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Israeli medical cannabis producers are expected to generate significant government revenue. Image: iStock

AT Finance, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Time for a truce in Asia’s war on drugs

by Caleb Quinley November 3, 2018February 18, 2020

A Chinese police officer wears a pair of facial-recognition smart glasses at Zhengzhou East Railway Station in Zhengzhou in China's central Henan province. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Egypt, India, Middle East, Myanmar, Philippines, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Beijing’s online Big Brother beefs up, expands reach overseas

by Chris Taylor @chrisvtaylor November 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Timorese residents wave national flags of China and Timor-Leste to welcome the visiting Chinese naval hospital ship Peace Ark (Hull 866) at the port of Dili on December 14, 2017. Photo: Facebook/Jiang Shan

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Timor-Leste developing closer ties with China

by David Hutt November 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Jalan Masjid India in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam

8 WNI ditangkap karena peretasan, pemalsuan ijin kerja di Malaysia

by Asia Times staff November 1, 2018November 1, 2018

Children standing near the wooden boat on cracked earth. Metaphor for Global warming and Climate change. Photo: iStock

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Call of the 2018 Parliament of World Religions

by Asoka Bandarage November 1, 2018November 1, 2018

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena (left) shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a signing ceremony in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 26, 2015. Photo: AFP / Feng Li / Pool

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

It is India vs China amid upheaval in Sri Lankan politics

by Gunjan Singh November 1, 2018

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) shaking hands with Myanmar's Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi during the India-ASEAN commemorative summit in New Delhi. Photo: Handout via AFP

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Why India looks the other way on Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner October 31, 2018February 18, 2020

Jalan Masjid India in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photo: Google Maps

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Men arrested for hacking system, forging workers’ permits

by Asia Times staff October 31, 2018February 18, 2020

Sacked Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Photo: AFP

France, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Thousands rally in Colombo in support of deposed PM

by Asia Times staff October 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Afghanistan continues to be roiled by a violent Taliban insurgency, but reconciliation talks in Abu Dhabi have brought the warring parties a bit closer to peace, according to UAE officials. Photo: iStock.

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, World

Talking to Taliban – unraveling the Catch 22

by Prakash Katoch October 30, 2018

Sacked Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Photo: AFP

India, Middle East, South Asia, Sri Lanka

US urges Sri Lankan president to reconvene parliament

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

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe walk through a garden before lunch in Yamanakako village, Yamanashi prefecture, on October 28, 2018. Photo: The Yomiuri Shimbun

Australia, Beijing, China, India, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, World

Bromance before business as Modi visits Abe’s holiday home

by Andrew Salmon October 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Former Sri Lankan strongman Mahinda Rajapakse, left, hands documents to Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena as he is sworn in on Friday as the new PM in Colombo. Photo: AFP/Handout/ Sri Lankan President Media

Beijing, China, France, India, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Rajapakse sworn in as new PM amid power struggle in Sri Lanka

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

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde insist that Beijing reveal details of its commercial loan terms under the joint China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: iStock

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Pakistan lifeline fears Chinese creditor tug

by Gary Kleiman October 26, 2018October 28, 2018

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

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Is China a new imperial power?

by Chandra Muzaffar October 26, 2018

The cobra interrupted England's practice. Photo: YouTube

India, South Asia, Sri Lanka

Cricket team ng England binulabog ng cobra sa Sri Lanka

by Asia Times staff October 25, 2018February 18, 2020

Domestic workers in Central, Hong Kong Island. Photo: Asia Times

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Hong Kong urged to set up centers for domestic workers

by Asia Times staff October 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reviews Self-Defense Force soldiers in Asaka on October 14, 2018. Japan's military forces are now venturing into new territory. Photo: AFP/Kazuhiro Nogi

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Rising sun flutters over Indo-Pacific once more

by Andrew Salmon October 24, 2018February 18, 2020

A Pakistani soldier looks on during the opening of a trade project at the China-backed Gwadar port on November 13, 2016. Photo: AFP/ Aamir Qureshi

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Under the guise of friendship, China is looting Pakistan

by Ali Salman Andani October 24, 2018

The cobra interrupted England's practice. Photo: YouTube

India, South Asia, Sri Lanka

Đội cầu của Anh bị rắn hổ mang ở Sri Lanka gây hoảng hốt

by Asia Times staff October 23, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: AFP/Nicolas Asfouri

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Despite Trump, Xi’s China is not a leading power

by Xuan Loc Doan October 23, 2018October 23, 2018

The cobra interrupted England's practice. Photo: YouTube

India, South Asia, Sri Lanka

Tim kriket Inggris dikagetkan oleh kobra di Sri Lanka

by Asia Times staff October 22, 2018October 22, 2018

The cobra interrupted England's practice. Photo: YouTube

India, South Asia, Sri Lanka

England cricket team stumped by cobra in Sri Lanka

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

Weeks of shuttle diplomacy between Beijing and Washington have yielded nothing. Illustration: iStock

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Trade war with China represents persisting US concerns

by Manoj Kumar Mishra October 18, 2018

The Sinamale Bridge, formerly known as the China-Maldives Friendship Bridge, was built with funding from China in the Maldives capital Male. But former president Abdulla Yameen was beaten in an election last month that was a fight for influence between India and China. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Malaysia, Maldives, Pakistan, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Tighter belts and shorter roads plague China’s BRI projects

by Chris Taylor October 17, 2018February 18, 2020

(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 7, 2017 Maldives' President Abdulla Yameen (L) and China's President Xi Jinping listen to their national anthems during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.Back when he was a mild-mannered civil servant, few in the Maldives predicted Abdulla Yameen would one day run the country, let alone with an iron grip, locking up judges, his rivals and even his 80-year-old half-brother. / AFP PHOTO / Fred DUFOUR

China, India, Iraq, Japan, Maldives, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Syria

Unclenching China’s talons in Maldives is no easy task for India

by Prakash Katoch October 16, 2018

Pakistani Finance Minister Asad Umar. Photo: Wikipedia

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

Pakistan’s IMF plea a symptom of China’s debt-trap diplomacy

by Ali Salman Andani October 15, 2018

Map of Sri Lanka: iStock

France, India, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Is Sri Lanka’s Tamil cause a political football?

by Ana Pararajasingham October 12, 2018October 12, 2018

Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, right, greets Indian PM Narendra Modi during a guard of honor in Kathmandu. Nepali intelligence officials have been key allies for India in counter-terror work. Photo: AFP / Ashok Dulal

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South Asian allies essential for Indian intelligence

by Rana Banerji October 11, 2018February 18, 2020

China has a passion of collecting ports across the world. Photo: iStock

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EU harbors fears about China’s maritime Silk Roads

by Gordon Watts October 10, 2018February 18, 2020