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Palestinian demonstrators shout slogans as they hold crossed-out posters depicting US Vice-President Mike Pence and US President Donald Trump during a protest against Pence's visit to Israel, in the West Bank city of Nablus on January 22, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Abed Omar Qusini

AT Finance, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Syria, Vietnam, World

Trump’s bullying of the Palestinians has long precedence

by Shaiel Ben-Ephraim January 29, 2018

The Dubai Courts. Photo: Dubai government

AT Finance, India, Middle East, Philippines, South Asia

Man accused of groping young Filipina cleaner in Dubai

by Asia Times staff January 29, 2018February 18, 2020

Citizens in Hong Kong will need to keep rugged up this week, with low temperatures of 8-9C expected till Sunday. Photo: HK Government

China, Hong Kong

Low temperatures to continue till the weekend in Hong Kong

by Asia Times staff January 29, 2018February 18, 2020

Vladimir Putin fires a sport gun at a sports complex outside Sochi on March 9, 2012. Photo: AFP/Ria Novosti/Alexey Druzhinin

AT Finance, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, Vietnam, World

Putin’s Sochi conference on Syria looks to be a talking shop

by Sami Moubayed January 29, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese home buyers visiting a housing fair in Yichang, Hubei province. Photo: AFP

China

CBRC pledges to contain real estate bubble in 2018

by Asia Times staff January 29, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese passengers who go back home for the Chinese Lunar New Year use their smartphones to surf the Internet. Photo: Imaginechian/Hu Yan

Chinese phone market enters ‘zero growth’ stage

by Asia Times staff January 29, 2018February 18, 2020

A woman walks past a Lenovo store in Beijing. Photo: AFP / Wang Zhao

IT brand Lenovo marches into ‘new retail’

by Asia Times staff January 29, 2018February 18, 2020

Officials say many more health care workers are needed to help battle disease and hunger in the Papua province of Indonesia. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Indonesia, World

Solutions to disease and malnutrition in Papua remain elusive

by Alek K Kurniawan January 28, 2018January 28, 2018

The causes of the Great Recession are rarely debated. Illustration: iStock

World

How economics survived the economic crisis

by Robert Skidelsky January 28, 2018

US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters/Denis Balibouse

AT Finance, Beijing, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Coming to grips with Trump’s trade policy

by John Burton January 28, 2018February 18, 2020

It was a deadly race against time to save trapped climbers Elisabeth Revol and Tomasz Mackiewicz on Nanga Parbat. Photos: iStock, Facebook, Twitter

Pakistan, South Asia, World

Polish climbers stage heroic rescue on deadly Himalayan peak

by Dave Makichuk January 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Islamic religious students take mid-term exams at Jamia Binoria, a seminary in Karachi, on January 26, 2017. Photo: AFP

Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia

New plan to ‘mainstream’ Pakistan’s madrassas faces hurdles

by F.M. Shakil January 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Thailand's Chanathip Songkrasin (center) celebrates after scoring a goal against Malaysia in the AFF Suzuki Cup final in 2014. Photo: AFP / Manan Vatsyayana

AT Finance, European Union, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Influx of Thai football talent to Japan could be a win-win

by John Duerden January 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: Reuters/Nicky Loh

AT Finance, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Middle East, Russia, United Kingdom, World

Jung Chang calls Chinese history as she sees it

by Muhammad Cohen January 28, 2018February 18, 2020

US forces could be caught in the crossfire if Turkish President Recep Erdoğan makes good on his vow to attack Kurdish forces in Manbij. Photo: Reuters

Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

US blinks under Turkish pressure in Syria

by M.K. Bhadrakumar January 28, 2018February 18, 2020

The US flag flies behind a foreground of razor wire. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Cambodia, Indonesia, Iraq, Middle East

Cambodians offered chance to challenge US deportation

by Asia Times and agencies January 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Mount Mayon erupts in Daraga, Albay province, south of Manila on January 25, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Romeo Ranoco

AT Finance, Philippines

Volcanic eruption in Philippines may last for months

by Asia Times staff and agencies January 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Servicemen patrol at the Kremlin in Moscow on November 30, 2017. Photo: AFP / Mladen ANTONOV

Afghanistan, European Union, Russia, South Asia, World

How mothers’ angst might rein in Putin’s military ambitions

by Jennifer Mathers January 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Japan, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

The Iceman Cometh – in the shape of ‘Yuzu’

by Gordon Watts January 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Turkish army tanks stationed near the Syrian border in operation "Olive Branch". Photo: AFP / Ozan Kose

AT Finance, China, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Turkey plays its latest card in the New Great Game

by Pepe Escobar January 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Iranian Americans in Ali Khamenei (left) and Hasan Rouhani masks rally against the regime near the United Nations building in New York on September 20, 2016. Photo: AFP / Don Emmert

India, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

Unrest in Iran will continue until religious rule ends

by Haidar Khezri January 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Two Chinese dragons square off atop a temple. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Middle East, Taiwan, United Kingdom, World

One China, two perspectives

by Muhammad Cohen January 27, 2018February 18, 2020

In search of answers, the writer looked back in time and set off to the Forum in a walking conversation with the ruins of Rome. Photo: iStock

China, European Union, Italy, Middle East, World

Rome and the decline of the West: rich assortment of ills

by Pepe Escobar January 27, 2018February 18, 2020

US Marine Corps Commandant General Robert Neller speaks during a discussion at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC, January 25, 2018. Photo: AFP/Saul Loeb

North Korea, Northeast Asia

US military must be ‘psyched’ for war with North Korea: Marine commander

by Asia Times staff January 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Liu He (center) attends a signing ceremony between China and Vietnam at the Great Hall of the People, on May 11, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Jason Lee

Beijing, China, World

China’s economic ‘mastermind’ Liu He set to get promotion: report

by Asia Times staff January 27, 2018February 18, 2020

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (L) listens to Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly (2-L) with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono (2-R) and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (R) in Tokyo. Photo: Reuters/Frank Robichon

China, France, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Japan and France plan joint naval exercises in ‘show of strength’ against China: Sources

by Asia Times staff January 27, 2018February 18, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects the long-range strategic ballistic rocket Hwasong-12 in this undated image. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

US analyst: ‘Kim is millennial with nuclear ICBMs’

by Asia Times staff January 27, 2018February 18, 2020

China Banking Regulatory Commission chief Guo Shuqing. Photo: Reuters/Bobby Yip

China’s banking regulator lays out priorities for 2018

by Asia Times staff January 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg (2nd L) and China's Premier Li Keqiang (2nd R) attend a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of People in Beijing on April 7, 2017. Photo: AFP/Yohei Kanasashi

China, European Union, Russia, World

Beijing unveils vision of ‘Polar Silk Road’

by Asia Times staff January 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Satellite image of Chinese factory activity. Source: SpaceKnow

China

Chinese manufacturing expansion continues apace: satellites

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