List of East Asia articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Let China Join the Global Monetary Elite
China wants the RMB to join the special drawing rights basket. It’s in America’s best interest not to stop it.
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map_china_europe_stereotypes cropped This Map Shows China’s Hilarious Stereotypes of Europe
According to Chinese web users, Italy is weak, Bulgaria is milk-fed, and Lithuania is suicidal.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Is Asia Finally Moving on from the Grim Legacy of World War II?
Does Japan's prime minister's apology on the 70th anniversary of the war foreshadow a new era?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Massive Tianjin Blast Highlights Flaws in China’s Governance Model
Endemic corruption and a weak civil society breed industrial safety violations, experts say.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Concerns About Chinese Spillover Gives the Fed Caution on Raising Interest Rates
Fed minutes send a mixed message on a September rate hike as concerns about Chinese economic spillover grow.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Is China About to Plunge the World into Recession?
FP asked four experts to weigh in on the RMB devaluation and China's sinking stock markets.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Fukushima’s Dangerous Aftershocks
Japan is spooling up its nuclear reactors and piling up reprocessed fuel. And the tremors of these policy choices can be felt all the way in Iran.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Chart Shows Why China Might Not Be Able to Reverse Its Economic Slide
China's money supply is drying up, a sign that it could be hard to reverse its economic slide.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Is China So Fascinated by Amateur Porn?
Beijing's unwillingness to acknowledge a sexual revolution has helped boring sex tapes go wildly viral.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 You Don’t Know Zhou
Pundits can argue about devaluation versus market forces. But only one man knows for sure what the People’s Bank of China was up to when the value of the renminbi fell last week.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Shinzo Abe Regrets but Declines to Apologize for Japan’s WWII Actions
The Japanese leader is trying to overhaul his country's constitution to allow for a more assertive military.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Best Wrong Way to Implement a Nuke Deal
As the real work of the Iran nuke deal begins, we should bear in mind the lessons of the failed North Korea nuke deal. I should know — I was there.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 4 Questions Chinese People Want Answered After Deadly Tianjin Blast
After a midnight explosion in Tianjin killed dozens, citizen-journalists are pressing the government to do more and share more.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Does It Matter Whether Japan Says Sorry for Its Wartime Behavior?
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is about to give a major speech on Japan’s World War II aggression. But in Tokyo, history is never really about history.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Will Fed Chief Janet Yellen Ignore China and Follow Through on an Interest Rate Hike?
Will China's decision to devaluate its currency cause Fed chief Janet Yellen to balk on a rate hike?
