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A Chinese police officer wears a pair of facial-recognition smart glasses at Zhengzhou East Railway Station in Zhengzhou in China's central Henan province. Photo: AFP

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Beijing’s online Big Brother beefs up, expands reach overseas

by Chris Taylor @chrisvtaylor November 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Voting hands and ballot box. Image: iStock

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Why China’s leadership abhors democratic elections

by Xuan Loc Doan November 3, 2018

Timorese residents wave national flags of China and Timor-Leste to welcome the visiting Chinese naval hospital ship Peace Ark (Hull 866) at the port of Dili on December 14, 2017. Photo: Facebook/Jiang Shan

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Timor-Leste developing closer ties with China

by David Hutt November 2, 2018February 18, 2020

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) shaking hands with Myanmar's Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi during the India-ASEAN commemorative summit in New Delhi. Photo: Handout via AFP

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Why India looks the other way on Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner October 31, 2018February 18, 2020

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Central enterprises undertake more than 3,000 OBOR projects

by Asia Times staff October 31, 2018February 18, 2020

Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj (right) shakes hands with Tajik Foreign Affairs Minister Aslov Sirojidin Muhridinovich prior to a meeting in New Delhi on May 13, 2015. Photo: AFP / Prakash Singh

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India making inroads in Central Asia

by Abhishek Mohanty October 30, 2018

Hambantota port in Sri Lanka has been taken over by China for 99 years. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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Is China a new imperial power?

by Chandra Muzaffar October 26, 2018

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Trade with Belt and Road countries exceeds US$860 bn

by Asia Times staff October 26, 2018February 18, 2020

The circular route through the Arctic Circle. Illustration: iStock / Getty

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Arctic ambition: Beijing eyes the Polar Silk Road

by Sabena Siddiqui October 25, 2018October 25, 2018

A Pakistani soldier looks on during the opening of a trade project at the China-backed Gwadar port on November 13, 2016. Photo: AFP/ Aamir Qureshi

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Under the guise of friendship, China is looting Pakistan

by Ali Salman Andani October 24, 2018

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shakes hands with Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj on September 6, 2018. Photo: AFP/Prakash Singh

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India the net beneficiary of current geopolitical situation

by Zamir Awan October 23, 2018

Asian and European leaders gather at the ASEM 12 summit last week with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center in purple, for a group photo in Brussels on October 19, 2018. Photo: Alexey Vitvitsky / Sputnik / AFP

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Leaders of Asia and Europe sit down for talks, not sanctions

by Pepe Escobar October 23, 2018February 18, 2020

A woman walks in front of a toppled mosque at ground zero, or the main battle area, in Marawi City in the southern Philippines on May 23, 2017. Photo: Photo: AFP Forum/Girlie Linao

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Battle-scarred Marawi still suffering wounds of war

by Bong S Sarmiento October 21, 2018February 18, 2020

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is welcomed by Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) upon arrival at the Akasaka Palace state guest house to attend the 10th Mekong-Japan Summit in Tokyo on October 9, 2018. Photo: AFP/Issei Kato

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Japan offers ‘quality’ alternative to China’s BRI

by Bertil Lintner October 18, 2018February 18, 2020

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

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Trade war with China represents persisting US concerns

by Manoj Kumar Mishra October 18, 2018

(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 7, 2017 Maldives' President Abdulla Yameen (L) and China's President Xi Jinping listen to their national anthems during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.Back when he was a mild-mannered civil servant, few in the Maldives predicted Abdulla Yameen would one day run the country, let alone with an iron grip, locking up judges, his rivals and even his 80-year-old half-brother. / AFP PHOTO / Fred DUFOUR

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Unclenching China’s talons in Maldives is no easy task for India

by Prakash Katoch October 16, 2018

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

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Mahathir puts Uighur rights above China ties

by Nile Bowie October 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Pakistani Finance Minister Asad Umar. Photo: Wikipedia

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Pakistan’s IMF plea a symptom of China’s debt-trap diplomacy

by Ali Salman Andani October 15, 2018

China flag with china paper currency. Image: iStock

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How Chinese politics are returning to the Middle East

by Sam Chester October 12, 2018October 12, 2018

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping look out over East Lake in Wuhan in this photo taken on April 28, 2018. Their talk aimed to reduce border tensions but it appears to have had limited effect. Photo: AFP/ govt handout

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Shadows of mistrust persist in India-China relations

by Manoj Kumar Mishra October 10, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte's needs Chinese financing to build the US$4 billion Mindanao Railway. Photo: Reuters/Wu Hong

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China leaves Duterte’s dream train at the station

by Bong S Sarmiento October 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Pakistani Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa (2R), Pakistani Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi (C), Pakistani Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan (top-R) and Pakistani Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Zubair Mahmood Hayat (2L) arrive to receive Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena during the Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad on March 23, 2018.Pakistan National Day commemorates the passing of the Lahore Resolution, when a separate nation for the Muslims of The British Indian Empire was demanded on March 23, 1940. / AFP PHOTO / AAMIR QURESHI

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Can Pakistani military diplomacy achieve foreign policy goals?

by Atta Rasool Malik October 6, 2018

Shanghai and computer connectivity. Image: iStock

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New Silk Roads define brand China

by Pepe Escobar October 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Ibrahim Mohamed Solih (right) and Maldives' self-exiled former president Mohamed Nasheed (left) attend a meeting at Mount Lavinia, a suburb of Colombo, on August 27, 2018. Solih has since been elected president of Maldives. Photo: AFP / Ishara S Kodikara

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Tightrope walk for incoming Maldivian president

by Gunjan Singh October 3, 2018February 18, 2020

People react as they see the body of Nasir Shafi, 11, who according to local residents was shot by Indian security forces during a protest on Friday evening in Theed on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, September 17, 2016. REUTERS/Danish Ismail

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Conflict resolution must focus on human suffering

by Manoj Kumar Mishra October 3, 2018October 3, 2018

Conflict between USA and China. Image: iStock

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Are the US and China on the brink of a cold war?

by Mark Valencia October 2, 2018

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi addresses the media on his first day at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad on August 20, 2018. Photo: AFP / Farooq Naeem

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Pakistan makes its case at UN General Assembly

by Zamir Awan October 1, 2018

A China Railway Express train running from Weihai, China, to Duisburg, Germany in 2017. Freight trains have made more than 9,000 trips since the line opened in 2017. Photo: AFP/Imagine China

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Europe prefers market driven connectivity over Belt and Road

by Emanuele Scimia September 29, 2018February 18, 2020

Maldives President Abdulla Yameen votes at a polling station in the capital Male on September 23, 2018. Photo: AFP/Presidential Handout.

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Maldives teeters towards post-election chaos

by Bertil Lintner September 28, 2018February 18, 2020

President Xi Jinping's economic policies have been questioned. Photo: AFP/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Sputnik

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Backlash against China could jeopardize its ‘free ride’

by Brahma Chellaney September 28, 2018