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Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev attends a meeting with his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev in Astana, Kazakhstan March 23, 2017. Photo: Mukhtar Kholdorbekov/Reuters

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Laos, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Alert over Central Asia’s China debt mars Uzbekistan’s BRI debut

by Gary Kleiman March 6, 2018

Chinese ships are seen operating in the eastern Indian Ocean in a TV broadcast. Photo: CCTV7 screen grab

AT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, Beijing, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Middle East, Myanmar, New Zealand, Oceania, Philippines, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor Leste, Vietnam

Large naval drill points to more strain in India-China ties

by Asia Times staff March 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Abdulla Yameen takes his oath as president of Maldives during a swearing-in ceremony at the parliament in Malé on November 17, 2013. Reuters / Waheed Mohamed / File Photo

France, Maldives, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

The situation in Maldives: one minister’s view

by Mohamed Shainee March 1, 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping at a news conference that marked the end of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China May 15, 2017. Photo: Reuters

Bangladesh, Beijing, China, South Asia, Sri Lanka

Bucking politics, Western banks fight for piece of Belt and Road

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

Myanmar's State Councellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi looks on during the 9th Asean-UN Summit in Manila on November 13, 2017. Photo: AFP/Linus Escandor II

AT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, China, France, India, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Oceania, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, World

UN and Myanmar on a collision course

by David Scott Mathieson February 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Modi and Trudeau hugging. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, India, Nepal, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

Modi’s hugging obsession is making India cringe

by Raja Murthy February 25, 2018February 25, 2018

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau writes a message in the visitor's book at the Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad, India on February 19, 2018. HIs wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, their daughter Ella Grace and sons Hadrien and Xavier observe. Photo: Reuters/Amit Dave

China, India, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Syria, World

Canada needs to rediscover its real power

by David Simmons February 24, 2018February 24, 2018

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Xiamen in September. Photo: Xinhua

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Expect greater rivalry between India and China in South Asia

by Manoj Joshi February 23, 2018February 23, 2018

Photo: AFP/John MacDougall

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

China beats India to slice of Dhaka Stock Exchange

by Faisal Mahmud February 21, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese ships are seen operating in the eastern Indian Ocean in a TV broadcast. Photo: CCTV7 screen grab

Australia, Beijing, China, India, Maldives, Oceania, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Chinese navy task force enters Indian Ocean in wake of Maldives crisis: Report

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

US President Donald Trump wants to increase military spending, including a costly upgrade to the country's nuclear arsenal to meet the threat from so-called "revisionist" powers, Russia and China. But the move could pose significant risks to the American economy.Image: iStock/curraheeshutter

AT Finance, Australia, China, European Union, France, Germany, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, World

Labeling China and Russia as threats puts the US at risk

by Ken Moak February 12, 2018

Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Tim.Reckmann

AT Finance, Middle East, Pakistan, Philippines, South Asia, Sri Lanka

Hotel manager jailed for groping Filipina in Dubai

by Asia Times staff February 7, 2018February 18, 2020

Opposition supporters protest against the Maldivian government's delay in releasing their jailed leaders despite a Supreme Court order, in Malé on February 4, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Stringer

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, India, Maldives, Middle East, Myanmar, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, World

Maldives crisis: US-Indian strategic alliance forming

by M.K. Bhadrakumar February 7, 2018February 18, 2020

Indian Navy soldiers stand guard to rifles in New Delhi during a rehearsal for India's Republic Day parade on January 18, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Saumya Khandelwal

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, World

Great China-India naval war could be an anti-climax

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large February 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Vanuatu islands map. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Australia, China, European Union, France, India, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Criticism of Belt and Road Initiative as ‘debt trap’ is flawed

by Ken Moak February 3, 2018February 3, 2018

3d illustration currency sign yuan on abstract futuristic network technology background. Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

South Asia market rebound eludes China Belt binge

by Gary Kleiman February 1, 2018February 1, 2018

Palm Jumeirah in Dubai. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Middle East, Pakistan, Philippines, South Asia, Sri Lanka

Dubai hotel manager accused of groping Filipino staffer

by Asia Times staff January 29, 2018February 18, 2020

A map of the potential new East-West shipping route that would be opened by a potential Thai canal through the country's Kra isthmus. Image: Wikimedia

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, World

A man, a plan, a canal…Thailand?

by Shawn W. Crispin January 25, 2018February 18, 2020

President Trump and Melania visit the Forbidden City with China’s President Xi Jinping and China’s First Lady Peng Liyuan, on November 10, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Jonathan Ernst

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, Cambodia, China, European Union, Germany, India, Japan, Laos, Mexico, Middle East, Myanmar, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Can Trump’s America reverse worldwide disapproval?

by George Koo January 22, 2018February 18, 2020

Mobike bicycles in Tianjin, China, in March 2017. Photo: iStock

Bangladesh, China, India, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Uphill ride for Indian bicycle hub as imports flood in

by AK Sharma @satsingh15 January 16, 2018February 18, 2020

French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping leave after a press conference in Beijing. Photo: Reuters / Charles Platiau

Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Oceania, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

French president questions China’s New Silk Road strategy

by Emanuele Scimia January 12, 2018

Men load rice bags to a ship for export at a rice processing factory in Vietnam's southern Mekong delta, July 6, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Kham

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Vietnam, World

Overloaded ports weigh down Vietnam

by Alan Boyd January 9, 2018February 18, 2020

People wave Chinese and British flags at the departure of a freight train transporting containers from the UK on April 10, 2017, en route to Yiwu in China's Zhejiang province. Photo: AFP / Isabel Infantes

Australia, China, Oceania, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

China’s soft and sharp power, and ‘information warfare’

by Joseph S. Nye January 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Emerging Asia markets outperformed their European and Latin American counterparts in 2017. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Emerging Asia market triumph may prove fleeting

by Gary Kleiman January 4, 2018

India's foreign secretary designate Vijay Keshav Gokhale (right) with an Israeli diplomat Photo: Courtesy Twitter

Beijing, Bhutan, China, India, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Old China hand to guide India’s global path

by Saikat Datta January 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Malaysian Immigration Department Headquarters, Putrajaya. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam

Malaysia allows online direct hiring of maids

by Asia Times staff January 2, 2018February 18, 2020

CPN-UML chairman Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli (left) shakes hands with the chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), Pushpa Kamal Dahal, aka Prachanda, during a news conference in Kathmandu on December 17, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Navesh Chitrakar

Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Maldives, Nepal, South Asia, Sri Lanka

New Nepal government to face tough foreign policy challenges

by Kamal Dev Bhattarai January 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen during a meeting at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh on October 13, 2016. Photo: AFP / Tang Chhin Sothy

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, Cambodia, China, European Union, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

How Asia’s ‘people of the year’ muddled through in 2017

by David Simmons December 30, 2017February 18, 2020

Hambantota port in Sri Lanka has been taken over by China for 99 years. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, Australia, China, European Union, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Middle East, Oceania, South Asia, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, World

Sri Lanka the latest victim of China’s debt-trap diplomacy

by Brahma Chellaney December 24, 2017February 18, 2020

A general view of Gwadar port in Pakistan taken on October 4, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Drazen Jorgic

Beijing, China, European Union, India, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, World

China lavishes aid to win support for big port at Gwadar

by Drazen Jorgic December 17, 2017February 18, 2020