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The Vietnamese Community in Australia New South Wales Chapter. Facebook photo

AT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Myanmar, Oceania, South Asia, Vietnam

Người Việt tại Úc gây quỹ cho người tị nạn Rohingya

by Asia Times staff September 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Nanjing Road, the main shopping district of Shanghai. Photo: iStock

Beijing, Chengdu, China, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Shanghai

Autumn fest sees China net US$6.34 bn in tourism income

by Asia Times staff September 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Huatai Securities in Nanjing city, Jiangsu province. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

China, Shanghai

Huatai Securities eyes first London-Shanghai GDR issuance

by Asia Times staff September 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: iStock

China

Foreign lenders given guidelines on issuing domestic bonds

by Asia Times staff September 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP

Japan, Mexico, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

US-Canada deal in doubt; focus shifts to Japan trade talks

by Asia Times staff September 26, 2018February 18, 2020

F-35 Fighter Jets. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, Israel, Middle East, South Asia

US F-35s poised to make first combat mission

by Asia Times staff September 26, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with Colombian President Iv·n Duque after his speech at the United Nations in New York September 25, 2018. Photo: AFP / Nicholas Kamm

AT Finance, China, Egypt, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Mexico, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, Syria, World

Trump on Kim: What a difference a year makes

by Keshia Badalge September 26, 2018February 18, 2020

A fleet of US-made F-16 fighters from the Taiwanese air force. Photo: AFP/Patrick Lin

Beijing, China, Russia, Taiwan, World

China warns against $330 million US arms sale to Taiwan

by Asia Times staff September 26, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump speaks during 73rd session of the UN General Assembly. Photo: AFP/Timothy Clark

China, Mexico, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Rejecting globalism, Trump lays out vision for UN based on ‘patriotism’

by Christopher Scott September 26, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump addresses the UN General Assembly in New York on September 25, 2018. Photo: AFP / Bryan R. Smith

Germany, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Trump vows more sanctions on Iran after November 5

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 26, 2018February 18, 2020

An Indian Muslim donates money to a beggar laying on the ground after Eid al-Adha prayers outside of a mosque in Agartala, the capital of northeastern state of Tripura, on August 22, 2018. Photo: AFPMuslims are celebrating Eid al-Adha (the feast of sacrifice), the second of two Islamic holidays celebrated worldwide marking the end of the annual pilgrimage or Hajj to the Saudi holy city of Mecca. / AFP PHOTO / Arindam DEY

India, South Asia

Tribal Tripura battles unemployment and food crisis

by Sagarneel Sinha September 25, 2018

Beijing, China, France, Hong Kong, Russia, Taiwan, World

Beijing says US warship cannot dock in Hong Kong

by Asia Times staff September 25, 2018February 18, 2020

A coconut plantation in southern Thailand. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Thailand

Oversupply and imports hit Thailand’s coconut industry

by Dusita Maneemuang September 25, 2018February 18, 2020

The US-China trade war has developed into a surreal conflict between the world's two-largest economies. Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, European Union, World

‘Cut-throat’ diplomacy triggers China trade war tirade

by Gordon Watts September 25, 2018February 18, 2020

EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini speaks at an Asean-EU meeting in Manila in August 2017. Photo: Reuters / Dondi Tawatao

China, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Middle East, Russia, World

EU pledges ‘legal entity’ for trade with Iran

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 25, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in during a meeting in New York on September 24, 2018, a day before the start of the General Debate of the 73rd session of the General Assembly. Photo: AFP/Nicholas Kamm

AT Finance, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Korea

After Moon-Kim summit, Trump seeks another meet with Kim

by Andrew Salmon September 25, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo; iStock

World

UAE forges ahead with integrated blockchain payment platform

by Luke Thompson September 25, 2018February 18, 2020

SoftBank Group chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Northeast Asia, South Asia

SoftBank, others to invest $1 billion in Indian startup

by Asia Times staff September 25, 2018February 18, 2020

The Indian Army's Special Forces deployed in counterinsurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir. Photo: Wikipedia

India, South Asia

To succeed in modernizing, Indian Army needs to restructure at all levels

by Vijay Oberoi September 25, 2018

Haya, Programming Head at 92.7 Big FM, is one of the most experienced jockeys in the north Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.

India, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia

FM radio stations and their audiences bloom in restive Kashmir

by Majid Hyderi September 25, 2018February 18, 2020

The funeral procession for Alexander Zakharchenko, head of the Donetsk People's Republic. Photo: Valeriy Melnikov / Sputnik/ AFP

In breakaway Ukraine, those who live by the sword are dying by it

by Giovanni Pigni September 25, 2018February 18, 2020

A Rohingya girl grieves outside of a UNHCR tent in Bangladesh in a file photo. Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun Photo

AT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Thailand, World

A deeper look at Myanmar’s genocidal intent

by Angshuman Choudhury September 25, 2018February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Bangladesh, European Union, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, South Asia, World

The questions Facebook still needs to answer in Myanmar

by Kayleigh Long September 25, 2018February 18, 2020

Visitors use their mobile phone at a Huawei promotional stand. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, New Zealand, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Growth hopes, spying risks mix for Huawei in SE Asia

by David Hutt September 25, 2018February 18, 2020

Still enjoying the ride. With some turbulence, the US stock market survived the second quarter largely unscathed despite Trump's threats to blow up the global trade order.

European Union, World

Do spectacular earnings justify spectacular US stock prices?

by Robert J Shiller September 25, 2018

John Oliver rips into Facebook over its lax monitoring of pages in Myanmar with extremist content by radical monks and military leaders that denigrated the Rohingya. Photo: Screen grab from YouTube video

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Russia, South Asia, World

John Oliver’s scathing indictment of Facebook in Myanmar

by Asia Times staff September 25, 2018February 18, 2020

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been reaching out to Israel. Photo: AFP/Kazuhiro Nogi

France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, World

Japan must be aware of real nature of BDS ahead of 2020 Olympiad

by Ted Gover September 25, 2018

Bronze medallists Taiwan's men's volleyball team celebrate during medals award celebration at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta on September 1, 2018. Photo: AFP / Sonny Tumbelaka

Beijing, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Taiwan

Will Taiwanese compete as Taiwan in the 2020 Olympics?

by Gary Sands September 25, 2018

A Republic of China (Taiwan) flag outside the Taiwanese Embassy to the Holy See. The embassy is in Rome, which has no diplomatic ties with Taipei. Photo: Astrotrain/WikiMedia

Beijing, China, European Union, Taiwan, World

Taiwan’s vice-president off to the Vatican to firm up ties

by Asia Times staff September 25, 2018February 18, 2020

صورة: مصطفى درويش

Australia, Beijing, China, Egypt, Middle East, Oceania, Turkey, World

Muslim countries prove dangerous for Uighur exiles

by Heba Afify September 25, 2018February 18, 2020