by admin | Jun 12, 2018 | Financial Times
He might not be a global name like Roman Abramovich, but in India the billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi is notorious enough. Authorities in New Delhi hunted the fugitive magnate for months, following one of India’s largest financial scandals. News that he is now...
by admin | Jun 11, 2018 | The New York Times
On the roads just outside Singapore’s Capella Hotel last Friday, gardeners were replanting the flower beds and laborers were touching up road markings, shading their heads from the fierce midday heat. Two uniformed men stood by the resort’s long driveway armed with...
by admin | Jun 8, 2018 | Nikkei Asian Review
For the second time this year, Narendra Modi has delivered a major speech aiming to explain India’s place in the world. And for the second time, the response would charitably be described as underwhelming. Back in January, Modi stood up at the World Economic...
by admin | May 23, 2018 | Nikkei Asian Review
The recent trade truce has provided a welcome cessation of hostilities between the U.S. and China. But given the festering issue of technology, and China’s need to acquire more of it, the ceasefire agreed on the weekend of May 19-20 will only be temporary. For...
by admin | May 22, 2018 | Financial Times
Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping met in China’s historic city of Wuhan last month. Greeting each other warmly, the Indian and Chinese leaders talked over cups of tea and strolled in bucolic gardens. President Xi noted he had only twice met a visiting foreign leader...