Image of Narendra Modi. Photo: JAKUB PORZYCKI / AFP
The marathon Indian election is underway with Prime Minister Narendra Modi eyeing up his third five-year term in power.
China is in the spotlight in Europe this week, with a series of arrests and charges relating to spying and espionage, and dawn raids on a Chinese technology company.
And in Taiwan, debate over the death penalty is resuming.
Ed White is a correspondent for the Financial Times, based in Shanghai.
