The Asian Insider: An Introduction PART 1: HOW IT REALLY WORKS Asian Family Connections PART 2: GOVERNMENT, THE RULE OF LAW & DEMOCRACY IN ASIA Is Democracy Always Good? Paying Peanuts: Politicians' Pay in Asia Police Corruption & the Rule of Law in Thailand Executions & Extra-Judicial Killings Government Statistics & Other Lies Thaksin Berlusconi & Silvio Shinawatra The End of Indonesia PART 3: SINGAPORE & MALAYSIA Why Singapore is Different: The Babas of Singapore Re-inventing Singapore? Singapore Inc. or Singapore Sink? Singapore's Thriving Sex Industry Diversity & Decency in Malaysia Rumours & Gossip in Malaysia Meet Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary PART 4: ISLAM, BUSINESS & ASIA Allahu Akbar! Islam in Asia Where do Asia's Muslims fit in? Southeast Asia's Arabs Pax Islamica : Malaysia and the Middle East PART 5: JAPAN, CHINA, INDIA & KOREA: ASIA'S MONOLITH ECONOMIES Land of the Setting Sun: The Inevitable Death of Japan The Law & China Is Booming China a Threat to Asia? Shanghai: China's Financial Capital And then there is Beijing. The Dalai Lama Eats Meat The Indian Way The World's Biggest Democracy Mumbai: India's Financial Capital India's Great Software Revolution India: Back Office to the World Stunning Korea Bibliography.