Asia Unhedged, Author at Asia Times

US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross meets Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the Zhongnanhai state guesthouse in Beijing, China, September 25, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Thomas Peter

Beijing, China, Shanghai, World

US business groups urge prudent handling of China trade action

by Asia Unhedged October 4, 2017February 18, 2020

A protestor holds up a placard outside the Catalan region's economy ministry building during a raid by Spanish police on several government offices, in Barcelona, Spain, September 20, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Albert Gea

European Union, World

Spanish bonds, stocks tumble amid growing momentum for Catalan breakaway

by Asia Unhedged October 4, 2017February 18, 2020

The impacts from widespread adoption of electric cars will be significant, as people within the car industry, oil producers and governments are starting to realize. Photo: iStock

India, South Asia

Indian states vie to attract electric car manufacturers

by Asia Unhedged October 4, 2017February 18, 2020

India, Japan, Northeast Asia, South Asia

India’s Tata may close down telecom unit this month

by Asia Unhedged October 4, 2017February 18, 2020

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 20, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Lucas Jackson

Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

N. Korea threatens nuke strike on Japan, calls Abe ‘headless chicken’

by Asia Unhedged October 4, 2017February 18, 2020

Jet fighters release flares during the Zapad 2017 war games at a range near the town of Borisov, Belarus September 20, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Vasily Fedosenko

European Union, Japan, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

Moscow not ruling out war with NATO: Russian Defense Ministry

by Asia Unhedged October 4, 2017February 18, 2020

European Union, World

EU hits Amazon with several hundred million euro fine

by Asia Unhedged October 4, 2017February 18, 2020

People wait in a medical staging area on Oct. 2, 2017, after the mass shooting during a music festival in Las Vegas. Photo: Reuters/Las Vegas Sun/Steve Marcus

AT Finance, Japan, Northeast Asia, Philippines

Las Vegas shooter wired US$100,000 to Philippines before rampage

by Asia Unhedged October 4, 2017February 18, 2020

Minister of Transport and Communications Ketil Solvik-Olsen. Photo: Torstein Boe/NTB scanpix

China, European Union, Russia, South Asia, World

Norway upbeat on Finnish plan for Arctic rail link to Belt and Road

by Asia Unhedged October 4, 2017February 18, 2020

Republic of Korea Navy submarine maneuvers during a combined maritime operation in the waters East of the Korean Peninsula. Photo: US Navy/MC2 Will Gaskill via AFP

North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

South Korea has design for nuke submarine reactor

by Asia Unhedged October 4, 2017February 18, 2020

Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte speaks during a conference with businessmen in Davao city, southern Philippines. Photo: Reuters/Lean Daval Jr

AT Finance, Philippines, Russia, World

US relations ‘strong and irreversible,’ says Philippine official ahead of Trump trip

by Asia Unhedged October 4, 2017February 18, 2020

The sun rises through fog over the Friendship and the Broken bridges over the Yalu River connecting the North Korean town of Sinuiju and Dandong in China's Liaoning province, March 30, 2017. Reuters/Damir Sagolj

China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

North Korea trade deficit with China surges on sanctions

by Asia Unhedged October 4, 2017February 18, 2020

Li Shufu, Chairman of Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. Photo: AFP

China, European Union, Germany, World

Geely takes controlling stake in Denmark’s Saxo Bank

by Asia Unhedged October 3, 2017February 18, 2020

China

China’s two biggest bike-share startups in talks to merge

by Asia Unhedged October 3, 2017February 18, 2020

Pollution in Shenyang, Liaoning province. Photo: Reuters/Stringer

China

Pollution curbs to slow China growth, boost industrial profits: economist

by Asia Unhedged October 3, 2017February 18, 2020

A computer room equipped with access to Kwangmyong at the Grand People's Study House in Pyongyang. Photo: Wikipedia

China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

Russia provides new internet connection to North Korea

by Asia Unhedged October 3, 2017February 18, 2020

Anil Ambani, chairman of Reliance Communications.

AT Finance, India, Malaysia, South Asia

India’s RCom fails to ink Aircel deal, may face bankruptcy

by Asia Unhedged October 3, 2017February 18, 2020

Mountainous and mineral-rich North Korea has reportedly signed 38 contracts with foreign companies to develop the mines. Photo: Wikipedia

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

N. Korea estimated to have US$2.79 trillion worth of mineral resources

by Asia Unhedged October 3, 2017February 18, 2020

China

Huawei tops Apple in China consumer survey for first time

by Asia Unhedged October 3, 2017February 18, 2020

A worker in a Hyundai factory in Cangzhou, in China's northern Hebei province. Photo: AFP

Uncategorized

China manufacturing data mixed for September

by Asia Unhedged October 2, 2017February 18, 2020

China

China plans to launch space exploration rockets from sea freighters and planes

by Asia Unhedged September 30, 2017February 18, 2020

Flags of China and North Korea are seen outside the closed Ryugyong Korean Restaurant in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China. Photo: Reuters/Joseph Campbell

Beijing, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia

Beijing cracks down on North Korean companies

by Asia Unhedged September 30, 2017February 18, 2020

A man watches a television news channel in Seoul showing footage of North Korean submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). Photo: AFP

North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

N. Korea continues work on SLBM test barge

by Asia Unhedged September 30, 2017February 18, 2020

A man holds an Estelada (Catalan separatist flag) and a pro-referendum flag as he arrives at a closing rally in favour of the banned October 1 independence referendum in Barcelona, Spain September 29, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Yves Herman

European Union, France, Middle East, Turkey, World

Spain threatens to break up euro block on Catalan independence

by Asia Unhedged September 30, 2017February 18, 2020

Uncategorized

US bond yields jump on news Fed official Kevin Warsh met with president

by Asia Unhedged September 29, 2017February 18, 2020

China

Beijing sets revised deadline for green-car sales targets

by Asia Unhedged September 29, 2017February 18, 2020

The People’s Bank of China deputy governor Pan Gongsheng told a recent conference that 'virtual money has become an accomplice to all kinds of illegal and criminal activities.' Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, World

China bitcoin market alive and well as traders bypass exchanges

by Asia Unhedged September 29, 2017February 18, 2020

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (C), Gazprom Chief Executive Officer Alexei Miller (R) and former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (L) arrive for the inauguration of the Nord Stream Project in 2011. Photo: AFP/Alexey Nikolsky

Germany, Russia, World

Former German chancellor Schröder elected Rosneft board chairman

by Asia Unhedged September 29, 2017February 18, 2020

People visit the stand of Chinese digital map provider Navinfo during an exhibition in Beijing, China. Photo: AFP

Beijing, China, European Union, Germany, World

US vetoes another Chinese bid for stake in tech company

by Asia Unhedged September 29, 2017February 18, 2020

Han Song Ryol (L), North Korean vice foreign minister reportedly met with US officials last October. Sources say a meeting with North Korean foreign ministry's North America bureau chief Choi Sun-hee is now in the works. Photo: AFP/Jake Schoellkopf

Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

US, North Korea trying to set up ‘unofficial’ meet in Norway: Sources

by Asia Unhedged September 29, 2017February 18, 2020

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US business groups urge prudent handling of China trade action

Spanish bonds, stocks tumble amid growing momentum for Catalan breakaway

Indian states vie to attract electric car manufacturers

India’s Tata may close down telecom unit this month

N. Korea threatens nuke strike on Japan, calls Abe ‘headless chicken’

Moscow not ruling out war with NATO: Russian Defense Ministry

EU hits Amazon with several hundred million euro fine

Las Vegas shooter wired US$100,000 to Philippines before rampage

Norway upbeat on Finnish plan for Arctic rail link to Belt and Road

South Korea has design for nuke submarine reactor

US relations ‘strong and irreversible,’ says Philippine official ahead of Trump trip

North Korea trade deficit with China surges on sanctions

Geely takes controlling stake in Denmark’s Saxo Bank

Pollution curbs to slow China growth, boost industrial profits: economist

Russia provides new internet connection to North Korea

India’s RCom fails to ink Aircel deal, may face bankruptcy

N. Korea estimated to have US$2.79 trillion worth of mineral resources

Huawei tops Apple in China consumer survey for first time

China manufacturing data mixed for September

China plans to launch space exploration rockets from sea freighters and planes

Beijing cracks down on North Korean companies

N. Korea continues work on SLBM test barge

Spain threatens to break up euro block on Catalan independence

US bond yields jump on news Fed official Kevin Warsh met with president

Beijing sets revised deadline for green-car sales targets

China bitcoin market alive and well as traders bypass exchanges

Former German chancellor Schröder elected Rosneft board chairman

US vetoes another Chinese bid for stake in tech company

US, North Korea trying to set up ‘unofficial’ meet in Norway: Sources

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