Political Risk

China’s energy shortages will worsen this year as the economy continues to boom. BMI View: Efforts to secure more energy supplies are leading to changes in Beijing’s... 2004-04-20

The Chinese government has introduced a constitutional amendment, protecting ‘legally obtained’ private property. BMI View: The change should provide a boost to... 2004-04-20

North Korea is dodging calls to enter into talks with foreign countries about its nuclear ambitions. BMI View: The North's excuse has been that its neighbour, South Korea, is in too... 2004-04-16

Chen Shui-bian has been re-elected president by just 30,000 votes in highly controversial elections. BMI View: Opinion polls before the election suggested Chen was likely to lose.... 2004-03-25

China's northeastern rustbelt, home to some of the most violent outbreaks of unrest in recent years, is now attracting the attention of the government. BMI View: Reform efforts so... 2004-03-19

Presidential elections, due to be held in Taiwan on March 20, are expected to be very close. BMI View: The incumbent, President Chen Shui-bian, has been setting the agenda so far,... 2004-02-23

The Chinese government has unveiled plans to significantly boost spending on the country's poor rural areas. BMI View: The increase in funding is designed to reduce social discontent... 2004-02-23

A government taskforce from Hong Kong has just concluded talks with the Chinese government about constitutional reform in the former colony. BMI View: With the attention of the Chinese... 2004-02-23

North Korea will be subjected to less Western heckling and lighter visible pressure from the US to scrap its nuclear weapons if a Democrat wins the US presidential election in November.... 2004-02-20

South Korea's leaders will continue during the next 12 months to beat the drum of electoral probity and remain insistent about the sincerity of their plans to clean up money-politics.... 2004-02-20