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Chinese President Xi Jinping finishes his speech during a ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of China's 'reform and opening up' in Beijing. Photo: AFP

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

US trade war raises the specter of new Cold War

by Sebastien Falletti December 25, 2018February 18, 2020

An Israeli naval officer holds the mooring rope of the INS Tanin, a Dolphin AIP class submarine, on its arrival at a naval base in the northern Israeli city of Haifa. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Israel, Italy, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Shanghai, South Asia, World

Is China getting too close to Israel?

by Richard S Ehrlich December 23, 2018February 18, 2020

The Khunjerab Pass, starting point of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Photo: Asia Times

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, World

On the road in the Karakoram

by Pepe Escobar December 22, 2018February 18, 2020

In April, Monex, Japan’s third-largest online brokerage, completed a $32 million acquisition of Coincheck and this reportedly led to an improvement in the exchange's governance. Photo: Reuters/Toru Hanai

Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Shanghai

Thursday’s blockchain news, from Asia and beyond

by Pete Sabine December 20, 2018February 18, 2020

The glorious view of the Hunza Valley and snow-capped mountains from the top of Baltit Fort. Photo: Asia Times

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Iran, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

The new Great Game on the Roof of the World

by Pepe Escobar December 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, Shanghai

Fed fails to give China dovish surprise

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

Ofo is facing a large amount of refund requests in China. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/N509FZ

China, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tianjin

Will Ofo ride out the winter or fall in the refund pothole?

by Ben Kwok December 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Team GB's Bianca 'Queen Bee' Walkden (left) unleashes a spinning back kick on her way to winning the gold medal and $70,000 in prizemoney at the World Taekwondo Grand Slam in Wuxi, China. Photo: World Taekwondo

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

China invests in taekwondo with Hollywood-style Grand Slam

by Andrew Salmon December 19, 2018February 18, 2020

A prototype nose section, still incomplete, of the next-generation Shinkansen bullet train. Photo: Nikkei

Beijing, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Shanghai

Japan set to up the ante in express rail race against China

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

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands in Beijing last year. Photo: AFP/Anadolu Agency

Beijing, China, European Union, Middle East, Shanghai, South Asia, Turkey, World

Erdogan sees China as a partner for the future

by Burcu Karakaş December 19, 2018February 18, 2020

A resident uses the app of Chinese bike-sharing service ofo on his smartphone to rent a bicycle on the street in Shanghai. Photo: AFP

Beijing, China, Shanghai, Tianjin

Bike-sharing pioneer Ofo besieged by refund requests

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

The Shanghai Composite Index is down 20% year-to-date. Photo: AFP

Beijing, China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Russia, Shanghai, World

Regime crises spread like winter flu

by David P. Goldman December 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Residential buildings in Beijing. The average price last year for second-hand housing in China's capital was 60,925 yuan per square meter, down 3.3% from a year earlier. Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, Guangzhou, Shanghai

Second-hand housing remains in a downward spiral

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

People take pictures of the first freight train from Shenzhen to Minsk, capital of Belarus, that set out of Yantian Port in Shenzhen in May 2017. Photo: Reuters / stringer

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, South Korea, Turkey, World

How the New Silk Roads are merging into Greater Eurasia

by Pepe Escobar December 13, 2018February 18, 2020

Shanghai's Pudong airport. Photo: Xinhua

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Singapore, World

More new jets to take off from more new airports in China

by Asia Times staff December 12, 2018February 18, 2020

上海有50萬台閉路電視攝錄機和傳感器在市內運作。相片：Weibo

China, Shanghai

一個很安全但又被全面監視的大城市

by Asia Times staff December 12, 2018February 18, 2020

The KMT's Han Kuo-yu, an orator with a knack for engaging young voters via social networking platforms, has become the first non-DPP mayor of Kaohsiung in decades. The second largest city of Taiwan used to be a bastion of the DPP. Photo: Facebook

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Indonesia, Philippines, Shanghai, South Asia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Lessons from the recent Taiwan election

by George Koo December 11, 2018

China's President Xi Jinping, seen here with US President Donald Trump in Beijing in 2017 with First Lady Melania, and his wife Peng Liyuan, has also admitted facing internal divisions over economic policy. Photo: AFP / Jim Watson

Beijing, China, European Union, Shanghai, World

Xi walks a trade war tightrope

by Sebastien Falletti December 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Seoul, considered the most innovative city in the world, is also one of the most active in terms of widespread crypto adoption. Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, Guangzhou, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Shanghai, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Monday’s blockchain and crypto news, from Asia and beyond

by Pete Sabine December 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Shanghai has half a million of CCTV cameras and sensors in operation all over the city. Photo: Weibo

China, Shanghai

Everyone safe but watched in mega-city full of cameras

by Asia Times staff December 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Visitors look at the Belt and Road Smart Media Platform during the first Digital China Summit in Fuzhou city, southeast China's Fujian province, in April, this year. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Mexico, Shanghai, Singapore, Vietnam, World

EU’s investment court may be bump in China’s Belt and Road plan

by Emanuele Scimia December 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Loggers get ready to take logs away on the China-Vietnam border village of Dongzhong in this file photo from 2003. The EU is working on a deal to buy verifiable timber from Vietnam but the industry is still riddled with corruption. Photo: AFP / Peter Parks

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, European Union, India, Laos, Malaysia, Shanghai, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Tracing the safeguards against illegal logging in Vietnam

by Chris Humphrey December 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Map of Maldives: iStock

Beijing, Bhutan, China, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Shanghai, South Asia, Sri Lanka

Perspectives on India-China competition in Maldives

by Manoj Kumar Mishra December 8, 2018

New Australian legislation will require tech companies to open back doors to their encryption technologies. Photo: iStock

Australia, China, New Zealand, Oceania, Shanghai, United Kingdom, World

Big Brother Australia cracks open encrypted messaging

by Alan Boyd December 7, 2018February 18, 2020

Meng Wanzhou is considered corporate royalty in China. Photo: Huawei

Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Iran, Japan, Middle East, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Shanghai, South Asia, South Korea, United Kingdom, World

Meng’s arrest could plunge US, China into high-tech Cold War

by Gordon Watts December 6, 2018February 18, 2020

The China Banking Association says the platform has been designed to standardize and digitize interbank transaction information for trade and financial products. Photo: iStock

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

Thursday’s blockchain and crypto news, from Asia and beyond

by Pete Sabine December 6, 2018February 18, 2020

An aerial view of the Jinshan Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City. Photo: Taipower

China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Shanghai, Taiwan

Taiwan debates future of nuclear plants, spent fuel rods

by Frank Chen December 6, 2018February 18, 2020

China's A-share market. Photo: AFP

Beijing, China, Russia, Shanghai, World

China shares shiver beyond US trade tread

by Gary Kleiman December 6, 2018

Mixed signals have been coming out from US President Donald Trump's administration since the G20 talks at the weekend. Photo: AFP / Ralf Hirschberger / dpa

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

Cracks, confusion and the US-China trade war truce

by Gordon Watts December 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Asian crypto market trading sessions hit a 10 month high

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Northeast Asia, Shanghai, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand

Tuesday’s blockchain and crypto news, from Asia and beyond

by Pete Sabine December 4, 2018February 18, 2020