Author(s):
Mark Anderson
Research analyst Scott Foster provides views of Asia, and of how Asia perceives the US, from the perspective of a veteran analyst living in Tokyo. This quarter's topics include Japan’s asteroid mining, e-Commerce in Southeast Asia, and Korea sending workers and investment to Borneo. Scott’s analysis reveals a critically important point: China’s issues with its domestic economy are not preventing the Chinese Communist Party from aggressively moving forward with the Belt and Road Initiative worldwide.