

Haonan Wu

Japan's corporate governance reforms show way for China, South Korea

But oversight remains an area of weakness compared to Europe and the U.S.

Haonan Wu

The third plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China's Central Committee was held from July 15 to 18 in Beijing.

Paul Cavey

China misses plenum chance to steady economy before U.S. election

Beijing risks losing grip as property market woes, consumer slump threaten stability

Paul Cavey

To Lam's rise to lead the Communist Party of Vietnam follows a 20-month period of political turmoil.

Zachary Abuza

Why To Lam's pragmatic authoritarianism will be good for Vietnam

Nguyen Phu Trong had been the last of a dying breed of Marxist ideologues

Zachary Abuza

A Taiwanese fishing boat sets sail to Taiping Island, Taiwan's sole holding in the disputed Spratly Islands, in protest against a tribunal's ruling on the South China Sea on July 20, 2016.

William Han

The tragic cost of Taiwan's silence on its South China Sea claims

Pressure from Washington undermines Taiwan's sovereignty and self-advocacy

William Han

Vice President Sara Duterte, left, resigned from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s cabinet last month and has made it clear she won't attend this year's State of the Nation Address. (Source photos by Reuters and Getty Images)

Richard Heydarian

Marcos-Duterte war is a battle for the soul of Philippine democracy

Annual speech gives president chance to rally elite, pin down rival family

Richard Heydarian

Protesters march toward the National Assembly in Islamabad ahead of the presentation of the annual government budget on June 12. (Photo by AFP/Jiji)

SHIN NAKAYAMA

Letter from Nikkei Asia's editor: Pakistan turns to the IMF once again

Shin Nakayama shares his weekly reflections and recommendations

SHIN NAKAYAMA

A giant screen shows news footage of Chinese President Xi Jinping attending the third plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in Beijing on July 18.

To fix China's economy, Xi needs to curb deflation

Recent data show even consumers who have enough money are not spending it

Donald Trump looks on during Day 2 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on July 16.

Brahma Chellaney

Trump shooting shows hyperpartisanship putting democracy in crisis

Polarization stokes incendiary rhetoric despite risk of breeding extremism and violence

Brahma Chellaney