Asia

Banyan

Discipline and creativity will help, but so will China’s actions

Terms of trade

Resources, technology, experience and a blood-soaked IOU

61-0

What could possibly explain the success of a club founded by Turkmenistan’s dictator

K-drama

Some 3,000 police breached his compound. The country is dangerously divided

Old friends, new plans

The gamble behind $17bn of fresh deals with the Kremlin on oil and arms

Back to the future

Prabowo Subianto, the new president, wants to create an electric car supply chain

Ambitious but expensive

It has weathered two big political changes. What about Donald Trump’s return?

What are friends for?

Security co-operation flourished, but a scuppered steel deal leaves a sour taste

Incorruptible

St Francis Xavier is both venerated and despised

Spy games

General Faiz Hameed is an ally of Imran Khan, who is currently behind bars

Adapt or fry

As heat, floods and drought get worse, people are getting creative

Wheels of fortune

Falling car production is a sign of a deeper malaise