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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)

17-10-2017 12:11

Opinion // Pax Americana may be over, but US remains first among equals (Leon Hadar)

17-10-2017 10:58

The United States is not ruling out the eventual possibility of direct talks with North Korea, Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan said on Tuesday. (Reuters)

17-10-2017 10:54

Three cities – Deir ez-Zour, al-Raqqa, and Idlib – will define what the Syrian endgame looks like, as rival factions look to cut deals, including some with local jihadists. (Sami Moubayed)

17-10-2017 10:04

China’s wind power industry will be independent from subsidies in three to five years (Asia Times staff)

17-10-2017 09:40

State Council to carry out the country's third national land survey (Asia Times staff)

17-10-2017 09:31

JD.com and China Sinopec ink extensive cooperation agreement (Asia Times staff)

17-10-2017 09:24

Xuzhou transforms itself into the national model for environmental protection (Asia Times staff)

17-10-2017 09:23

China's power and influence has expanded rapidly in Australia, a monied influx into politics, economics and academia that faces growing and increasingly harsh scrutiny. (Helen Clark)

16-10-2017 21:06

Opinion // Overcoming ‘information poisoning’ in the ‘Mind Age’ (Raja Murthy)

16-10-2017 18:05

Dissent in Pakistan's National Assembly was conspicuous by its absence last week when the son-in-law of recently-disqualified PM Nawaz Sharif launched a diatribe against the Ahmadiyya community. (F.M. Shakil)

16-10-2017 15:52

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition is on track for a big win in Sunday's general election – even though almost half the country's voters don't want him to keep his job, a media survey showed on Monday. (Linda Sieg)

16-10-2017 15:15

Opinion // China’s communist party congress stirs echoes of South Africa (Grant Newsham)

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Photo: Reuters

Oct 10,2017, 11:11

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Smart policy is driving the Asian fintech renaissance

17-10-2017 12:37

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16-10-2017 15:15

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16-10-2017 15:05

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16-10-2017 14:40

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16-10-2017 12:59

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16-10-2017 12:34

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