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Put your recession fears aside, but expect slower growth

by Ted Gover January 8, 2019

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) shakes hands with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan (L) as they pose for a photo ahead of their meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey on January 04, 2019. Turkish Presidency / Kayhan Ozer / Handout / Anadolu Agency

Afghanistan, Cyprus, European Union, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Turkey, World

A new era dawns for Pakistan-Turkey relations

by Zamir Awan January 8, 2019

An indoor cannabis farm. Photo: iStock.

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Trafficked Vietnamese children exploited in UK drug farms

by Asia Times staff January 7, 2019February 18, 2020

Photo: iStock.

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Driver dies after trying to avoid a pack of wild boars in India

by Asia Times staff January 7, 2019February 18, 2020

January 7, 2019 marks the 40 year anniversary of Vietnam's invasion of Cambodia. Photo: Richard S Ehrlich

AT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, European Union, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

How Vietnam lost and China won Cambodia

by David Hutt January 7, 2019February 18, 2020

A satellite in orbit above the Earth. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

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US, China in ‘space race’ for satnav supremacy

by Sabena Siddiqui January 7, 2019January 7, 2019

Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labour Party, waves as he leaves his home to attend the count for his seat in Britain's general election, in London, on June 9, 2017. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh

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

What rise of Jeremy Corbyn means for the Middle East

by Martin Newland January 7, 2019

Then Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro smokes a cigar during interviews with the press during a visit of US Senator Charles McGovern in Havana in May 1975. Photo: Reuters/Prensa Latina

Bangladesh, Egypt, European Union, India, Middle East, South Asia, World

The Cuban Revolution, 60 years on

by Vijay Prashad January 6, 2019

Interior view of the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium which will take center-stage in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Photo: AFP

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Qatar faces challenges on and off the field at Asian Cup

by John Duerden and David Harding January 6, 2019February 18, 2020

British warship HMS Montrose is now making its way across the Pacific Ocean on its way to New Zealand. Photo: AFP/STR

Bahrain, China, European Union, France, India, Japan, Middle East, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

UK’s hopes of Indo-Pacific strike group with France premature

by Emanuele Scimia January 6, 2019February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping reviews troops from a car during a military parade in Hong Kong on June 30, 2017. China's status in the world has changed under Xi and he's only just getting started. Photo: AFP/Anthony Wallace

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Chinese scholar offers insight into Beijing’s strategic mindset

by Pepe Escobar January 5, 2019February 18, 2020

China should choose its strategy wisely during the trade war with the United States. Photo: iStock

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China’s growth to shape Asia’s economy in 2019

by Nigel Green January 4, 2019

Protesters wearing yellow vests (gilets jaunes) demonstrate against rising costs of living on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on December 8, 2018. Photo: Lucas Barioulet / AFP

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Unfettered market fundamentalism has failed to deliver prosperity

by Marshall Auerback January 4, 2019

Technology is at the core of the "Made in China 2025" policy. Illustration: iStock

Australia, China, European Union, Iran, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, World

Has China created its own dilemmas?

by Joseph Nathan January 4, 2019January 4, 2019

United States President Donald Trump believes the trade war with China is working. Photo: AFP / Saul Loeb

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How did the US become the global superpower?

by Joseph Nathan January 3, 2019January 4, 2019

Taiwan's defense ministry is now recruiting cybersecurity specialists and white hat hackers. Photo: Handout

Beijing, China, European Union, Russia, Taiwan, World

Taiwan boosting cyberwar readiness to ‘strike back’

by Asia Times staff January 3, 2019February 18, 2020

As crypto prices plummeted over the course of 2018 the level of difficulty in minting new digital coins remained high even as profitability dropped. Photo: iStock

China, European Union, Hong Kong, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

Crypto mining giants in Japan and China close up shop

by Luke Thompson January 3, 2019February 18, 2020

تفيد تقارير بأن جو سونج جيل سفير كوريا الشمالية لإيطاليا يطلب اللجوء. ينضم جيل لتاي يونج هو، الظاهر في الصورة، الذي هرب من منصبه كنائب سفير كوريا الشمالية في بريطانيا في أغسطس/آب 2016. صورة: AFP/Jung Yeon-je

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North Korea’s defecting ambassador an intelligence gold mine

by Andrew Salmon January 3, 2019February 18, 2020

Lei Jun, the founder and chairman of Xiaomi. Photo: YouTube/Yang Lan Official Channel

China, European Union, India, South Asia, World

Xiaomi gives away US$327 million in shares to staff

by Ben Kwok January 3, 2019February 18, 2020

Kurdish fighters from the YPG run across a street in Raqqa, Syria July 3, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Goran Tomasevic

European Union, Iraq, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

US pullout from Syria could improve Turkish-Kurdish relations

by Omer Taspinar January 3, 2019

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un inspects a construction site at an undisclosed place in North Korea in 2015. Modernizing the country is a massive undertaking. Photo: AFP/KCNA via KNS

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South Korean projects in North Korea: The case against

by Robert E. McCoy January 3, 2019February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in May 2018. Photo: Sputnik via Reuters/ Mikhail Klimentyev

Afghanistan, China, European Union, France, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Trump’s Syria withdrawal is a chance for peace

by Jeffrey D. Sachs January 3, 2019

A convoy of US forces' armored vehicles near the village of Yalanli, on the western outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Manbij, in early 2018. The United States is preparing to withdraw its troops from Syria, a major move that throws into question America's role in the region. Photo: AFP/Delil Souleiman

Afghanistan, Bahrain, Beijing, China, Cyprus, Egypt, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Can China help Syria and the Mideast exit war economies?

by Christina Lin January 3, 2019January 3, 2019

國際貨幣基金首席經濟學家戈平納絲。相片：Wikimedia

European Union, World

2018成「女性之年」

by Sunil Dhavala January 3, 2019

Photo: AFP/Anthony Wallace

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US stocks pare losses after Asia selloff

by Asia Times staff January 3, 2019February 18, 2020

A file photo shows honor guards of the Taiwanese Army lowering the Taiwanese flag in Taipei. Photo: Twitter

Beijing, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, World

Taiwan sees a rise in voluntary youth enlistment

by Asia Times staff January 2, 2019February 18, 2020

Philippine police stand in front of the aftermath of a terrorist bomb attack at a shopping center in Cotabato City, December 31, 2018. Photo: Twitter

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Terrorism rings in the New Year in Mindanao

by Bong S Sarmiento January 2, 2019February 18, 2020

Vladimir Putin has many things to toast internationally, but domestic unrest is growing. Photo: Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, European Union, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Power projection, economic resilience, domestic discontent

by Alex Kruglov January 2, 2019February 18, 2020

Tourist stroll through a food stall at Raohe street Night Market in Taipei, Taiwan January 18, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Tyrone Siu

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Will mainland Chinese flock to Taiwan in 2019?

by Gary Sands January 2, 2019

緬甸的文職領導人昂山素姬參加2018年12月1日在加德滿都（Kathmandu）舉行的2018年亞太峰會。相片：AFP / Sunil Sharma / Pool

AT Finance, European Union, Myanmar, World

緬甸過去與未來的麻煩

by Bertil Lintner January 2, 2019February 18, 2020

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