Interviews – Page 16 – Asia Times

A protester at a rally on the Philippines' 120th Independence Day at the Chinese consulate in Manila on June 12, 2018. The protests focused on China's bullying and militarization in the West Philippine Sea. Photo: Richard James Mendoza/NurPhoto

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Philippines, Vietnam

Anger grows in Philippines over China’s control of shoal

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

Data from smartphones and apps is at risk. Photo: iStock

China, European Union, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, World

Our infant information revolution

by Joseph S. Nye June 17, 2018June 17, 2018

New Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks during a news conference in Kuala Lumpur, May 11, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, Malaysia, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, World

Mahathir looks beyond China to Japan

by Nile Bowie June 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: Reuters

Uncategorized

Financial service industry is adopting blockchain, slowly

by Asia Times staff June 15, 2018February 18, 2020

New Party spokesman Wang Ping-chung was seen blocking a police raid last December, shortly after he returned from a trip to China. Photo: Taiwan Central News Agency

Beijing, China, Shanghai, Taiwan

Pro-Beijing politicians face charges as Taipei steps up clampdown

by Asia Times staff June 15, 2018February 18, 2020

A stall owner sits between piles of bananas. Photo: Taiwan Central News Agency

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Indonesia, Middle East, Philippines, South Asia, Taiwan, Vietnam

Taiwan’s latest crisis: farmers going bananas over glut

by Asia Times staff June 14, 2018February 18, 2020

A promotional poster for the movie 'Veere Di Wedding.' Photo: Facebook

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

How a Bollywood masturbation scene is answer to India’s rape culture

by Shivam Vij June 14, 2018June 14, 2018

A Myanmar police officer looks at a notice displayed on a fence at a Muslim household during a census taking at the village of Theechaung on the outskirts of Sittwe in the western Myanmar state of Rakhine, April 1, 2014. Photo: AFP/ Soe Than Win

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Myanmar scrambles to avoid its day in court

by David Scott Mathieson June 14, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un at the start of their historic US-North Korea summit in Singapore on June 12. Photo: AFP/Saul Loeb

AT Finance, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Korea, World

Trump is spreading North Korean propaganda

by Adam Hardy June 14, 2018

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shakes hands with South Korean President Moon Jae-in during a bilateral meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on June 14. Photo: Reuters/Kim Hong-ji/Pool

AT Finance, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Korea

Moon’s party shines, conservatives crushed in Korean local polls

by Andrew Salmon June 14, 2018February 18, 2020

A maid has been released from the Kowloon City Police Station after police found no evidence of sexual abuse. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Middle East, Philippines

Police confirm no evidence to charge maid for sexual assault

by Asia Times staff June 13, 2018February 18, 2020

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) talks with Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain after a signing ceremony during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit in Qingdao. Photo: AFP/Wang Zhao

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, World

As fissures grow in West, China’s SCO tries to heal India-Pakistan divide

by Asia Times staff June 13, 2018February 18, 2020

Robotic arm with microchip. Photo: AFP

Beijing, China, World

China sets up another fund to support strategic industries

by Asia Times staff June 13, 2018February 18, 2020

Philippine activists hold a protest in front of the Chinese Consular Office in Makati, the financial district of Manila, condemning what they say is China's intrusions into the Scarborough Shoal, known to the Chinese as Huangyan, in a file photo: Photo: AFP/Noel Celis

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Philippines, World

Filipino fishermen ask: ‘Are we slaves of China?’

by Richard Javad Heydarian June 12, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12, 2018. Photo: AFP/Saul Loeb

AT Finance, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Korea, World

‘World will see a major change:’ Kim, Trump sign declaration

by Nile Bowie and Andrew Salmon June 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Map of the South China Sea: iStock

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, Brunei, China, Egypt, European Union, France, Hong Kong, India, Iraq, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

US-led naval operation will not change China’s posture

by Ken Moak June 12, 2018June 12, 2018

China, Hong Kong

The key to a good employer-maid relationship

by Asia Times staff June 11, 2018February 18, 2020

The HDB neighborhood in Pasir Ris in Singapore. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, Indonesia, Singapore

Indonesian maid in trouble for borrowing from moneylenders

by Asia Times staff June 11, 2018February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Malaysia, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

Tracking the man behind the myth of Kim Jong-un

by Andrew Salmon June 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Former China Central TV host Cui Yongyuan has singlehandedly started a storm targeting celebrities who were accused of dodging taxes. Photo: CCTV

China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, World, Wuhan

Payment accusations prove taxing for Chinese show business

by Asia Times staff June 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Vitaly Naumkin, head of the Centre for Arab Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Oriental Studies, is pictured in Moscow, Russia, April 4, 2007. Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

Top Russian pundit calls for Palestine talks in Moscow

by M.K. Bhadrakumar June 6, 2018June 6, 2018

The Eastern Magistrates' Court on Hong Kong Island. Photo: HK Government

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Middle East, Philippines

Lawyer to challenge police video in sex ring Filipino case

by Asia Times staff June 6, 2018February 18, 2020

French President Emmanuel Macron reviews an honor guard of the French Navy aboard the French Mistral Class assault ship and helicopter carrier "Dixmude", January 19, 2018. Photo: AFP/ Claude Paris

AT Finance, Beijing, Brunei, China, European Union, France, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Europe lends America muscle in South China Sea

by Richard Javad Heydarian June 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Domestic workers in Hong Kong Photo: Asia Times

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Middle East, Philippines

Maids ‘deserve freedom of choice’ to live in or not

by Asia Times staff June 5, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting at the White House on May 9, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst

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

Trump’s unpredictability harms American interests

by Ken Moak June 2, 2018June 2, 2018

Vietnamese activist La Viet Dung holds up a phone with the screen displaying an open letter to Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg in Hanoi on April 10, 2018.Photo: AFP

AT Finance, European Union, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Is Facebook helping Vietnam suppress online dissent?

by David Hutt June 2, 2018February 18, 2020

A supporter of deposed former Thai premiers Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra holds a small heart-shaped placard with their pictures. Photo: AFP/ Nicolas Asfouri

AT Finance, China, Malaysia, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, World

Thai junta dreams of a ‘Thaksin-free’ election

by Shawn W. Crispin June 1, 2018February 18, 2020

US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. Photo: Reuters

Beijing, China, European Union, Mexico, World

Markets will ‘have to adjust’ to tariffs, says Ross

by Asia Times staff June 1, 2018February 18, 2020

Malaysia's newly elected Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad attends a news conference in Menara Yayasan Selangor, Pataling Jaya, Malaysia May 12, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Stringer

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Malaysia, Singapore, South Asia

Could Mahathir’s clean-up spark a financial crisis?

by Nile Bowie May 31, 2018February 18, 2020

A file photo shows technicians inspecting the interior of a nose of China's home-grown airliner C919. Photo: Reuters via China Daily

Beijing, China, Russia, World

Chinese-made aircraft can’t fly without US design software

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