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Covering geo-political news and current affairs across Asia

Tag: Malacca Strait

Posted inOpinion

China needs Middle East oil to wean itself off coal

by Yun Sun November 9, 2021November 9, 2021

China’s absence from the COP26 climate summit has drawn criticism from all corners. Given President Xi Jinping’s lack of foreign travel since January 2020, his Glasgow no-show did not come as a surprise. China has already committed to achieving peak emissions before 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060, so perhaps Beijing thought it had little […]

Posted inChina-India

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by Bertil Lintner June 29, 2021July 2, 2021
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by Nate Fischler October 5, 2020October 8, 2020
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US, India in a tentative anti-China embrace

by Bertil Lintner August 10, 2020August 30, 2020
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Indian Navy deployment sends ‘message’ to China

by Dave Makichuk July 29, 2020July 30, 2020
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China’s energy weakness will lose the New Cold War

by Tim Daiss June 25, 2020June 26, 2020
Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad salutes the royal guard of honor during the opening ceremony of the parliament in Kuala Lumpur on July 17, 2018. Photo: AFP/Mohd Rasfan
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Iraq, Israel, Malaysia, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

Mahathir draws new line in the South China Sea

by Richard Javad Heydarian September 2, 2018February 18, 2020
Local residents' houses in front of buildings of a Chinese oil pipeline project (pink roof) on Madae island, Kyaukpyu township, Rakhine state, Myanmar. The wider project, part of China's One Belt, One Road initiative, envisions twin oil and gas pipelines, a deep sea port and special economic zone. Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Myanmar risks falling into a China debt trap

by Bertil Lintner June 5, 2018February 18, 2020
The Malacca Strait remains as a weak underbelly of China's trade and energy security. Photo: Getty Images
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Malaysia, Middle East, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, World

Mischief in Malacca: The long reach of China’s atoll bombers

by Asia Times staff June 4, 2018February 18, 2020
A convoy of ships follows an ice breaker on the Arctic's Northern Sea Route. Photo: iStock
Posted inChina, European Union, Russia, South Asia, Taiwan, World

The Arctic as the next battleground? Don’t count on it

by Richard A. Bitzinger April 13, 2018
China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy soldiers patrol at Woody Island, in the Paracel Archipelago in the South China Sea. Photo: Reuters
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Greater Bay Area, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

China senses and acts on US weakness in South China Sea

by Robert E. McCoy March 1, 2018March 14, 2018
A convoy of ships follows an ice breaker on the Arctic's Northern Sea Route. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Arctic sea routes could ease Malacca Strait security issue

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large February 10, 2018February 18, 2020
Opposition supporters protest against the Maldivian government's delay in releasing their jailed leaders despite a Supreme Court order, in Malé on February 4, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Stringer
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, China, India, Maldives, Middle East, Myanmar, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, World

Maldives crisis: US-Indian strategic alliance forming

by M.K. Bhadrakumar February 7, 2018February 18, 2020
A map of the potential new East-West shipping route that would be opened by a potential Thai canal through the country's Kra isthmus. Image: Wikimedia
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, World

A man, a plan, a canal…Thailand?

by Shawn W. Crispin January 25, 2018February 18, 2020
Singapore Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting at The Great Hall Of The People in Beijing, China September 20, 2017  Photo: Reuters/Lintao Zhang
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, Germany, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Taiwan, World

Do Lee and Xi see eye-to-eye?

by Nile Bowie September 22, 2017February 18, 2020
Sulu, Philippines
Photo: AFP/Mark Navales
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Brunei, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Vietnam

Anti-piracy patrols adrift in terror-targeted waterway

by Alan Boyd August 30, 2017February 18, 2020

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