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Campaign against Huawei faces embarrassing reality

by Asia Times staff January 1, 2019February 18, 2020

Xanana Gusmao, independence hero and the country's first president, shows his ink-stained finger after voting in the general election in Dili, East Timor, May 12, 2018. REUTERS/Lirio Da Fonseca

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Fate of two nations: Cambodia and East Timor

by Sawathey Ek December 31, 2018December 31, 2018

Representatives from the 11-nation Pacific trade pact the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership meet in Santiago on March 8, 2018. Photo: AFP/Claudio Reyes

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Japan-led Pacific free trade pact goes into effect

by Andrew Salmon December 31, 2018February 18, 2020

Vietnam communist party chief Nguyen Phu Trong takes oath as country's president at the National Assembly hall in Hanoi on October 23, 2018. Photo: Vietnam News Agency via AFP

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Stability tests abound for Vietnam

by David Hutt December 31, 2018February 18, 2020

UAE passport. Photo: Wikipedia

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UAE’s passport strength offers lessons for other GCC nations

by Armand Arton December 30, 2018

Cambodian women who were arrested for their alleged involvement in an illegal surrogacy business, are pictured outside Phnom Penh municipal court. Photo: Tang Chhin Sothy / AFP

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Cambodia’s surrogate mothers risk jail for Chinese couples

by Sophie Deviller and Suy Se December 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Split screen image of Lee Hsien Loong (R) and his brother Lee Hsien Yang (L). Photo: AFP/Facebook

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Lee family feud rekindled in Singapore

by Nile Bowie December 29, 2018February 18, 2020

Illicit funds from organized crime are being laundered through cryptocurrencies. Image: iStock

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US says drug gangs moving money via China crypto channels

by Peter J. Brown December 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Taiwan soldiers take part in a drill at the Ching Chuan Kang airbase in Taichung, central Taiwan, on June 7, 2018, simulating a Chinese attack as Beijing stepped up military and diplomatic pressure on the island amid growing tension. Photo: Sam Yeh / AFP

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US abandonment of Kurds sends bad message to allies in East Asia

by Grant Newsham December 28, 2018February 18, 2020

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Trump eyes ban of any sale of Huawei, ZTE gear in US: report

by Asia Times staff December 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Kaohsiung International Airport in Taiwan. Photo: Google Maps

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Vietnamese tourists become illegal immigrants in Taiwan

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

Indian Army paratroopers in a joint exercise with the US military. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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Evolving Indian security architecture in Indo-Pacific

by S K Chatterji December 27, 2018

Map of Nepal and Bhutan: iStock

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Pawns in a geostrategic chess game in the Himalayas

by Bhim Bhurtel December 26, 2018

Yenny Wahid is a voice of moderation amid a rising tide of Islamic intolerance in Indonesia. Photo: Youtube

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A moderate voice rises above in Indonesia

by Muhammad Cohen December 26, 2018February 18, 2020

A minke whale is lifted from a 'research' whaling vessel in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, in April 2008. Japan is set to resume commercial whale hunting and will withdraw from the International Whaling Commission.Photo: Yomiuri Shimbun / AFP

Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania

Japan to resume whaling, but only in its territorial waters

by Andrew Salmon December 26, 2018February 18, 2020

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shakes hands with Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj on September 6, 2018. Photo: AFP/Prakash Singh

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Recent US moves reflect its shifting focus to Indo-Pacific

by Manoj Kumar Mishra December 26, 2018

Gautam Adani, chairman of the Adani Group. Photo: AFP

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Insurers won’t cover Adani coal mine in Australia: report

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

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

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Working with China is more beneficial than fighting it

by Ken Moak December 25, 2018December 25, 2018

Target Malaria is soon scheduled to begin implementing a plan in West and Central Africa to release genetically modified “male sterile” (non-gene-drive) mosquitoes: Photo: iStock

Australia, Egypt, Middle East, New Zealand, Oceania, World

Cutting corners on consent

by Zahra Moloo December 23, 2018

The Indonesian government bills the Trans-Papua Highway as a boost to economic growth for an impoverished region, but many Papuans see the project as a means to move troops. Photo: William Laurance

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Papua attack shines a light on controversial road project

by Loren Bell December 23, 2018February 18, 2020

US president John F Kennedy at Rice University in Houston on September 12, 1962. Photo: Wikipedia

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For climate safety, call in the engineers

by Jeffrey D. Sachs December 22, 2018

The retirement of US Defense Secretary James Mattis raises fears that a voice of prudence and professionalism will be absent from Donald Trump's cabinet. Photo: AFP

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Mattis exit has worrisome implications for Asian allies

by Peter J. Brown December 22, 2018February 18, 2020

The DDG-167 Shenzhen missile destroyer returns to port in Zhanjiang,, Guangdong Province, after an anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden in this file pic from August 2009.Photo: AFP

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Chinese Navy makes waves, spreads wings over Gulf, Indian Ocean

by Emanuele Scimia December 22, 2018February 18, 2020

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Huawei claims Germany, France and Japan using its 5G products

by Asia Times staff December 22, 2018February 18, 2020

The countdown has started on new trade war discussions between the United States and China. Photo: iStock

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Clock is ticking to find a US-China trade war breakthrough

by Gordon Watts December 21, 2018February 18, 2020

Mt Vinson Massif, the highest peak in Antartica and part of the Seven Summits. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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Filipina mountaineer conquers Seven Summits of the world

by Asia Times staff December 21, 2018February 18, 2020

Huawei Research and Development Centre in Bangalore, India. Photo: AFP

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India may allow Huawei to take part in 5G field trials

by Asia Times staff December 21, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) is seen with Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei at the company’s R&D center in London during Xi’s state visit to Britain in October 2015. Photo: Reuters

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All of our bets on China have been wrong

by Marshall Auerback December 21, 2018

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

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Thursday’s blockchain news, from Asia and beyond

by Pete Sabine December 20, 2018February 18, 2020

The facade of the Dubai Courts building where the Australian was tried. Photo: AFP

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Jailed Australian ‘a victim of Arabian Peninsula feud’

by Alan Boyd December 20, 2018February 18, 2020