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The tanker carrying Iranian crude burst into flames after hitting the Chinese vessel off Shanghai on Saturday evening. Photo: AFP

Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, Iran, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Shanghai, South Asia, South Korea

Crew of 32 missing after ships collide off eastern China

by Asia Times staff January 7, 2018February 18, 2020

Malaysia's image as an open multicultural country has been tarnished in recent years as tensions increase between Malaysians and the country’s growing African population. The portrait of a "truly Asian" Malaysia appears, for many nationals, to largely exclude Africans.
Photo: iStock/Lara Belova

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Anti-African bias belies Malaysia’s multicultural reputation

by Jeremy Luedi January 7, 2018

Delivery drivers on electric motorbikes and scooters are part of the Beijing landscape. Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, World

E-commerce hits roadblock after crackdown on migrants

by Gordon Watts January 7, 2018February 18, 2020

Man versus machine has been a constant economic theme. Photo: iStock

China, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Caught up in an economic race between man and machine

by Robert Skidelsky January 7, 2018February 18, 2020

Tycoon Li Ka-shing at a news conference in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters / Bobby Yip

China, Hong Kong, Shanghai, World

Why tycoon Li Ka-shing is uncertain about HK property

by Ben Kwok January 7, 2018February 18, 2020

Bucking a growing global love affair with cryptocurrencies, South Korea is making a mistake by restricting trading in the digital money, says the author. Stronger regulation, not a ban, is the way forward.
Image: Wikimedia

Japan, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

South Korea is wrong to resist the tide of cryptocurrencies

by Nigel Green January 7, 2018

North Korea has tested a series of ICBMs in the past six months. Photo: Reuters / KCNA

China, Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan, Tianjin, World

Perception and reality on US-North Korea relations in 2018

by Rodger Baker January 6, 2018January 8, 2018

A raging fire destroyed two major restaurants in Mumbai and killed 14 people on December 29, 2017. Photo: Poonam Burde / via Reuters

India, South Asia

Negligence, illegal sales led to Mumbai fire: Report

by Kanchan Srivastava January 6, 2018February 18, 2020

An illustration of a submarine in close quarters with an undersea communications cable. Photo: Policy Exchange

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Cyprus, Egypt, European Union, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, World

Undersea cables the Achilles’ heel in lead-up to new cold war

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large January 6, 2018February 18, 2020

The Taiwan Strait. Photo: Getty Images

Beijing, China, Shanghai, Taiwan

Two-way flights on key air route over Strait irk Taiwan

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

A North Korean ballistic missile blasting through outer space in a three-dimensional Illustration. Image: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, China, India, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

Asia’s space race gathers pace

by Alan Boyd January 6, 2018February 18, 2020

North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

N. Korea built ICBM assembly facility in under a month

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

Job applicants wait in line at a technology job fair in Los Angeles. Photo: Reuters

European Union, Italy, World

Nothing to see here, folks

by David P. Goldman January 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Garapan, Saipan. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Philippines

46-year-old Filipino man missing in Saipan

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

Taipei City Hall, Taiwan. Photo: Google Maps

Flu outbreak hits Taiwan with nearly 100,000 cases

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

A journalist poses during a protest by local media to demand the release of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo (pictured in posters behind) in Pyay on December 27, 2017. Photo: AFP/Thiha Lwin

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Myanmar, South Asia

Jailing of journalists hides mass graves in Myanmar

by Lee Short January 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Rahul Gandhi, newly elected president of India's main opposition Congress party, kisses the forehead of his mother and leader of the party Sonia Gandhi after taking charge as the president during a ceremony at the party's headquarters in New Delhi, India, December 16, 2017. Photo: REUTERS/Altaf Hussain

India, Italy, Middle East, South Asia, World

Sonia Gandhi: A remarkable political journey

by Shivam Vij January 5, 2018January 6, 2018

People look toward North Korea through a barbed-wire fence near the De-militarized Zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, South Korea. Photo: Reuters / Kim Hong-Ji

Australia, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Korea, United Kingdom, World

South, North Korea to talk after military drills postponed

by Andrew Salmon January 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: Reuters/David W Cerny

European Union, Italy, World

Who are you going to believe, me or your lying Eviews?

by David P. Goldman January 5, 2018February 18, 2020

The People's Bank of China. Photo: iStock

China targets leverage in bond markets

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

Gold Price

China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

A trend in the gold price (and I don’t like it)

by David P. Goldman January 5, 2018February 18, 2020

A file photo shows a Long March V rocket, so far the most powerful carrier rocket made by China to date, at the Wenchang spaceport in southern Hainan province. Photo: Xinhua

China boldly goes into space with 40 planned missions

by Asia Times staff January 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Jack Ma managed to sort out a deal with MoneyGram but not the one he wanted. Reuters / Marcos Brindicci

AT Finance, China, France, India, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, World

Ma showed them the money but failed to grab MoneyGram

by Gordon Watts January 4, 2018February 18, 2020

A file photo shows Russian and Chinese flags in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Photo: Xinhua

Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

What China, Russia want from each other in weapon R&D

by Frank Chen January 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Emerging Asia markets outperformed their European and Latin American counterparts in 2017. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Emerging Asia market triumph may prove fleeting

by Gary Kleiman January 4, 2018

Plans to deliver democracy to various parts of the world have often crashed and burned. Photo: iStock

China, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, World

Regime-change fans should know democracy does not guarantee peace

by Leon Hadar January 4, 2018

NDA cadets conducting drills. Photo: Courtesy NDA

Australia, India, Oceania, South Asia

National Defense Academy faces unprecedented burnout

by Parth Satam January 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: iStock

Bitcoin mining power usage comes under scrutiny

by Asia Times staff January 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Illustrations of Bitcoins. Photo: Reuters/Dado Ruvic

Bitcoin needs to be regulated, taxed, says ECB official

by Asia Times staff January 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Tiangong-1 space lab, precursor of China's own space station, has been decommissioned. Photo: Xinhua

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Malaysia

China admits space lab will fall, but in ‘controlled way’

by Asia Times staff January 3, 2018February 18, 2020