Rapid growth, urbanisation and recently acquired purchasing power is tempting foreign direct investors away from China’s traditional hotspots and into more remote territories. By Y Y Tang

The small and isolated country of Bhutan has set out policies to attract FDI but has so far had little success beyond the luxury tourist market, reports Nick Freeman 

Malaysia’s goal of achieving ‘developed nation’ status by 2020 is going to plan as its economy begins a rebound and its industrial output becomes more diverse. Wendy Atkins reports

Hwee Chong Lok of TNT Express Worldwide’s Asia office talks about the ramifications of the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area and explains how the region’s main challenge is now to increase the efficiency of its logistics operations.

After making the largest direct investment by a European company into Pakistan five years ago, Norwegian telecoms provider Telenor is sold on the sub-continent.