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A young girl at the stand of online video sharing site QQ, which is part of the Tencent group, at the International Cartoon & Game Expo in Shanghai. Photo: AFP

Beijing, China, European Union, Germany, World

Game over for Tencent? Think Again

by Chris Taylor October 18, 2018February 18, 2020

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

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Iran, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Trade war with China represents persisting US concerns

by Manoj Kumar Mishra October 18, 2018

The Trump administration has taken a hard line against China and Russia. Photo: IStock

Beijing, China, European Union, Russia, Shanghai, World

What sanctions on Russia and China really mean

by Pepe Escobar October 18, 2018February 18, 2020

A worker at a garment factory in the Shwe Pyi Thar industrial zone in Yangon in a September 2015 file photo. Photo: AFP/Ye Aung Thu

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, European Union, France, Japan, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Thailand, World

EU sanctions threaten to de-industrialize Myanmar

by Peter Janssen and Kyaw Lynn October 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the inauguration of the world's largest smartphone factory, an extension of an existing Samsung India facility, in Noida on July 9, 2018. Photo: AFP/Money Sharma

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

South Korea expands its investment destinations

by Andrew Salmon October 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen delivering a speech during an event attended by garment workers in Kampong Chhnang province. Photo: AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, Cambodia, China, European Union, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, South Korea, World

UN must declare Cambodia’s authoritarianism Illegal

by Sawathey Ek October 17, 2018

China, European Union, Hong Kong, World

Look for cash-rich companies with little debt: analyst

by Asia Times staff October 17, 2018February 18, 2020

China's export drive to the United States is in full swing before tariffs kick in. Illustration: iStock

AT Finance, Australia, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, European Union, Germany, Italy, Laos, Mexico, Middle East, Myanmar, New Zealand, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Trump’s sophisticated trade policy – and how it is challenged by China

by Tom J Velk October 17, 2018

Unleashing hell, a Flying Fortress during the Allies bombing campaign against Germany in World War II. Photo: Shutterstock / Everett Historical

China, European Union, Iran, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, World

The return to 19th century rivalry

by William Holland October 17, 2018

The silhouette of a couple against a giant, illuminated model of the Moon. Photo: China News Services

Chengdu, China, European Union, Germany, Russia, World

Chinese city to launch man-made moon to light up skies

by Asia Times staff October 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Russia's spies have left a trail of evidence leading directly to Moscow. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, European Union, Malaysia, Middle East, Russia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Russia’s spies red-faced after multiple plots uncovered

by Giovanni Pigni October 17, 2018February 18, 2020

American farm family. Photo: iStock

China, European Union, Iran, Middle East, Russia, World

Trump is hurting the people he pledged to support

by Ken Moak October 17, 2018October 17, 2018

Symbol of Tunisia with Buildlings in Background. Photo: iStock

European Union, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, World

Tunisia tosses post-Arab Spring springboard

by Gary Kleiman October 16, 2018

A Yemeni man carries his child who is suffering from malnutrition into a treatment center at a hospital in the capital Sanaa on October 6, 2018. Photo: Mohammed Huwais / AFP

European Union, Middle East, World, Yemen

مسئولة بالأمم المتحدة: مجاعة اليمن تهدد حياة 13 مليون مدني

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse October 16, 2018January 30, 2019

Ethnic Uighurs take part in a protest march asking the European Union to call upon China to respect human rights in the Chinese Xinjiang region and the closure of "re-education centers" where some Uighurs are detained, during a march in Brussels, April 27, 2018. Photo:AFP/ Emmanuel Dunand

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Iraq, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Russia, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, World

Mahathir puts Uighur rights above China ties

by Nile Bowie October 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese cosmologists plan to launch three probes to hunt for gravitational waves in space. Photo: Xinhua

China, European Union, Guangzhou, World, Wuhan

China to launch first satellite in hunt for gravitational waves

by Asia Times staff October 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Planes are seen through the damaged roof of a hangar at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida. Photo: Screen grab from drone footage.

Afghanistan, China, European Union, Germany, Iraq, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

Florida airbase damage deals a costly blow to the F-22

by Stephen Bryen October 16, 2018February 18, 2020

A man looks for his name on the first draft of the National Register of Citizens in Guwahati in the Indian state of Assam on January 1, 2018. Around 13 million people in Assam woke up to uncertainty on that day after the release of an official registry with names of only 19m of the state's over 32 million residents. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Bangladesh, European Union, Germany, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Concentration camps, citizenship and the burden of erasure in India

by Nandita Saikia October 16, 2018

Japan's Shinzo Abe wants to hold his own talks with North Korea's Kim Jong Un. Photo: AFP/Kazuhiro Nogi

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

Japan feeling isolated as Seoul, US and North Korea talk

by Peter J. Brown October 16, 2018February 18, 2020

السكة الحديد بين الكوريتين في شمال شرق جنوب كوريا هو أقل السكك الحديد إستخداماً في البلد

صورة: آندرو سالمون

AT Finance, China, European Union, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Koreas plan to reconnect road and rail links

by Andrew Salmon October 15, 2018February 18, 2020

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi listens to a speaker at the India-Japan annual summit on September 14, 2017. Photo: AFP/Prakash Singh

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Trump, perennial problems, nudge Japan away from China

by William Pesek October 15, 2018February 18, 2020

Korean boy band BTS at the 32nd Golden Disc Awards on January 10, 2018. Photo: Wikipedia

AT Finance, European Union, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

Very different ‘heroes’: Samsung Galaxy and boy band BTS

by Chang H. KIM October 15, 2018

European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier. Photo: AFP

European Union, World

Brexit talks in crisis over Irish border ahead of crucial summit

by Asia Times staff October 15, 2018February 18, 2020

Senior adviser Stephen Miller attends a cabinet meeting in the White House on August 16, 2018. Photo: AFP / Mandel Ngan

European Union, Israel, Middle East, Russia, World

The Trump whisperer

by Ian Buruma October 14, 2018

US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, left, chats with Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He during 'trade dispute' talks in Beijing earlier this year. Some sort of agreement could be reached at the G20 summit. Photo: AFP / Andy Wong

Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, Germany, India, Iran, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, World

Welcome to the G-20 from Hell

by Pepe Escobar October 14, 2018February 18, 2020

China's former leader Deng Xiaoping, who died in 1997, is seen with Helmut Schmidt at a parade during a visit by the German Chancellor to Beijing in 1975. Photo: AFP

Australia, China, European Union, New Zealand, Oceania, World

The lasting legacy of Deng Xiaoping’s rise to power

by James Laurenceson October 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Pensioners take part in a demonstration to protest pension cuts and new government measures in Athens, Greece on Oct. 3, 2017. Photo: AFP Forum

European Union, France, Italy, Mexico, United Kingdom, World

Is pensioner populism here to stay?

by Edoardo Campanella October 13, 2018

An electric board displays the Nikkei stock average rate and Dow Jones Industrial Average in Chuo Ward in Tokyo on October 12, 2018. Photo: AFP/The Yomiuri Shimbun

Beijing, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Shanghai, World

Asian markets rally on Friday after an up-and-down day

by Asia Times staff October 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Seven Stars Cloud co-CEO Brett McGonegal.

Beijing, China, European Union, World

US rate hike linked to sell-off and ‘fragile’ global markets

by Asia Times staff October 12, 2018February 18, 2020

abstract 3d illustration of cracked Iran flag and oil barrels. Image; iStock

Afghanistan, China, European Union, France, Germany, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

How sanctions on Iran evoke American unilateralism

by Manoj Kumar Mishra October 12, 2018