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20-09-2017 12:07

When North Korea rattles its saber too loudly, like a good ally the United States sends F35 fighters and B1 bombers over the peninsula to reassure South Korea. But when adversaries use economic bullying of American allies they are on their own. Time to end that. (Grant Newsham)

20-09-2017 10:55

Shenzhen Stock Exchange stands firm over delisting of Shenzhen Xindu Hotel shares (Asia Times staff)

20-09-2017 10:49

The Iran nuclear deal must be changed if the United States is to remain in it, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has asserted. (Arshad Mohammed and John Irish)

20-09-2017 10:36

Nine Guangdong-based companies earned more than 100 billion yuan in revenue last year (Asia Times staff)

20-09-2017 10:32

Four foreign private equity fund management firms have acquired licences for private equity investment in China (Asia Times staff)

20-09-2017 10:32

Wang Yupu appointed to Communist Party Secretary of the State Administration of Work Safety (Asia Times staff)

20-09-2017 10:26

Booming shipments of cars and electronics in August drove up Japan's exports at the fastest pace in nearly four years, further evidence that overseas demand is strong enough to support the country's economic growth. (Reuters)

20-09-2017 10:23

Bloomberg News reports that Uber, which is the subject of US bribery investigation, is looking closely at is Asia operations and has notified officials about payments made by staff in Indonesia (Reuters)

20-09-2017 10:21

PBOC supports actions by some Beijing banks to increase mortgage lending rates (Asia Times staff)

20-09-2017 09:55

Professionals in the securities and investment sectors in Shenzhen are taking home the biggest wage packets in the city (Asia Times staff)

20-09-2017 07:27

US President Donald Trump escalated his standoff with North Korea over its nuclear challenge on Tuesday, threatening to "totally destroy" the country of 26 million people and mocking its leader, Kim Jong Un, as a "rocket man." (Steve Holland and Jeff Mason)

19-09-2017 19:48

Pledges to spend on education and child care, stay tough on North Korea and revise the pacifist constitution are likely to be pillars of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's campaign in a snap election next month, government sources said on Tuesday. (Yoshifumi Takemoto and Takashi Umekawa)

19-09-2017 15:58

As Islamic State targets Southeast Asia as its next theater of destruction, regional authorities are grappling with how to stem its underground cash flows. (Alan Boyd)

19-09-2017 15:23

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has responded to rising criticism of his lethal drug war by targeting critics and defunding a key rights probing institution. (Jason Castaneda)

19-09-2017 14:47

Opinion // China’s secret weapon: Tao (Jan Krikke)

19-09-2017 14:21

Opinion // Modi, Abe push long-standing India-Japan ties (Raja Murthy)

19-09-2017 13:40

Ex-premier Yingluck Shinawatra's flight into exile has further consolidated military rule and could herald what junta proponents view as a 'final solution' to Thailand's political problems. (Shawn W. Crispin)

19-09-2017 12:25

Opinion // North Korean, Iranian nuclear programs: two different stories (Emanuele Scimia)

19-09-2017 11:49

Opinion // The forbidden questions about the Korea crisis (Moss Roberts)

19-09-2017 10:40

China's Gree Electric Appliances denies striking a merger deal with FAW Xiali (Asia Times staff)

19-09-2017 10:36

Five nuclear power plants that have passed safety clearances by Japan's nuclear safety watchdog may be at risk of having their cooling systems crippled during eruptions of nearby volcanoes, the watchdog said Monday. (Kyodo News)

19-09-2017 10:35

Airlines get the OK to use mobile phones on domestic flights (Asia Times staff)

19-09-2017 10:03

Lotte Group in negotiations with multiple firms to sell its discount store chain (Asia Times staff)

19-09-2017 10:00

NCCPC to put forward constitutional amendments at October party congress (Asia Times staff)

19-09-2017 10:00

Opinion // Rohingya crisis: a call to arms for Islamic fundamentalism? (Ghulam Rasool Dehlvi)

19-09-2017 09:57

A majority of Japanese firms are upbeat about the outlook for the US economy, according to a Reuters poll, after some market concern earlier this year that the pace of growth could be slowing. (Tetsushi Kajimoto)

19-09-2017 09:00

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis hinted on Monday about the existence of military options on North Korea that might spare South Korea's capital Seoul from a brutal counterattack, but he declined to elaborate. (Asia Times and Reuters)

18-09-2017 16:10

How to keep calm when everyone is shouting 'fascist'? The shrillness of much of our politics nowadays obscures the fact that most of us don't subscribe to any of it. (Kenny Hodgart)

18-09-2017 15:49

Opinion // ‘Refugee bonds’ could help Bangladesh cope with Rohingya emergency (Gary Kleiman)

18-09-2017 15:25

Referenda in the coming days may deliver full independence for Iraq's Kurds and a semi-autonomous government for Syria's, besides emboldening Turkey's. (Sami Moubayed)

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China’s secret weapon: Tao

19-09-2017 14:47

Modi, Abe push long-standing India-Japan ties

19-09-2017 14:21

Emanuele Scimia

North Korean, Iranian nuclear programs: two different stories

19-09-2017 12:25

The forbidden questions about the Korea crisis

19-09-2017 11:49

Ghulam Rasool Dehlvi

Rohingya crisis: a call to arms for Islamic fundamentalism?

19-09-2017 10:00

‘Refugee bonds’ could help Bangladesh cope with Rohingya emergency

18-09-2017 15:49

Threats against China could result in another Great Depression

18-09-2017 15:18

Cambodia’s Hun Sen a master of manipulative, ruthless rule

18-09-2017 12:18

Ducking under desks to avoid The Bomb won’t save anyone

16-09-2017 13:38

A ‘China First’ strategy for North Korea

16-09-2017 10:58

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