• China
    • Beijing
    • Shanghai
    • Guangzhou
    • Wuhan
    • Chengdu
    • Chongqing
    • Tianjin
    • Taiwan
    • Hong Kong
    • Macau
    • Belt and Road
    • Greater Bay Area
  • NE Asia
    • Japan
    • South Korea
    • North Korea
  • SE Asia
    • Brunei
    • Cambodia
    • Indonesia
    • Laos
    • Malaysia
    • Myanmar
    • Philippines
    • Singapore
    • Thailand
    • Timor Leste
    • Vietnam
  • South Asia
    • India
    • Pakistan
    • Bangladesh
    • Afghanistan
    • Nepal
    • Sri Lanka
    • Bhutan
    • Maldives
  • Middle East
    • Bahrain
    • Cyprus
    • Egypt
    • Iran
    • Iraq
    • Israel
    • Jordan
    • Kuwait
    • United Arab Emirates
    • Oman
    • Palestine
    • Qatar
    • Saudi Arabia
    • Syria
    • Turkey
    • Lebanon
    • Yemen
    • اللغة العربية
  • World
    • Australia
    • United States
    • Canada
    • Mexico
    • European Union
    • United Kingdom
    • France
    • Germany
    • New Zealand
    • Spain
    • Italy
    • Sweden
    • Brazil
    • Russia
  • Opinion
    • China
    • Business
    • Hong Kong
    • India
    • Donald Trump
    • Philippines
    • Southeast Asia
    • Politics
    • Asia Times News Video
  • Newsletters
  • Membership
    • Subscribe
    • Academic Rates
    • Payper News
    • My account
    • Lost password
    • FAQ
    • AT+ Commentary Archive
    • Asia Times store
    • AT+ Content Archive
  • ATimesCN
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS
Skip to content
Asia Times

Asia Times

Covering geo-political news and current affairs across Asia

Tag: Anti-Corruption Campaign

Posted inOpinion

China’s tech giants move into Xi’s anti-graft crosshairs

by Daniel Alan Bey January 24, 2022January 24, 2022

If the past week is anything to go by, life could be about to get a whole lot worse for China’s biggest tech giants and possibly even the billionaires who run them, as the country’s top graft buster vows to turn its sights on the digital-platform economy. In a communiqué published last Thursday, the Central […]

Posted inChina

China’s Communist Party flexes a century of staying power

by Jeff Pao July 1, 2021July 6, 2021
Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in Hanoi, January 23, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Kham
Posted inOpinion

Vietnam’s ruling party should step up fight against graft

by Phuong Pham August 26, 2020August 26, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Vietnam

Battle lines drawn for Vietnam’s future leadership

by David Hutt January 9, 2020February 18, 2020
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen delivers an address during an opening ceremony for the Khmer New Year at Bayon temple at the Angkor complex in Siem Reap province on April 13, 2018.Photo: AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia

All is not well in the court of Hun Sen

by David Hutt September 3, 2019February 19, 2020
Vietnam communist party chief Nguyen Phu Trong takes oath as country's president at the National Assembly hall in Hanoi on October 23, 2018. Photo: Vietnam News Agency via AFP
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

Stability tests abound for Vietnam

by David Hutt December 31, 2018February 18, 2020
Vietnam communist party chief Nguyen Phu Trong takes oath as country's president at the National Assembly hall in Hanoi on October 23, 2018. Photo: Vietnam News Agency via AFP
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Vietnam

Trong’s strength hides weakness in Vietnam

by David Hutt October 30, 2018February 18, 2020
China's economy is under increasing strain as growth slows, stocks fall and the currency depreciates amid a trade war with the United States. Photo: iStock
Posted inBeijing, China, European Union, Shanghai, World

China’s Minsky moment beckons

by William Pesek August 5, 2018February 18, 2020
Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak (C) arrives for a court appearance at the Duta court complex in Kuala Lumpur on July 4, 2018.Najib, 64, was detained on July 3 as the government of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad intensified a probe on corruption during his rule, including the alleged siphoning off of billions of dollars from state fund 1MDB. Photo: AFP/Mohd Rasfan
Posted inAT Finance, China, European Union, France, Iran, Malaysia, Middle East, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Rise of populist autocrats driven by corruption

by James A Goldston July 5, 2018July 5, 2018
Vietnamese veterans march and wave flags during a parade held at the former presidential palace in Ho Chi Minh city to mark an anniversary of the Vietnam War's Tet 1968 offensive. Photo: AFP/Stringer
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, Oceania, Vietnam, World

Vietnam to boot its military out of business

by David Hutt June 14, 2018February 18, 2020
Performers dance with large national flags marking an anniversary of Vietnam's communist regime in Hanoi, February 3, 2017.  Photo: AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam
Posted inAT Finance, China, Vietnam

Vietnam drives to revive its ‘moral’ revolution

by David Hutt May 20, 2018February 18, 2020
US President Donald Trump holds an arms-sales chart with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House on March 20, 2018. Photo: AFP/Mandel Ngan
Posted inEgypt, Germany, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Syria, World

Saudi Arabia’s perilous pivot 

by Shlomo Avineri April 8, 2018February 18, 2020
Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo: Reuters
Posted inChina, World

Xi’s constitutional move: an end or a means?

by Sun Xi March 20, 2018
Wang Qishan (left) with Yu Zhengsheng (center), the chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and President Xi Jinping at the National People's Congress in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Photo: AFP / Greg Baker
Posted inBeijing, China, World

‘Enforcer’ Wang could be let loose on US to quell trade dispute

by Gordon Watts February 21, 2018February 18, 2020
A file pic shows former Central Military Commission deputy chairman Fan Changlong, left, with Xi Jinping, right, on board a submarine. Photo: Xinhua
Posted inChina, Hong Kong

Ex-PLA chief Fan Changlong reportedly faces graft probe

by Asia Times staff January 15, 2018February 18, 2020
Vietnam Communist Party Secretary General Nguyen Phu Trong gestures as he waits for deputies to join him on the podium for a group photo at the end of the final meeting of the outgoing parliament in Hanoi on April 12, 2016.Photo: AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam
Posted inAT Finance, China, European Union, Germany, Malaysia, Singapore, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Is Vietnam’s purge spinning out of control?

by Shawn W. Crispin January 3, 2018February 18, 2020
Photo: iStock/Getty Images
Posted inAT Finance, China, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Vietnam, World

The drive to recentralize Vietnam

by David Hutt December 31, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inEgypt, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Saudi Arabia’s populist temptation 

by Ishac Diwan November 17, 2017
A Tag Heuer store in Kowloon. Photo: iStock
Posted inChina, Hong Kong, World

China leads global recovery of luxury watch market

by Yiling Pan September 6, 2017
Crime suspects sit as Cambodian and Chinese police officials stand guard before boarding a plane at the Phnom Penh International Airport on June 24, 2016. Photo: AFP/Stringer
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iran, Laos, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Chinese crime gangs descend on Southeast Asia

by David Hutt August 22, 2017February 18, 2020

AT+ Premium stories

  • Darkness descends on developing Asia’s currencies
  • Nidec revving up EV motor production in China
  • G7’s infrastructure scheme is no ‘BRI killer’
  • Semiconductor cycle shows signs of peaking
  • Intel wavers on Ohio chip fab as Congress dithers
  • New Panther – German answer to Russia’s T-14 tank
  • Russia chokes gas flow, Germans fear ‘Lehman Moment’
  • Tsunami towers over Japan’s bond market
  • Winners and losers in the global supply chain
  • Food nationalism crisis threat looms over Asia

Top trending stories

  • A tale of two talents
  • In chip war, Korea spends big to stay ahead of China
  • Darkness descends on developing Asia's currencies
  • Musk's tech put to deadly weapon effect in Ukraine
  • Australia in firing line of US-China sea rivalry
  • Tianwen-1 mission gives China an edge on Mars
  • Ukraine – the situation (June 30, 2022)
  • US Army leaves a huge hole in Seoul
  • Bangladeshis welcome new Padma Bridge
  • US starts sanctioning China for supporting Russia

Military & Security

  • Australians want way more defense spending: poll June 30, 2022
  • S Korea-Philippines draw closer in big patrol boat deal June 30, 2022
  • Does Russia really want a war at sea? June 27, 2022
  • South Korea’s 4.5-gen Falcon fighter set to soar June 27, 2022
  • New Panther – German answer to Russia’s T-14 tank June 24, 2022
  • US steps up airfield construction on Tinian June 23, 2022
  • China tests midcourse missile interception system June 22, 2022
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise with us
  • Write for us
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
© 2022 Covering geo-political news and current affairs across Asia. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic Privacy Policy

This Site Uses Cookies

This site, like many others, uses small files called cookies to help us improve and customize your experience. Learn more about how we use cookies in our cookie policy.

Learn more about cookies