Asia news, from across the continent.

Asia is too big and too varied for any single news desk to cover well, and the gap between how an Asian story reads to an American reader vs. how it reads to a Mumbai or Seoul reader is often larger than readers realize. WeSearch's Asia hub mixes local press from across East, South, and Southeast Asia with international wire coverage so the reader gets both the regional and the foreign-desk view next to each other.

What's in this hub

East Asia. South China Morning Post, Caixin Global (China), Nikkei Asia (regional), the Japan Times, Asahi Shimbun (English edition), the Korea Herald, the Straits Times (Singapore), Channel News Asia (Singapore), Taipei Times.

South Asia. The Times of India, the Hindu, Scroll.in, the Wire (India), Mint (Indian business), the Indian Express, Dawn (Pakistan), the Express Tribune (Pakistan), the Daily Star (Bangladesh), Prothom Alo (Bangladesh, English edition), the Kathmandu Post (Nepal), Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).

Southeast Asia. Channel News Asia, the Bangkok Post, the Nation (Thailand), the Jakarta Post, the Manila Times, Rappler (Philippines), Vietnam News, Khmer Times (Cambodia), Frontier (Myanmar), Mongabay (regional environment).

International foreign-desk. BBC Asia, Reuters Asia, AFP Asia, AP Asia, the Guardian Asia, the Atlantic Asia, FT Asia, Bloomberg Asia, the Economist Asia, the New York Times Asia.

What kinds of stories

• Regional geopolitics (China-Taiwan, Korea peninsula, ASEAN summits, India-China)
• Domestic political coverage from major Asian countries
• Asia-business reporting (chips, EVs, retail, fintech, real estate)
• Indian diaspora and South Asian politics
• Southeast Asian elections and coups
• Climate and adaptation in vulnerable regions (Bangladesh, Pacific)
• Cultural reporting (cinema, food, tech culture)
• China-watching analysis from credible sources

How we balance

Asia hub is structurally biased toward English-language press because we can read it. We mix government-aligned wires (Xinhua, KCNA where applicable) with independent press (Caixin, the Wire, Frontier) so readers can see the same story from multiple framings. Where state media and independent media diverge sharply, the source name in the kicker makes the difference visible.

Why an Asia hub matters

Asia contains roughly 60% of the world's population, the second- and third- (and fourth-, on the way to second-) largest economies, and the most consequential geopolitical contests of the next decade. Coverage in US/UK press is structurally underweight relative to all of those facts — the typical American reader sees Asia in the context of US-China relations, North Korean missile tests, and natural disasters, with weeks-long gaps between major stories. WeSearch's Asia hub deliberately tilts toward what regional press is reporting, on the assumption that the regional press has more depth on stories before they cross the foreign-desk threshold.

How to use the Asia hub well

1. For Chinese stories, mix Caixin with the South China Morning Post. Caixin is the most-cited independent business press in mainland China; SCMP has Hong Kong's perspective on the mainland. Add Reuters China and FT China for the foreign-desk read.
2. For Japanese stories, Nikkei Asia is the regional reference. The Japan Times for English-language local coverage; the Asahi Shimbun's English edition for cultural and political features.
3. For Indian stories, mix the Wire with the Times of India. The Wire is independent and often runs investigative pieces the mainstream Indian press doesn't; the Times of India is the largest mainstream paper. Scroll.in adds digital-first context.
4. For Southeast Asia, regional press first. Channel News Asia for Singapore-and-region; the Bangkok Post for Thailand; Rappler for the Philippines (under sustained political pressure but still reporting); Frontier for Myanmar.
5. For South Asian conflicts and politics, Dawn and the Express Tribune for Pakistan; Daily Mirror and the Daily Star for Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
6. Subscribe to keyword push. "Xi", "Modi", "Taiwan", "ASEAN", "Korea", "Japan", "Indonesia", and country-specific terms (yuan, rupee, ASEAN summit, BRICS).

Where coverage is uneven

We're stronger on East Asia (China, Japan, Korea) and South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh) than on Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Philippines), partly because the latter group has thinner English-language independent press. Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan) is the weakest part of our Asia coverage; it appears mostly via foreign-desk wires when something happens. Mongolia, Bhutan, Maldives, and Pacific Islands are similarly thinly covered.

Bottom line: who should read this hub

• If you trade Asian markets, follow Chinese tech, or invest in Japanese or Korean stocks → this hub plus the /markets hub gives you regional and global market context.
• If you have family ties to the region → this hub plus regional-language press in your country of origin gives broad coverage.
• If you cover global geopolitics professionally → mixing regional press with foreign-desk wires is the standard habit; this hub does that mixing for you.
• If you're new to following Asia news → start with Nikkei Asia and the BBC Asia desk, then layer in country-specific press for the regions you care most about.

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