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China

Ford joins price cuts following hefty import tax break

by Asia Times staff May 25, 2018February 18, 2020

An Israeli Air Force F-35 Lightning II fighter jet performs during an air show. Photo: AFP/Jack Guez

Israel, Lebanon, Middle East

Israeli air force chief takes heat for revealing F-35 photo

by Asia Times staff May 25, 2018February 18, 2020

Yemen firefight. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, China, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Vietnam, World

It was Ideology and empire that lit Yemen’s fire

by Andrew Brennan May 25, 2018

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Beijing, China, Mexico, World

Beijing eyes sweeping tariff cuts as Trump threatens more

by Asia Times staff May 25, 2018February 18, 2020

Trade tensions between the US and China continue to escalate. Illustration: iStock

Beijing, China, World

Uncertainty lingers as US-China trade tensions ease

by Sabena Siddiqui May 25, 2018May 25, 2018

US Navy ships taking part in the 2014 RIMPAC exercise. Photo: US Navy via AFP

China disinvited from RIMPAC naval exercises

by Asia Times staff May 25, 2018February 18, 2020

A news report on the dismantling of the Punggye-ri nuclear testing site is broadcast in Seoul on Thursday. Photo: Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji

AT Finance, China, European Union, Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

Trump cancels summit with North Korea’s Kim

by Andrew Salmon May 25, 2018February 18, 2020

A file photo of Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif at a news conference in Islamabad. Photo: Reuters / Faisal Mahmood

Pakistan, South Asia, World

Sharif’s accusations fuel debate on establishment’s role in elections

by Imad Zafar May 24, 2018

Exterior of the compound of the US Consulate in Guangzhou. A US diplomat stationed in the city fell ill and was diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injury. Photo: Handout

Beijing, Chengdu, China, France, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Middle East, Shanghai, South Asia, World, Wuhan

Enigma shrouding ‘sonic attack’ on US diplomats in Guangzhou

by Frank Chen May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Hong Kong International Airport and (inset) the cannabis seized.
Photo: HK government

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, South Asia, Thailand

Man arrested at Hong Kong airport for smuggling cannabis

by Asia Times staff May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese tourists don controversial tee-shirts upon landing in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. Photo: Facebook

AT Finance, Beijing, Brunei, China, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam

When Chinese tourism is unfashionable in Vietnam

by Ma Nguyen May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Indian Lok Sabha

India, Iran, Middle East, South Asia

Is BJP bringing back legislators to Parliament surreptitiously?

by Meghnad May 24, 2018

A temple by the riverside in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh.Photo: iStockphoto

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Korea, Thailand

Only 43 Cambodian maids in HK from the 1,000 targeted

by Asia Times staff May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (R) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) attend a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on March 24, 2017.Photo: AFP/David Gray

Australia, Beijing, China, Oceania, South Asia, World

China, Australia stuck in a game of blind man’s bluff

by Alan Boyd May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Eunice Yung Hoi-Yan (inset); Indonesian domestic workers gather in Victoria Park in Causeway Bay on Hong Kong Island. Photos: Asia Times, HK Legislative Council

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

Lawmaker urges action on maids clustering in public areas

by Asia Times staff May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

A fisherman on Inle Lake, one of Myanmar's top picturesque tourist attractions. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Japan, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, World

Rakhine crisis takes shine off Myanmar tourism

by Peter Janssen May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

China is pouring billions of dollars into integrated circuit and semiconductor production. Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, European Union, Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World, Wuhan

China turns up heat on chip wars by taking on Fab five

by Gordon Watts May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha gestures during a visit to Thai Union company in Samut Sakhon, Thailand, March 5, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha

AT Finance, Laos, Thailand

Four years on, press freedom in Thailand a casualty of military coup

by Sutharee Wannasiri May 24, 2018

Afghanistan continues to be roiled by a violent Taliban insurgency, but reconciliation talks in Abu Dhabi have brought the warring parties a bit closer to peace, according to UAE officials. Photo: iStock.

Afghanistan, China, India, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

China should work with US, Pakistan to stabilize Afghanistan

by Haroun Mir May 24, 2018

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Middle East, South Asia

Over 100 ‘abused’ Bangladeshi maids return from Saudi Arabia

by Asia Times staff May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Iraqi supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in Baghdad's Tahrir square on March 2, 2018. His cousin-in-law is a contender to become prime minister. Photo: AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye

Iran, Iraq, Middle East, United Kingdom, World

The man who may become Iraq’s next Prime Minister

by Sami Moubayed May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr was one of the big winners in the Iraq election. Photo: AFP/Haidar Hamdani

Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, World

Iraqi voters undermine Trump’s Iran strategy

by M.K. Bhadrakumar May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

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Uncategorized

China seeks quality improvement in dairy industry

by Asia Times staff May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Shanghai, China. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Cambodia, China, India, Iran, Middle East, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Turkey, World

What Pakistan brings to the Shanghai table

by Zamir Awan May 24, 2018

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Australia, China, Middle East, Oceania, World

The futility of China’s ‘Responsible Cobalt Initiative’

by Jon Connars May 24, 2018May 24, 2018

Photo: Reuters/Umit Bektas

Uncategorized

Turkish central bank raises rates; lira rallies

by Asia Times staff May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) stands beside Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono. Photo: AFP/Tomohiro Ohsumi

Australia, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, South Korea, World

Chinese, Japanese foreign ministers make stops in Washington Wednesday

by Asia Times staff May 23, 2018February 18, 2020

Mochtar Riady, Chairman, Lippo Group. Photo: World Economic Forum/Adam Nadel

AT Finance, Indonesia, World

Blockchain is ‘simple’ says 89-year-old Lippo Group founder

by Asia Times staff May 23, 2018February 18, 2020

Farooq Ahmad Dar was used by Indian Army personnel as a human shield against stone-throwers outside a polling station in the Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir in April 2017. Photo: Twitter

India, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia

Major who used human shield in Kashmir in new controversy

by Majid Hyderi May 23, 2018February 18, 2020

A board outside the construction site of the new venue of the American Institute in Taiwan in Taipei's Neihu district. Photo: AIT

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, United Kingdom, World

‘Friends of Taiwan’ to help dedicate de facto US embassy

by Asia Times staff May 23, 2018February 18, 2020

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