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18-10-2017 21:01

Opinion // At global forum, China fills US-shaped hole (Nigel Green)

18-10-2017 17:06

Xi Jinping says China has the determination, confidence and ability to overcome any efforts related to Taiwan independence. (Jeff Pao)

18-10-2017 16:16

Premier Prayuth Chan-ocha's military regime has tabled reforms to overhaul Thailand's corruption-riddled and underperforming state sector. He wouldn't be the first to try and fail. (Peter Janssen)

18-10-2017 16:14

China's online micro-credit provider Qudian Inc has raised US$900 million in an IPO that priced above expectations, underscoring robust US investor demand for fast-growing Chinese companies. (Reuters)

18-10-2017 15:12

A new Joint venture between Cuba's Abinis and Thailand's monarchy-owned Siam Bioscience aims to produce and export biopharmaceuticals at a fraction of the cost of Big Pharma drugs. (Peter Janssen)

18-10-2017 14:52

China would never become a military power or pursue military expansion, regardless of its economic size, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party, claimed on Wednesday. (Jeff Pao)

18-10-2017 14:48

China will further open up its economy to the world with its Belt and Road Initiative, Xi Jinping has told the Communist Party Congress. (Jeff Pao)

18-10-2017 14:15

Thailand's moribund stock market has shown new signs of life coincident with the parting of political clouds and the final phase of a royal transition. (Shawn W. Crispin)

18-10-2017 13:51

China will be transformed into a modern socialist country by 2035 and a more powerful country by 2050, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party, has predicted (Jeff Pao and Asia Times)

18-10-2017 12:59

Opinion // Iran accord: Trump set to decertify US alliance with Europe (Emanuele Scimia)

18-10-2017 12:33

Opinion // BJP’s poll strategy: cows, the River Ganga and communal riots (Aditya Sinha)

18-10-2017 12:30

They both have authoritarian tendencies, salty tongues, questionable histories with women, an affection for dictators, problems with Barack Obama and the Pope, the folks at Amnesty International in a whirl – and Donald Trump and Rodrigo Duterte are about to meet. (William Pesek)

18-10-2017 10:22

Alibaba founder has grand vision for global expansion (Asia Times staff)

18-10-2017 10:02

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's coalition is on track for a roughly two-thirds majority in Sunday's general election, a survey by Kyodo news agency indicated, as its conservative rival led by Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike appeared to lose momentum. (Reuters)

18-10-2017 10:00

New housing in Chengdu City must be fully decorated, officials say (Asia Times staff)

18-10-2017 09:49

China’s Communist Party is getting into app development big time, with dozens of apps hitting the country’s Apple and Android sites to promote social networking among party members. All along Party lines, of course. (Quartz)

18-10-2017 09:36

HNA Group to launch digital tourism platform HiApp by end of year (Asia Times staff)

18-10-2017 09:15

Golden Week stats show dramatic increase in Alipay usage (Asia Times staff)

18-10-2017 02:36

Opinion // Afghanistan’s tryst with China begins – in Washington (M.K. Bhadrakumar)

17-10-2017 19:45

China will continue to open up its economy and protect the rights of foreign investors over the next five years, a Communist Party spokesman said ahead of its 19th National Congress. (Jeff Pao)

17-10-2017 18:23

The Battle of Kirkuk was a remarkably bloodless offensive. Here's why. (Pepe Escobar)

17-10-2017 17:41

Russia's government has committed to a plan to invest in the development of Arctic tourism as part of a broader spending plan to boost efforts to open up the region to visitors through eco-friendly cruises and expedition routes. (Inga Velanskaya)

17-10-2017 17:41

A surge in the number of South Korean tourists visiting Far East Russia has prompted the start of a regular cruise line on November 26 from the Korean port of Sokcho to Vladivostok, indicating a relaxation of visa requirements by Moscow is starting to pay off. (Inga Velnskaya)

17-10-2017 15:36

Southeast Asian nations on a spree buying Chinese weapons (Asia Unhedged)

17-10-2017 15:04

A risk premium has returned to oil markets, boosting global prices as escalating fighting in Iraq threatens supplies and political tensions loom between the United States and Iran. (Henning Gloystein)

17-10-2017 14:56

E-commerce titans Alibaba and Amazon are vying for supremacy in Southeast Asia, a region projected as the next high-growth frontier for online retailers. (Nile Bowie)

17-10-2017 14:49

Iraqi forces have seized the Kirkuk governor's office, key military sites and an oil field as they sweep across the disputed province following soaring tensions with Kurds over an independence referendum. (Agence France-Presse)

17-10-2017 14:28

Opinion // More Pyongyang misbehavior during China’s congress could be game changer (Xuan Loc Doan)

17-10-2017 12:37

Opinion // Smart policy is driving the Asian fintech renaissance (Carlos M. Gutierrez, Jr.)

17-10-2017 12:24

India's Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju survived a panic in Jammu Kashmir earlier this month after his misplaced – and unlocked – smartphone was returned by a colleague. (Majid Hyderi)

the brief

The fuselage of the US Navy EP-3 surveillance plane sits on the tarmac at the Lingshui airfield on China's Hainan Island after its dorsal fin and tail cone were removed . Photo: Reuters

Jan 06,2017

What if Bush had taken a tougher line with China in 2001?

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18-10-2017 21:01

Emanuele Scimia

Iran accord: Trump set to decertify US alliance with Europe

18-10-2017 12:59

BJP’s poll strategy: cows, the River Ganga and communal riots

18-10-2017 12:33

M.K. Bhadrakumar

Afghanistan’s tryst with China begins – in Washington

18-10-2017 02:36

More Pyongyang misbehavior during China’s congress could be game changer

17-10-2017 14:28

Carlos M. Gutierrez, Jr.

Smart policy is driving the Asian fintech renaissance

17-10-2017 12:37

Pax Americana may be over, but US remains first among equals

17-10-2017 12:11

Overcoming ‘information poisoning’ in the ‘Mind Age’

16-10-2017 21:06

China’s communist party congress stirs echoes of South Africa

16-10-2017 15:15

Giovanni Di Lieto

Australia set to cross Rubicon on China relations

16-10-2017 15:05

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