Interviews – Page 33 – Asia Times

Russia has big plans for world's longest railroad. Photo: iStock

China, European Union, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

Russia to spend $2.5 bln on Trans-Siberian, Baikal-Amur railroads

by Asia Times staff August 25, 2017February 18, 2020

A Chinese party member uses a mobile phone to take a photo during the Celebration Ceremony of the 95th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on July 1, 2016. Photo: AFP / Wang Zhao

Beijing, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Northeast Asia, Shanghai, South Korea, World

Party push for influence stirs fear among foreign firms in China

by Michael Martina August 24, 2017February 18, 2020

Chinese troops march during a military parade in Zhurihe, Inner Mongolia. Source: CCTV

AT Finance, Beijing, Bhutan, China, European Union, Germany, India, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

Asia must get serious to counter China’s hegemonic rise

by Todd Royal August 24, 2017

People pass the skyline of the central business district of Singapore August 8, 2016. Photo: Reuters / Edgar Su

AT Finance, China, Germany, India, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, United Kingdom, World

Singapore ranks top in Asia, seventh globally, for innovation

by Liu Hsiu Wen August 24, 2017February 18, 2020

Ousted former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra receives ears of rice from her supporters as she arrives at the Supreme Court for a trial on criminal negligence looking into her role in a debt-ridden rice subsidy scheme during her administration, in Bangkok, Thailand November 4, 2016. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom - RTX2RU77

AT Finance, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Thailand

Thailand teeters on Yingluck trial verdict

by Richard S Ehrlich August 23, 2017February 18, 2020

The symbol used for Russia's Kolion. Photo: iStock

China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

How Russia may benefit from North Korean sanctions

by Inga Velanskaya August 23, 2017February 18, 2020

A boy shows the media a school ID card of Kian Loyd delos Santos, a 17-year-old high school student, who was among the 91 people shot dead this week in an escalation of President Rodrigo Duterte's ruthless war on drugs in Caloocan city, Metro Manila, Philippines August 18, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Erik De Castro

AT Finance, Middle East, Philippines

One too many killings in the Philippines

by George Amurao August 23, 2017February 18, 2020

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Chengdu, China, Guangzhou, Hong Kong

New batch of US$90bn ‘special bonds’ to be issued

by Lin Wanxia and Zheng Xin August 23, 2017February 18, 2020

Chengdu, China, Guangzhou, Hong Kong

China Digest for Wednesday, 23 August 2017

by Lin Wanxia August 23, 2017August 23, 2017

Former chief strategist Steve Bannon has left the Trump White House. Photo: AFP/Timothy A Clary

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

The thanks of a grateful world go with Steve Bannon

by Spengler August 22, 2017August 22, 2017

Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha

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

Hong Kong leader says jailed activists are not political prisoners

by Reuters August 22, 2017February 18, 2020

A Vietnamese couple hawks coal bricks in downtown Hanoi in a file photo. Vietnam plans to expand its use of coal for its fast rising energy needs. Photo: AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam

AT Finance, Australia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Oceania, Russia, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Energy dilemma weighs on Vietnam

by Dan Southerland August 21, 2017February 18, 2020

Kim Sang-jo, the Chief of Korea Fair Trade Commission, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Seoul, South Korea August 18, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

European Union, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Hyundai Motor Group faces govt calls to address governance risk

by Soyoung Kim and Hyunjoo Jin August 21, 2017February 18, 2020

The Philippines has set targets for 100% of households to have access to electricity by 2022. Photo: AFP/Jay Directo

AT Finance, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia

Duterte seeks help from China, Japan for US$135 billion in power projects

by Asia Unhedged August 19, 2017February 18, 2020

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Update: Chief of Staff, Steve Bannon ‘mutually agree’ on departure

by Asia Unhedged August 19, 2017February 18, 2020

Former chief strategist Steve Bannon has left the Trump White House. Photo: AFP/Timothy A Clary

World

Bannon officially fired? Not so fast

by David P. Goldman August 19, 2017February 18, 2020

The Nepal Umbrella Foundation is an NGO that aims at protecting workers from overcharging by recruitment agencies. Photo: Nepal Umbrella Foundation

AT Finance, India, Malaysia, Middle East, Nepal, Singapore, South Asia

Financial cannibals feeding on Nepali overseas workers

by Neville Sarony August 18, 2017

German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Photo: Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch

Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, United Kingdom, World

Diplomacy takes back seat to German defense industry

by Emanuele Scimia August 18, 2017

Armed security forces take part in a drug raid in Manila on October 7, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Damir Sagolj

AT Finance, Australia, Middle East, Oceania, Philippines, World

Duterte expands ‘drug war’ to a war on accountability

by Phelim Kine August 18, 2017

A different kind of ship, the USS Zumwalt, may be coming with a different kind of devastating artillery shell. Photo: Navy Times

China, India, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, World

North Korea speeds development of next-generation US artillery shells

by Peter J. Brown August 18, 2017February 18, 2020

Charlottesville, Virginia, community members on August 16, 2017, leave candles and flowers at the base of a statue of Thomas Jefferson at a vigil for Heather Heyer. Photo: Reuters via Tim Dodson/The Cavalier Daily

China, European Union, World

The Bloody Shirt of Charlottesville and its unintended consequences

by Spengler August 18, 2017August 18, 2017

Trump and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella listen to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos during an American Technology Council roundtable at the White House. Photo: AFP/Nicholas Kamm

Time to bail out of tech stocks

by David P. Goldman August 18, 2017February 18, 2020

Beijing, China, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Japan, Northeast Asia, Shanghai, World

China Digest for Thursday, 17 August 2017

by Liu Hsiu Wen August 17, 2017

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Beijing, China, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Japan, Northeast Asia, Shanghai, World

China Unicom brings in private investors

by Liu Hsiu Wen and Zheng Xin August 17, 2017February 18, 2020

Taipei Neihu Technology Park in Taiwan. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/ Meow

China, Taiwan, World

Taiwanese firms shocked by mid-year job-changing wave

by Asia Times staff August 16, 2017February 18, 2020

Hamid Ansari in 2009. Photo: Vishal Dutta/Wikipedia

India, Middle East, South Asia, World

Departing Indian vice-president contests BJP elite on minorities

by Kadayam Subramanian August 15, 2017

HNA Group. Photo: Reuters/Thomas White

China, Germany, Shanghai, World

Transparency calls may cap Chinese firms’ sky-high ambitions

by Daniel Del Re August 15, 2017

A Saudi Arabian woman in hijab breathes deeply at a local beach. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

Afghanistan, Iran, Middle East, South Asia, World

Sharia-free vacation plans for Saudi Arabia

by Mustafa Salama August 13, 2017February 18, 2020

Vietnam's recently appointed Party chief for Ho Chi Minh City and Politburo member Nguyen Thien Nhan in a file photo. Photo AFP/Kazuhiro Nogi

AT Finance, China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Middle East, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Nameless, faceless leadership for Ho Chi Minh City

by David Hutt August 13, 2017February 18, 2020

Supporters and monks belonging to the hardline Buddhist group Ma Ba Tha rally to the US embassy in Yangon on April 28, 2016.
Photo: AFP/Romeo Gacad

AT Finance, Australia, Middle East, Myanmar, Oceania, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

Buddhist extremism, despite a clampdown, spreads in Myanmar

by Justine Chambers August 13, 2017February 18, 2020

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