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Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan attends a welcome ceremony in Beijing. Photo: AFP/Jason Lee

Beijing, China, Pakistan, South Asia, World

China, Pakistan hatch ‘secret plan’ to build new fighter jets: NYT

by Asia Times staff December 21, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese and EU flags. Photo: Flickr

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Rising China is changing Europe’s geopolitical landscape

by Anu Anwar December 20, 2018December 20, 2018

China is locked in a conundrum with the United States over trade. Illustration: iStock.

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, World, Wuhan

Prospects for US-China relations in 2019

by Kevin Rudd December 18, 2018December 18, 2018

Imran Khan has been accused of bowing to religious extremists in Pakistan. Photo: AFP/Aamir Qureshi

Afghanistan, China, India, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Why Pakistan will not give up terrorism

by Prakash Katoch December 14, 2018

Japanese navy ship flying flag. Photo: iStock

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How Japan can be a strategic leader in Indo-Pacific

by Christina Lai December 14, 2018December 14, 2018

An aerial view of India's Andaman islands. Photo: Facebook

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Where India quietly watches China at sea

by Bertil Lintner December 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Map of Maldives: iStock

Beijing, Bhutan, China, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Shanghai, South Asia, Sri Lanka

Perspectives on India-China competition in Maldives

by Manoj Kumar Mishra December 8, 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

a large yellow conveyor belt carrying coal and emptying onto a huge pile.

AT Finance, China, Indonesia, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Environment to be ultimate casualty of US-China investment war

by Sarah Brewin December 6, 2018

Illustration: iStock

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

Djibouti hosts a growing number of foreign military bases. Map: Wikimedia

Australia, Beijing, China, France, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Risks bubbling beneath Djibouti’s foreign bases

by Bertil Lintner November 28, 2018February 18, 2020

بلدة جيبوتي الأفريقية صعدت ك"كازابلانكا" معاصرة تضج بالمؤلمرلت الجيوبوليتيكية. صورة أرشيفية لهمفري بوجارت في الفيلم الكلاسيكي الذي صدر في 1942. صورة: YouTube

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Djibouti: the Casablanca of a new Cold War

by Bertil Lintner November 28, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are set to meet this month in Buenos Aires. Photo: Reuters/Damir Sagolj

Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Macau, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, Taiwan, World

Summit is chance for China, US to push reset button

by Joseph Nathan November 27, 2018November 27, 2018

Nepal's Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli (R) reviews a military honor guard with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 21, 2018. Photo: AFP/Greg Baker

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, Bhutan, China, India, Middle East, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tianjin, World

China reaching deeper and deeper into Nepal

by Bertil Lintner November 26, 2018February 18, 2020

US-China trade war is bad news for Beijing. Illustration: iStock

China, Tianjin, World

US-China trade war threatens world economy

by Behzad Abdollahpour November 26, 2018

Pakistani security guards stand next to burnt-out cars in front of the Chinese consulate after an attack in Karachi on November 23. At least two police were killed when three gunmen tried to storm the consulate. All were killed by guards. Photo: AFP / Asif Hassan

China, India, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Pakistani security forces showed courage thwarting Chinese Consulate attack

by Zamir Awan November 26, 2018

Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (R) shaking hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping following a signing ceremony in Darussalam. Photo: by Brunei Department of Information via AFP.

AT Finance, Beijing, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Little Brunei welcomes China’s big helping hand

by Nile Bowie November 21, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) gestures as Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte (R) looks on during a state banquet at the Malacanang Presidential Palace in Manila on November 20, 2018. Photo" AFP/Mark R. Cristino/Pool

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Philippines, South Asia, World

What Xi did and didn’t give Duterte

by Richard Javad Heydarian November 21, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump (R) talks with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they attend a working session during the G20 summit in Hamburg, northern Germany, on July 8, 2017. Photo: AFP/ Michael Kappeler/Pool

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Why the Quad can’t get it together

by Alan Boyd November 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and the US Vice President Mike Pence arrive for a family photo during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Port Moresby on November 17, 2018. Photo: AFP/Saeed Khan

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Vietnam, World

America’s ‘Indo-Pacific’ lacks currency and resonance

by Nile Bowie November 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Just like rhinos in the wild, the corporate 'creatures' can charge at any moment, causing financial havoc. Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

China must beware of letting a new breed of ‘Gray Rhinos’ loose

by Gordon Watts November 19, 2018February 18, 2020

US Vice President Mike Pence makes his keynote speech at the CEO Summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Port Moresby on November 17, 2018. Photo: AFP/Peter Parks

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, India, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, World

APEC summit presents stark US or China choices

by Richard Javad Heydarian November 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Cambodian naval officers during a sea drill. Photo: Wikipedia

AT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, European Union, France, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tianjin, Vietnam, World

Cambodia at the center of a new Cold War

by David Hutt and Shawn W. Crispin November 15, 2018February 18, 2020

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and UAE's deputy commander-in-chief of the armed forces, talks to India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Photo: Reuters/Adnan Abidi

Bangladesh, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Iran, Kuwait, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Turkey, World

GCC states should cultivate strong ties with South Asia

by Hasan Alhasan November 13, 2018

Animal feed made from soybeans imported from Brazil is unloaded at a port in Nantong in China's eastern Jiangsu province in August. Photo: AFP

Beijing, China, European Union, Germany, India, Macau, South Asia, World

China’s ambitious rail plans in Brazil on uncertain track

by Sue Branford and Maurício Torres November 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Generic image of ships passing through a canal. Photo: Facebook

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Thailand the missing link in China’s Maritime Silk Road

by Benjamin Zawacki November 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad shake hands during joint press remarks at Abe's official residence in Tokyo on June 12, 2018. Photo: AFP/Pool/ Toshifumi Kitamura

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Mahathir leans to Japan and away from China

by Nile Bowie November 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Australia's incoming Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks at a press conference in Canberra on August 24, 2018.Photo: AFP/Saeed Khan

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, France, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, Timor Leste, World

Australia antes up to challenge China in the Pacific

by Alan Boyd November 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Map ofPakistan: iStock

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Iran, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Shanghai, South Asia, Turkey

Under the Pakistani volcano

by Pepe Escobar November 3, 2018February 18, 2020