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China, European Union, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

Revised data shows Japanese economy hit hard by trade woes

by William Pesek December 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Meng Wanzhou, deputy president and CFO of Huawei, was arrested in Canada early this month. Photo: Handout

China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Iran, Mexico, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Meng arrest a huge provocation to China

by Jeffrey D. Sachs December 11, 2018December 11, 2018

Aceh politician Irwandi Yusuf after being indicted on corruption charges. Photo: Facebook

AT Finance, European Union, Indonesia, Middle East, World

Rise and fall of a political rebel in Indonesia

by John McBeth December 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is unpopular and his support has dwindled. Photo: AFP/Mykola Lazarenko

AT Finance, European Union, Russia, South Asia, World

Election loss looms for Ukraine’s embattled president

by Giovanni Pigni December 11, 2018February 18, 2020

A Syrian girl carries her belongings as she walks to the Turkish Cilvegozu border gate, located opposite of Syrian crossing point Bab al-Hawa in Reyhanli, in southern Hatay province. Photo: Reuters/Umit Bektas

European Union, Israel, Middle East, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Plan for Holocaust Memorial recalls UK govt’s sad response to refugee crises

by Jonathan Gornall 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

British Prime Minister Theresa May. Photo: Reuters

European Union, World

May calls off doomed Brexit vote

by Asia Times staff December 11, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump, with National Security Advisor John Bolton (R) and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly (L). Neither Trump nor and Bolton are known to be keen on arms treaties. Photo: AFP/Lars Hagberg

AT Finance, Australia, China, European Union, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

The China agenda behind Trump leaving the INF treaty

by Richard A. Bitzinger December 10, 2018

A Russian S-300 air defense system launches a missile. Photo: Reuters/Maxim Shemetov

China, European Union, France, Russia, World

Russia overtakes Britain in global arms trade rankings

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

British leader Theresa May arrives for a church service near her Maidenhead constituency on Sunday. Photo: AFP

European Union, France, United Kingdom, World

UK PM says Brexit deal defeat could topple government

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

The European Central Bank has concerns that 'vulnerabilities in financial markets continue to build up.' Photo: iStock

European Union, Middle East, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

The new risks in risk regulation

by Howard Davies December 9, 2018

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

US President Donald Trump with General Motors CEO Mary Barra and United Auto Workers president Dennis Williams. Photo: AFP/Nicholas Kamm

China, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Middle East, World

GM proves that slashing wages isn’t the ticket to profitability

by Marshall Auerback December 8, 2018

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AT Finance, European Union, Vietnam, World

Human traffickers of Vietnamese migrants arrested in Spain

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

Human brain scanning is a frontier study that requires advanced IT support in data and image processing. Photo: AFP

China, European Union, Middle East, World

Chinese scientists cracking brain structure with high-res 3D scanning

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

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress over the company's use and protection of user data in Washington on April 11, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Leah Millis

European Union, Germany, Russia, World

Is fake news here to stay?

by Joseph S. Nye December 7, 2018

Director of the White House National Trade Council Peter Navarro. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Japan, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, World

Trump’s trade czar, the latest architect of imperial disaster

by Alfred McCoy December 7, 2018

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

المراهقة اليابانية ميجومي يوكوتا داخل سفينة كورية شمالية بصحبة الطاقم الذي أرسل لاختطافها. بجانبها المضرب الذي كان معها في تدريب تنس الريشة بمدرستها. صورة: من فيلم «ميجومي»/YouTube

AT Finance, China, European Union, France, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, World

Megumi: The girl who never came home (II)

by Jason Morgan December 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, who is also president of the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP), releases a dove to mark the 66th anniversary of the party at Koh Pich island in Phnom Penh, June 28, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Samrang Pring

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, European Union, Thailand, World

Under Western pressure, Hun Sen hints at a lighter touch

by David Hutt December 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech to the Confederation of Turkish Tradesmen and Craftsmen in Ankara on September 13, 2018. Kayhan Ozer / Anadolu

European Union, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, World

Islam-vs-secularism theory of Turkish politics misses the point

by Omer Taspinar December 6, 2018

China's President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet at the 2018 Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on September 11, 2018. Photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office / Anadolu Agency

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, European Union, France, Germany, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Five academics who unleashed the ‘demon’ of geopolitical power

by Alfred McCoy December 6, 2018

India and China flag buttons. Image: iStock

China, European Union, India, South Asia, World

Why India will supersede China – Part 2

by Jan Krikke December 5, 2018December 5, 2018

India flag with China flag. Image: iStock

AT Finance, China, European Union, France, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Why India will supersede China – Part 1

by Jan Krikke December 5, 2018December 5, 2018

China is still a comparatively small donor of official development assistance to the Philippines. Image: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Korea, Tianjin, World

The meager truth of China’s aid to the Philippines

by Bienvenido S Oplas Jr December 5, 2018February 18, 2020

"Yellow vest" demonstrators in Paris on Saturday. Photo: AFP

Beijing, China, European Union, India, Iran, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

You can smell teargas in the streets as oil industry squabbles

by Vijay Prashad December 5, 2018

Migrants on a sinking dinghy wait to be rescued by "Save the Children" NGO crew from the ship Vos Hestia in the mediterranean . Photo: Reuters/Stefano Rellandini

AT Finance, Cyprus, European Union, France, Italy, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Europe turns its back on its liberal principles as refugees drown

by Jonathan Gornall December 5, 2018

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AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, Cambodia, China, European Union, Oceania, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

China’s Belt and Road Initiative: a Marshall Plan in reverse

by Marshall Auerback December 5, 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives at the venue of G20 summit conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on November 30, 2018. Photo: AFP Forum via The Yomiuri Shimbun

Beijing, China, European Union, Germany, India, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Xi unusually omitted China’s BRI from his G20 remarks

by Xuan Loc Doan December 5, 2018

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