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A Ginza Tanaka employee shows off a $1.8 million Christmas tree made with 19-kilogram of pure gold wires at the Ginza Tanaka store in Tokyo on November 22, 2016.
AFP/Toshifumi Kitamura

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

And the Time Out Love Tokyo Awards 2016 go to … Ginza

by Kathryn Wortley December 25, 2016February 18, 2020

Donald Trump was the most vocal anti-China candidate in the 2016 US presidential election. Photo: Reuters/Shannon Stapleton

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

China bashing has dire consequences for Chinese-Americans

by Richard King December 24, 2016December 24, 2016

China's President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying. Photo: Reuters

Beijing, China, Hong Kong

Xi says supports efforts to curb Hong Kong independence

by Reuters December 23, 2016February 18, 2020

Quarantine officials in protective gears head to a poultry farm in Kawaminami, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan to bury chickens culled after a highly virulent strain of bird flu was detected this week. Photo: Reuters

China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Northeast Asia, Shanghai, South Korea, World

China reports first human deaths from bird flu this winter

by Reuters December 23, 2016February 18, 2020

A real estate agent holds a board advertising an apartment for sale, on a street in Beijing. Photo: Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Beijing, China, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Shanghai

China’s housing price growth set to slow next year

by Poo Yee Kai and Liu Hsiu Wen December 21, 2016February 18, 2020

Matt Damon in The Great Wall ... a much earlier and ultimately futile and costly protectionist measure.

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, World

The Great Wall unassailable in its first week in China

by Russell Edwards December 20, 2016February 18, 2020

A Chinese clerk counts US dollar banknotes next to yuan bills. Photo: AFP/Xu Jingbai/Imaginechina

China, European Union, Hong Kong, World

Yuan: Stronger is better

by Ahmed Ilahi December 20, 2016December 19, 2016

A woman shows her phone operating Ant Check, an Alibaba-linked platform, at a cafe in Beijing, China, April 11, 2016. REUTERS/Shirley Feng/File Photo

AT Finance, China, European Union, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Oceania, Singapore, World

Move over Singles’ Day: Alipay’s 12.12 smashed records

by Jessica Rapp December 19, 2016December 19, 2016

Does Singapore's system produce the best students? Photo: Ministry of Education Singapore

AT Finance, Australia, China, France, Hong Kong, Oceania, Singapore, World

Behind Singapore’s PISA success and why others may not want to compete

by Amanda Wise December 18, 2016February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Beijing, China, France, Hong Kong, Middle East, Philippines, Tianjin, World

The Daily Brief for Thursday, 15 December 2016

by Admin December 15, 2016

Lao dancers during new year celebrations. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Middle East, Singapore, Taiwan, Turkey, World

The price of freight in China: OPEC or the Chinese New Year?

by Dr. Zvi Schreiber December 15, 2016December 15, 2016

Hong Kong Monetary Authority Chief Executive Norman Chan.
Photo: AFP

China, Hong Kong, World

Hong Kong raises base rate by 25 basis points

by Reuters December 15, 2016February 18, 2020

Agricultural Bank of China is setting up an asset management company. Photo: Reuters/Thomas Peter

Beijing, Chengdu, China, Hong Kong, Shanghai

Agricultural Bank of China, Guizhou ink debt-for-equity swap

by Lin Wanxia and Poo Yee Kai December 15, 2016February 18, 2020

Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Iran, Japan, Macau, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Shanghai, South Asia, Taiwan, Turkey, World

The Daily Brief for Wednesday, 14 December 2016

by Admin December 14, 2016December 14, 2016

Hong Kong's Rose Fong fends off Japanese tackles during the Asia Women's Rugby Championships earlier this year. Photo: Ike Li / ikeimages

Australia, China, France, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, World

Japan, Hong Kong reach 12-team Women’s Rugby World Cup

by Asia Times staff December 14, 2016February 18, 2020

Fish lanterns at 160 Queen's Road West. Photo: William Furniss

China, Hong Kong

Saving the character of Queen’s Road West

by Mathew Scott December 14, 2016February 18, 2020

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump holds a campaign event in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, November 1, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Carlo Allegri

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

One China? Never, Trump!

by Peter Lee December 14, 2016December 13, 2016

Busy, busy, busy... Workers at China's factories are starting to have an impact on GDP growth. Photo: Reuters

China, Hong Kong, Shanghai

China produces record 3.01 million cars in November

by Poo Yee Kai and Liu Hsiu Wen December 13, 2016February 18, 2020

Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan

The Daily Brief for Monday, 12 December 2016

by Kenny Hodgart December 12, 2016

Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying (L) and Financial Secretary John Tsang see their political futures going in different directions. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

China, Hong Kong

HK Financial Secretary resigns to run for top post

by Agencies and Asia Times December 12, 2016February 18, 2020

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Northeast Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

The Daily Brief for Friday, 9 December 2016

by Admin December 9, 2016December 10, 2016

Relay team: President Hu Jintao sings with outgoing Chief Executive Donald Tsang. and CY Leung (R) during a 2012 variety show in Hong Kong ahead of the 15th anniversary of the territory's handover to Chinese sovereignty. Photo: Reuters/Bobby Yip

Beijing, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Middle East, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Wanted: Outstanding candidate to run Asian financial hub…

by Ben Richardson December 9, 2016February 18, 2020

Hong Kong's Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying Photo: AFP/EyePress/Alan Siu)

Beijing, China, Hong Kong

HK chief executive not to seek re-election

by Agence France-Presse December 9, 2016February 18, 2020

Program cover for Asian Shakespeare Association event in New Delhi.

AT Finance, Australia, China, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Middle East, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Asian scholarship on William Shakespeare is second to none

by Kadayam Subramanian December 8, 2016December 8, 2016

Photo: AFP

China, European Union, Hong Kong, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

Edmond de Rothschild said to exit Hong Kong

by Reuters December 8, 2016February 18, 2020

Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Tianjin, World

Seven departments to control real estate development

by Poo Yee Kai and Liu Hsiu Wen December 8, 2016February 18, 2020

China's main housing bubble deflator.Photo: Reuters/Nicolas Asouri/Pool

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Middle East, South Asia, Taiwan, World

Trump boosts Xi’s bid to stay beyond 2022

by Ng Weng Hoong December 7, 2016December 7, 2016

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, World

The Daily Brief for Wednesday, 7 December 2016

by Kenny Hodgart December 7, 2016

A Chinese clerk counts US dollar banknotes next to yuan bills. Photo: AFP/Xu Jingbai/Imaginechina

Beijing, China, Hong Kong, World

Capital flight takes another big bite out of China’s reserves

by Steve Wang and Lin Wanxia December 7, 2016February 18, 2020

The China Insurance Regulatory Commission offices. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

China, Hong Kong

CIRC to investigate massive share purchases by insurers

by Lin Wanxia and Liu Hsiu Wen December 7, 2016February 18, 2020