Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Election sees Rajapaksa fail to make a come-back
Neo-liberal policies of UNP-led government will not satisfy demands of workers and poor.
Asia
Thailand
Thailand: Bomb in Bangkok kills 20
Country plagued by military junta and economic downturn
China
China: Devaluation of yuan jolts global markets
Sudden reversal of Beijing’s exchange rate policy underlines seriousness of China’s economic woes
Malaysia
Malaysia: Prime Minister implicated in financial scandals
Power struggle in UMNO party
Japan
Japan: 70th anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bomb
Can a future nuclear conflict be avoided?
China
China: Stock market crash can turn into a political crisis
Regime adopts panic measures as market crash threatens wider economic recession
China
Is China’s stock market bubble bursting?
Billions wiped off share values in June – only the Greek stock market is more volatile
Hong Kong
Hong Kong: Fake democracy roundly rejected in legislative vote
Government proposals end in fiasco as Beijing loyalists misjudge voting rules
China
China: Life sentence for former security boss
Secret trial of Zhou Yongkang
Pakistan
Pakistan: Protest song by Jawad Ahmed
Response to anti-worker measures in Pakistani budget