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Chinese couples disappoint Beijing as birth rate dips

by Asia Times staff January 20, 2018February 18, 2020

A fighter jet was shot into the sky during the first-ever launch and recovery using the U.S. Navy's new electromagnetic catapult system. Photo: US Navy

Beijing, China, World

Third carrier may use electromagnetic launch catapults

by Asia Times staff January 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Jerry Lee (right) is seen at a Christie's exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci's 'Salvator Mundi' in Hong Kong in October 2017. Photo: AFP

Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

Case of CIA ‘mole’ sheds new light on Hong Kong as spy hub

by Frank Chen January 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks as his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu looks on during a signing ceremony at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on January 15, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Adnan Abidi

Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Israel, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia

India-Israel relations: from obscurity to certainty

by M Shamsur Rabb Khan January 19, 2018

A surface-to-surface Agni-5 missile is displayed at a parade in New Delhi. Photo: Reuters / B Mathur

Beijing, China, India, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

‘China pursuing missile defenses; Indian nukes are main worry’

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large January 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, World

China records improved GDP growth in 2017

by Asia Times staff January 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Robotic arm with microchip. Photo: AFP

US clears Chinese acquisition of chip equipment company

by Asia Times staff January 19, 2018February 18, 2020

A screen grab from the shooter game Glorious Mission, which is used to train PLA soldiers. Photo: PLA Daily via Global Times

Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, World

PLA soldiers play war-games on computers for training

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

A Fuxing bullet train is parked at a platform. The new series of China's homemade high-speed trains can cruise at 400 kilometres per hour. Photo: Xinhua

Beijing, Chengdu, China, Russia, Shanghai, World

Bullets and bombs on China’s high-speed rail network

by Frank Chen January 18, 2018February 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, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Beijing readying for Korea conflict – or merely hedging its bets?

by Robert E. McCoy January 18, 2018

A Pew poll finds that while their democratic system is not perfect, most Americans prefer it to one-party authoritarianism. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Despite Trump, few Americans think China’s autocracy better than their democracy

by Xuan Loc Doan January 18, 2018

Capital Securities Corp in Taiwan. Photo: Google Maps, iStock

Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taiwan, World

Taiwan’s top broker cheered by 80 months of bonus pay

by Ben Kwok January 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (C) standing beside missile tubes on deck while touring the guided missile frigate Changchun berthed at the Davao international port on May 1, 2017. Photo: AFP/Simeon Celi

AT Finance, Beijing, China, France, Indonesia, Japan, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, Taiwan, World

China eyes Philippines’ strategic eastern shores

by George Amurao January 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese giant Huawei's deal with AT&T collapsed at the end of 2017. Photo: iStock

Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, Oceania, United Kingdom, World

China finding it tough to pick up bargains in US ‘mega-mall’

by Gordon Watts January 18, 2018February 18, 2020

The US and Pakistani flags. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, India, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Haqqani factor complicates troubled US-Pakistan relations

by William Holland January 18, 2018

An LNG terminal in Yangkou Port in Nantong city, which is in China's Jiangsu province. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Shanghai, Singapore, Syria, Turkey, World

‘Make Trade, Not War’ is China’s daring plan in the Middle East

by Pepe Escobar January 18, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing in 2016. Photo: AFP

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

US and China set to swap trade strategies

by Giovanni Di Lieto January 18, 2018

Guo Shuqing

China’s banking regulator sends warning to financial ‘outlaws’

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

Photo: Reuters

Beijing, China, Taiwan, World

Arrested ex-CIA officer in China spy case was supposed to ‘create moles’

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

The Qaidam Basin in the northwestern province of Qinghai has the most Mars-like environment in China. Photo: Xinhua

Beijing, China, European Union, Russia, World

Quest for red planet starts from Mars-like base in Qinghai

by Asia Times staff January 17, 2018February 18, 2020

A truck-mounted mist cannon blows away dust in the air on a hazy day. Photo: Tencent

Beijing, China, Hong Kong, World

Fans, mist cannons and vaporizers tackle China’s smog

by Asia Times staff January 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Post-Arab Spring Europe goes against Trump’s Iran-bashing

by Emanuele Scimia January 17, 2018

Police stand guard in front of the Indonesian Stock Exchange building in Jakarta on January 16, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Beawiharta

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Indonesia, Japan, Northeast Asia, Singapore, World

Indonesia stock exchange accident reflects performance cracks

by Gary Kleiman January 17, 2018

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (L) hands the gavel to Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during a transfer of Asean's chairmanship at the closing ceremonies of the grouping's 31st Summit in Manila on November 14, 2017. Photo: AFP/Aaron Favila/Pool

AT Finance, Beijing, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Now or never for Asean to take a stand

by Richard Javad Heydarian January 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Southern Kowloon and Victoria, Hong Kong, 2014 (Source: Wikipedia)

Beijing, China, Hong Kong, South Asia, World

Record heights just the beginning for HK stocks: strategist

by Asia Times staff January 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: Reuters/Thomas White

Dadong cuts US sovereign rating, changes outlook to negative

by Asia Times staff January 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Skyline of Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong. The southern province turned over more than 1.2 trillion yuan to Beijing in 2016. Photo: Getty Images

Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Northeast Asia, Russia, Shanghai, South Korea, World

Six provinces foot the bill for Beijing’s rising expenses

by Frank Chen January 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Retired Admiral James Stavridis is escorted by Donald Trump's secretary, Madeleine Westerhout, as he arrives at Trump Tower in New York on December 8, 2016. Photo: AFP / Dominick Reuter

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, World

Climate change may well be an ‘enemy.’ But a military one?

by Grant Newsham January 16, 2018

A file photo shows a B-2 Spirit bomber taking off behind another B-2 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Photo: US Air Force via Reuters.

Beijing, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Taiwan

B-2 bombers in Guam lay bare PLA’s weak underbelly

by Frank Chen January 16, 2018February 18, 2020

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un is seen alongside the newly developed intercontinental ballistic rocket Hwasong-15. Photo: Reuters via KCNA

Beijing, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

US weighs its options against an ‘undeterrable’ Kim regime

by William Holland January 16, 2018