Why Asians aren’t rioting — yet

It is easy to overplay the role of inequality in the recent violence in the UK, but the stark income gap in much of emerging Asia is still a cause for concern.
<div style="text-align: left;"> Riot police arrive in front of a burning building and burnt out car in south London on August 8 (AFP) </div>
<div style="text-align: left;"> Riot police arrive in front of a burning building and burnt out car in south London on August 8 (AFP) </div>
August 15, 2011

The looting and violence that spread across Britain last week undoubtedly had many causes. David Cameron, the prime minister, tried to explain it away as an outburst of criminality, while his critics have blamed it on everything from rising inequality to incompetent policing and even summer boredom.

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