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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ajay Singh Bisht. Photo: AFP/ Sanjay Kanojia

China, France, Germany, India, South Asia, World

Modi cements Hindu nationalism with new state appointment

by Tej Parikh March 24, 2017

Argentine striker Carlos Tevez poses after signing for Shanghai Shenhua in December 2016, a move that reportedly made him the world's highest-paid football player. Photo: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

AT Finance, China, India, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, World

Spanish soccer supremo tells China it’s ‘not just about money”

by Agence France-Presse March 24, 2017February 18, 2020

View of an oil dock seen from a ship at the port of Kalantari in the city of Chabahar. Photo: Reuters, Raheb Homavandi

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

How Russia hopes an Iranian port will circumvent One Belt, One Road

by Asia Unhedged March 24, 2017February 18, 2020

A panel displays global stock indexes at the Hong Kong Exchanges in Hong Kong, China December 5, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Bobby Yip

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Philippines, South Asia, Vietnam

Asian EMs rally overnight

by David Goldman March 23, 2017February 18, 2020

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, November 10, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, Brunei, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Vietnam, World

China a friend in need to Malaysia

by David Hutt March 23, 2017February 18, 2020

Can we live without flush toilets? Photo: Wikimedia Commons

India, South Asia, World

The world needs more toilets – but not ones that flush

by Tamara Avellán March 22, 2017February 18, 2020

A mill worker in Thailand holds harvested rice grains. Agriculture, largely rice farming, employs 40% of the country's work force Photo: Reuters / Jorge Silva

AT Finance, China, France, Hong Kong, India, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

The plague and promise of Thai rice

by Peter Janssen March 22, 2017February 18, 2020

The body of a Syrian girl lies on a bed at a makeshift hospital following reported shelling on a kindergarten in the rebel-held area of Harasta, on the northeastern outskirts of the capital Damascus, on November 6, 2016. At least four children were killed and 19 people injured in the government strike in Harasta, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Photo: Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP

Afghanistan, AT Finance, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, Vietnam, World

How the invasion of Iraq came home

by Tom Engelhardt March 22, 2017

Dhunu, the lead character in the movie Village Rockstars directed by Rima Das. Photo: Rima Das

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam

Aspiring filmmakers get chance of breakthrough moment at HAF

by James Marsh March 22, 2017February 18, 2020

A model of the proposed Ram temple, which Hindus want to build on the site of the demolished Babri Mosque, is pictured in Ayodhya in 2010. Photo: Reuters

India, South Asia

India’s chief justice wants to ‘mediate’ in temple row

by Asia Times staff March 22, 2017February 18, 2020

Joint action by city leaders is increasingly needed to crack the sustainability puzzle presented by growing populations in search of better lives. Failure is not an option, as Wall-e can attest. Photo: Tilemahos Efthimiadis via Flickr/Creative Commons

Beijing, China, Hong Kong, India, South Asia, Tianjin, World

Green cities will change the world

by Christiana Figueres March 22, 2017March 22, 2017

Google co-founder Sergey Brin. Photo: AFP, Fabrice Coffrini

China, Germany, India, South Asia, World

300 or 13% of the world’s billionaires are immigrants

by Asia Unhedged March 21, 2017February 18, 2020

Source: Bloomberg

AT Finance, China, India, Malaysia, Philippines, South Asia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Asian markets up, EM currencies soar

by David Goldman March 21, 2017February 18, 2020

Vodafone Group CEO Vittorio Colao (R) shakes hand with chairman of India's Aditya Birla Group Kumar Mangalam Birla. Photo: AFP, Punit Paranjpe

India, South Asia

Idea, Vodafone merger makes India’s largest telecom

by Asia Unhedged March 21, 2017February 18, 2020

Wong Tsu, a graduate of MIT’s department of aeronautical engineering went on to design one of Boeing’s first aircraft before returning to China to head the country’s own fledgling industry.

China, India, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Journeys to the west

by George Koo March 20, 2017February 18, 2020

Source: Bloomberg

India, South Asia, World

Short EM credit, long EM equities?

by Asia Unhedged March 20, 2017February 18, 2020

Father Tomy Kalathoor Mathew has been serving St Matthew's parish as priest since 2014. Photo: St Matthew's Parish/Facebook

Australia, India, Middle East, Oceania, South Asia

India condemns attack on priest at Melbourne church

by Asia Times staff March 20, 2017February 18, 2020

US Army 23rd chemical battalion soldiers put on their gear in South Korea, where America maintains nearly 30,000 troops, in a Reuters file photo from April 2013.

AT Finance, India, Malaysia, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, United Kingdom, World

As US loses patience, North Korea holds a chemical card

by Bertil Lintner March 20, 2017February 18, 2020

Japan's destroyer and helicopter carrier Izumo. Photo: Wikipedia.

AT Finance, Beijing, Brunei, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Taiwan, Vietnam

More warships in the South China Sea: Testing the diplomatic waters

by Michael Brady March 20, 2017March 21, 2017

A still from the Korean movie The Handmaiden. Photo: Handouts

AT Finance, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, World

Q&A with Roger Garcia, executive director of Asian Film Awards Academy

by Poo Yee Kai March 19, 2017February 18, 2020

China's premier Li Keqiang told a news conference at the end of the annual session of the National People's Congress that China is concerned about worsening relations on the Korean Peninsula and urged all parties to resume a dialogue. He also said progress has been made toward a solution to territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Photo: AFP/Nicolas Asfouri

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, United Kingdom, World

China’s (not so) reassuring foreign policy

by Emanuele Scimia March 19, 2017

Women rally in New Delhi against the persecution of Muslims in India. Photo: AFP/Raveendran

India, Pakistan, South Asia

Dear Mr. prime minister: There must be justice for India’s Muslim minority

by Kadayam Subramanian March 19, 2017

Demonstrators sport colonial Hong Kong flags during a protest against what they call Beijing's interference in local politics and the rule of law. Photo: Tyrone Siu, Reuters

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

China’s Communist rulers not as bad as critics claim

by Ken Moak March 18, 2017March 20, 2017

Indian human rights activist Irom Sharmila fared poorly in a recent state election while in many jurisdictions, criminals are voted into office. Photo: Reuters

India, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Lawbreakers, not just lawmakers, fill India’s legislatures

by Sudha Ramachandran March 18, 2017

J Muthukrishnan wrote in his last Facebook post: “when equality is denied, everything is denied”. Photo: Facebook

India, Japan, Northeast Asia, South Asia

India’s stratified society brings another student suicide

by Asia Times staff March 18, 2017February 18, 2020

Afghanistan, AT Finance, India, Indonesia, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, South Korea

The Daily Brief for Friday, 17 March 2017

by Richard Cook March 17, 2017

An Afghan policeman stands guard as investigators inspect the wreckage of the district police headquarters in Kabul in March of 2017, the result of a suspected Taliban suicide bomber. Photo: AFP

Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

UK helps US renew focus on defeating terror in Afghanistan

by M.K. Bhadrakumar March 17, 2017March 17, 2017

A Royal Bengal Tiger rests under a mangrove tree in Sundarbans National Park. Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Jayne Stockdale

Bangladesh, India, South Asia, World

Bangladesh weighs energy needs against environmental anxiety

by Seema Sengupta March 17, 2017February 18, 2020

Armored troop carriers belonging to Singapore are detained in Hong Kong. Photo: Bobby Yip, Reuters

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Taiwan, World

Singapore independence both attractive, irritating for China

by Andrew Brennan March 16, 2017March 17, 2017

Paramilitary policemen stand in formation as they take part in an anti-terrorism oath-taking rally, in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, February 27, 2017. Photo: Reuters.

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Could Great Wall of Iron become New Silk Roadblock?

by Pepe Escobar March 16, 2017February 18, 2020

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