The Stories Which Mattered in 2021

This week, we take a look back at 2021 and the most crucial stories to emerge from the Indo-Pacific. Up first, our business and markets reporter Jack Stone Truitt reviews the year's most popular stories. Then, our feature presentation -- Asia Stream's first Editors & Reporters Roundtable: an in-depth discussion with an all-star panel about what's ticking in Asian news. From Brussels, we are joined by executive editor Michael Peel From New York .U.S. editor Ken Moriyasu weighs in. And our award winning duo of tech reporters, Cheng Ting-Fang, and Lauly Li will join us from Taiwan. Read Nikkei Asia's most read stories of the year Click here for an exclusive offer to save 83% for a Nikkei Asia subscription Asia Stream is hosted by Wajahat Khan, our digital editor in New York City, and produced by Monica Hunter-Hart and Jack Stone Truitt. From this episode: China PCR test orders soared before first confirmed COVID case by Masaya Kato Young, creative and angry: Myanmar's youth pushes back by Thin Lei Wen Cyber slavery: inside Cambodia's online scam gangs by Shaun Turton US-China tech war: Beijing's secret chipmaking champions by Cheng Ting-Fang and Lauly Li All-Turkic corridor heralds rise of new Eurasian political bloc by Sinan Tavsan  China's Luxshare builds iPhone mega-plant to challenge Foxconn by Lauly Li, Cheng Ting-Fang, and Shunsuke Tabeta