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22-09-2017 16:58

Opinion // Straws in the wind for a reset in US-Russian relations (M.K. Bhadrakumar)

22-09-2017 16:12

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping aimed to normalize ties and align interests but its not clear the impromptu visit accomplished either. (Nile Bowie)

22-09-2017 15:48

Opinion // European Union tries to curb tech transfer to China (Emanuele Scimia)

22-09-2017 15:30

Opinion // Despite skepticism, ‘BRICS Plus’ an idea worth pursuing (Junaid Ashraf)

22-09-2017 14:28

HC order delays floor test, puts TN governance in tough spot (E Jaya Kumar)

22-09-2017 13:27

Foreign investor surveys are broadly upbeat about Asean's rising growth prospects, though corruption, trade barriers and regulatory uncertainty are still areas of concerns. (Alan Boyd)

22-09-2017 13:04

Opinion // Why we shouldn’t hold our breath for ‘Digital Bangladesh’ (Jon Connars, Independent Risk Analyst and Researcher)

22-09-2017 12:42

Russia's new e-visa system has attracted almost 2,000 visitors to Vladivostok in six weeks, which isn't enough to significantly boost tourism spending yet, but operators in the city say they are encouraged by the numbers so far. China applicants made up almost half of users. (Inga Velanskaya)

22-09-2017 12:04

A military plan to strike a new ethnic balance in Rakhine state's conflict-ridden northwest means a minority of the 420,000 refugees now languishing in Bangladesh will likely ever return home. (Bertil Lintner)

22-09-2017 11:12

LeEco board issues letter urging Jia Yueting to fulfill financial commitments (Asia Times staff)

22-09-2017 11:12

Hong Kong is expected to be the third largest IPO market worldwide in terms of total funds raised, as of the end of September, trailing rampant Shanghai and New York exchanges (Lin Wanxia)

22-09-2017 11:07

Asian stocks fell and the Japanese yen and Swiss franc gained on the mooted possibility of North Korea conducting another hydrogen bomb test, this time in the Pacific Ocean. (Shinichi Saoshiro)

22-09-2017 10:51

China's finance ministry said on Friday S&P Global Ratings' decision to downgrade the country's sovereign credit rating was "a wrong decision" that neglects the economic fundamentals and development potential of the world's second-largest economy. (Reuters)

22-09-2017 10:51

New think tank to provide policy support for greater Guangdong Bay area (Asia Times staff)

22-09-2017 10:50

Lenovo President Liu Chuanzhi backs innovation and reforms as key pillars to guide growth (Asia Times staff)

22-09-2017 09:52

Fosun International has sold most of its shares in China Minsheng Bank (Asia Times staff)

22-09-2017 08:02

US President Donald Trump ordered new sanctions against North Korea on Thursday and Pyongyang's leader defiantly vowed to persist with his nuclear and missile programs and said it would consider measures against the United States. (Steve Holland and David Brunnstrom)

22-09-2017 07:33

On Thursday this week a shipment of 700 kilograms of plutonium arrived in Japan after a journey by sea from the French port of Cherbourg. That's enough material for more than 100 nuclear weapons. (Shaun Burnie and Frank Barnaby)

22-09-2017 07:10

Opinion // Can Asia-Pacific multi-lateral trade survive without the US? (Giovanni Di Lieto)

21-09-2017 21:33

Gasoline prices in North Korea's capital Pyongyang jumped 43% on Thursday, NK News reported, citing the imposition of new United Nations sanctions that targeted oil imports and a surge in the cost of the fuel that started in April. (Paywall) (NK News)

21-09-2017 17:20

What is clear from developments at the UN General Assembly is that Trump administration wants a completely different Iran deal, or else it will pull out. What comes next could be incendiary. (Pepe Escobar)

21-09-2017 16:02

Japan's Toshiba Corp is locked in last minute talks with the would-be buyers of its US$18 billion memory chip business led by US private equity firm Bain Capital, potentially delaying a formal agreement on the sale. (Reuters)

21-09-2017 15:54

Ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's camp remains in defiant mood in Pakistan. But as the courts continue to pursue him, will he opt to strike a deal? We've been here before. (F.M. Shakil)

21-09-2017 15:30

Opinion // Alternative facts in an inside-out universe (David Simmons)

21-09-2017 15:27

China and Japan competition for urban railway projects in Vietnam's main cities point to a larger struggle for regional economic dominance. (Nate Fischler)

21-09-2017 15:21

Opinion // Is China capable of showing restraint as the US has with North Korea? (Todd Royal)

21-09-2017 14:05

Vietnamese Communist Party head Nguyen Phu Trong's anti-graft drive has unsettled the country's usually sedate one-party politics and exposed deep rot in the opaque banking system. (David Hutt)

21-09-2017 13:25

Opinion // US the likely loser of trade war with China (Ken Moak)

21-09-2017 12:32

Opinion // ‘Halal jihad’, Pakistan and the blood borders (Bilal Khan)

21-09-2017 11:31

Opinion // Time to retrieve missiles, nail Pyongyang’s acquisition networks (Stephen Bryen)

the brief

Mei Xu, the co-founder and CEO of Pacific Trade International, makes a keynote speech on Fortune Most Powerful Women summit on February 28, 2016. Photo: Fortune

Mar 13,2017, 3:00

Goodbye to diplomacy in China; Hello my American dream

By Lin Wanxia

Tan Le, Founder and CEO of EMOTIV speaking to the audiences on the Fortune Most Powerful Women International Summit 2017. Photo: Fortune

Mar 10,2017, 2:24

Women can shape a better tomorrow for the world

By Liu Hsiu Wen and Lin Wanxia

Female farmers in India benefit from Microfinance schemes in India. Photo: Thomson Reuters Foundation/Belinda Goldsmith

Mar 09,2017

How microfinance reduces gender inequality

By Quanda Zhang and Alberto Posso

“A Day Without a Woman” march in New York. Photo: Reuters/Lucas Jackson

Mar 09,2017

In Pictures: Be bold for change

By Asia Times staff and Reuters

Today's women in China might feel like nothing has changed since the 1800s. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Mar 09,2017, 9:08

Hard times for feminists in China

By SupChina

Casey Lee (right), a mother of two, and another nicknamed “No 1” share their experiences as drivers for Uber Hong Kong. Photo: Asia Times

Mar 08,2017, 5:54

Uber Hong Kong gives 1,000 women flexible work opportunities

By Asia Times staff

Some of the grandmothers at their school in Phagane, 150km southeast of India’s financial capital of Mumbai. Photo: Asia Times/Anusha Venkat

Mar 08,2017

Grannies make global mark from remote Indian village

By Anusha Venkat

Nepali woman Pabitra Giri prepares to sleep in a Chhaupadi hut during her menstruation period in Surkhet District, 520km west of Kathmandu.
Photo: AFP

Mar 08,2017, 6:00

Hindu ritual forces Nepali women into monthly exile

By Agence France-Presse

Arundhati Bhattacharya, the first woman chairman of the State Bank of India, talks about the outlook of India on the Fortune Most Powerful Women summit on February 28, 2017. Photo: Fortune

Mar 06,2017, 1:11

Women must dare to be different: State Bank of India chief

By Lin Wanxia

Opinion

M.K. Bhadrakumar

Straws in the wind for a reset in US-Russian relations

22-09-2017 16:58

Emanuele Scimia

European Union tries to curb tech transfer to China

22-09-2017 15:48

Junaid Ashraf

Despite skepticism, ‘BRICS Plus’ an idea worth pursuing

22-09-2017 15:30

Jon Connars

Why we shouldn’t hold our breath for ‘Digital Bangladesh’

22-09-2017 13:04

Giovanni Di Lieto

Can Asia-Pacific multi-lateral trade survive without the US?

22-09-2017 07:10

David Simmons

Alternative facts in an inside-out universe

21-09-2017 15:30

Todd Royal

Is China capable of showing restraint as the US has with North Korea?

21-09-2017 15:21

Ken Moak

US the likely loser of trade war with China

21-09-2017 13:25

Bilal Khan

‘Halal jihad’, Pakistan and the blood borders

21-09-2017 12:32

Stephen Bryen

Time to retrieve missiles, nail Pyongyang’s acquisition networks

21-09-2017 11:31

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