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The Dalai Lama has called on China and India to peacefully resolve their border dispute. Photo: News18.com

China, India, South Asia

Dalai Lama urges China, India to ‘live side by side in peace’

by Asia Times staff August 9, 2017February 18, 2020

China's new type of domestically-built destroyer, a 10,000-tonne warship, is seen during its launching ceremony at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai, China June 28, 2017. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Beijing, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

CIA analyst: Beijing poses a greater threat than Russia

by Bill Gertz July 26, 2017February 18, 2020

'Free Liu Xiaobo' will be one of the themes at this year's July 1 protest march. Photo: Asia Times

Beijing, China, Hong Kong

‘Free Liu Xiaobo’ cries to go up at annual July 1 protest

by Asia Times staff June 28, 2017February 18, 2020

Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looks set to keep his job, based on surveys of voters ahead of the general election on October 22, 2017.

AT Finance, Japan, Northeast Asia, South Asia

Japan’s democracy in retreat or responding to new world order?

by Daniel Hurst June 27, 2017February 18, 2020

Representational image. Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Israel, Middle East, United Kingdom, World

Try ‘one country, two systems’ where it might work

by Muhammad Cohen June 26, 2017June 26, 2017

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers a speech during a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russia, June 2, 2017. Photo: S/Valery Sharifulin/TASS/Host Photo Agency/Pool TPX

Afghanistan, India, South Asia, World

How Modi subverts, starves and saturates the media

by Tej Parikh June 19, 2017June 25, 2017

What goes up... once seen as a one-way bet on China's surging economic growth, the yuan's fortunes have reversed. Photo: Reuters

Australia, Beijing, China, Middle East, Oceania, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Chinese political donations pose a threat to Australian democracy

by Daniel Fazio June 16, 2017February 18, 2020

Meet you on the barricades? Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Egypt, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Middle East, Russia, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Standing up for Europe

by George Soros June 1, 2017June 1, 2017

Chinese New Year celebrations in Vancouver. Photo: Flickr

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Hong Kong, India, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Vancouver’s heated debate on the future of Hong Kong

by Ng Weng Hoong May 28, 2017June 6, 2017

People protest in Hong Kong in July 2014. Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, Hong Kong, World

HK’s pro-democracy groups may not be so democratic

by Ken Moak May 15, 2017May 15, 2017

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Trogneux enter the Elysee Palace during his inauguration ceremony on May 14, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Philippe Wojazer

China, European Union, France, Middle East, World

Will China ever have a leader like France’s Emmanuel Macron?

by Xuan Loc Doan May 15, 2017

Chief Justice Lyonpo Tshering Wangchuk in his chambers. Photo: Julie L. Kessler

Bhutan, China, India, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

A judicious view of the emergence of modern Bhutan

by Julie L. Kessler April 25, 2017February 18, 2020

Demonstrators sport colonial Hong Kong flags during a protest against what they call Beijing's interference in local politics and the rule of law. Photo: Tyrone Siu, Reuters

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

China’s Communist rulers not as bad as critics claim

by Ken Moak March 18, 2017March 20, 2017

Security guards block pro-Hong Kong independence legislator-elect Yau Wai-ching (right) from entering the city's Legislative Council chamber to re-take her oath. Photo: REUTERS/Bobby Yip

Beijing, China, Hong Kong

HK reform champion Webb tires of hammering on shut doors

by Asia Times staff February 7, 2017February 18, 2020

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during his meeting with mukhtars at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey. Photo: Yasin Bulbul/Presidential Palace/ handout via Reuters

European Union, Germany, Middle East, Turkey, World

Fists and punches: Turkey fights over constitutional change

by Salman Rafi January 17, 2017January 17, 2017

A still from Woven Wings of our Children

AT Finance, India, Philippines, South Asia, World

Filipino filmmaker fears deeper divisions

by Mathew Scott December 25, 2016February 18, 2020

Relay team: President Hu Jintao sings with outgoing Chief Executive Donald Tsang. and CY Leung (R) during a 2012 variety show in Hong Kong ahead of the 15th anniversary of the territory's handover to Chinese sovereignty. Photo: Reuters/Bobby Yip

Beijing, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Middle East, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Wanted: Outstanding candidate to run Asian financial hub…

by Ben Richardson December 9, 2016February 18, 2020

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during his meeting with mukhtars at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey. Photo: Yasin Bulbul/Presidential Palace/ handout via Reuters

European Union, Germany, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Turkey, World

Erdogan’s global anti-Gulen drive hits Pakistan

by Salman Rafi November 20, 2016

An elderly woman casts her vote at a polling station in Beijing during nationwide local legislature elections on November 15. Photo: AFP/Nicolas Asfouri

Beijing, China, France, Middle East, World

Voting in an election with ‘Chinese characteristics’

by Ben Dooley November 16, 2016February 18, 2020

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks to supporters through a bullhorn during a campaign stop at the Canfield County Fair in Canfield

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Trump’s temptations for war in Asia

by Francesco Sisci November 14, 2016November 15, 2016

US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks at a campaign rally in Sanford, Florida, November 1, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Brian Snyder

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Hillary is gone; Will the pivot live on?

by Peter Lee November 10, 2016November 10, 2016

Newly elected lawmaker Yau Wai-ching displays a banner before taking the oath at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, China, October 12, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

Uncategorized

Why Hong Kong deserves self-determination

by Kenny Hodgart November 10, 2016February 18, 2020

Then US President Barack Obama stands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House on September 25, 2015. Photo: Reuters / Kevin Lamarque

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, India, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

Why the United States is so hostile towards China

by Shiying Cheng November 9, 2016November 8, 2016

Yau Wai-Ching was in the thick of the protests in Hong Kong on Sunday night outside the Central Government Liaison Office. Photo: Poo Yee Kai

Beijing, China, Hong Kong

Beijing ruling blocks Hong Kong rebel lawmakers

by Agence France-Presse November 7, 2016February 18, 2020

Pro-independence lawmaker-elect Yau Wai-ching was in the thick of the protest in Hong Kong on Sunday night. Photo: Poo Yee-kai

Uncategorized

Beijing ruling blocks Hong Kong’s rebel lawmakers

by Ewen Campbell November 7, 2016February 18, 2020

Hong Kong police outside the city's central government liaison office on Sunday night. Photo: Poo Yee-kai

China, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, World

Police use pepper spray on angry Hong Kong demonstrators

by Johan Nylander November 6, 2016February 18, 2020

Employees watch TV sets broadcasting a news report on South Korean President Park Geun-hye releasing a statement to the public in Seoul, South Korea, November 4, 2016. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

Beijing, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

The spillover effect of South Korea’s political scandal

by Shihoko Goto November 4, 2016

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Photo: Flickr

Beijing, China, World

US business leader strikes back at China’s election mocking

by Johan Nylander October 23, 2016February 18, 2020

India, Middle East, South Asia, World

‘Modian’ democracy and Plato’s Internet Republic

by Admin August 12, 2015August 12, 2015

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

George Koo responds to Norman Bailey: China’s reality

by Admin August 4, 2015