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27-06-2017 17:05

Premier Li Keqiang said China is committed to inclusive growth and employment is central to the success of this project in his keynote speech today at the opening of the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions. (Zheng Xin)

27-06-2017 16:30

Western Digital Corp said it and US private equity firm KKR & Co LP have resubmitted a bid for Toshiba Corp's prized flash memory chip unit – an eleventh hour effort to prevent Toshiba signing a deal with its preferred bidder. (Reuters)

27-06-2017 15:44

To his supporters, Hiro Yamashiro is a tireless peace advocate. To the authorities he broke the law in protesting about US military bases on Okinawa. Whatever the view, he's become a touchstone in a debate about democracy in Japan. (Daniel Hurst)

27-06-2017 14:07

Can Obor bolster China’s stagnant tea exports? (Zi Yang)

27-06-2017 11:27

As Washington, Seoul, Tokyo and the world's media fret about North Korea's repeated firing of ballistic missiles into the skies of Northeast Asia, another part of Pyongyang's arsenal has gone largely unnoticed: Submarines. (Peter J. Brown)

27-06-2017 09:24

As the world trade in farm commodities faces a shake-up, one of the groups widely expected to play a leading role – China's Cofco – will probably have sit out the industry consolidation after all (Reuters)

27-06-2017 09:02

A China-sponsored, US$20 billion fund is ready to receive investment pitches, the Brazil Planning Ministry's foreign affairs secretary, Jorge Arbache, said. (Reuters)

27-06-2017 08:52

Japan's Takata, at the center of the auto industry's biggest product recall, filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States and Japan, and said it had agreed to be largely acquired for US$1.6 billion by the Chinese-owned US-based Key Safety Systems. (Reuters)

27-06-2017 08:33

Dozens of companies, including Alphabet's Google, Microsoft, CBS and Viacom urged a federal appeals court on Monday to rule that a law banning sex discrimination in the workplace offers protections to gay employees. (Reuters)

27-06-2017 08:20

Scana Corp said on Monday it extended its assessment for six weeks of an unfinished US nuclear power plant being built for the utility by a unit of Toshiba Corp, which is seeking to cut ties to the financially disastrous project. (Reuters)

27-06-2017 05:00

Opinion // Finding the road to peace in Kashmir (Kadayam Subramanian)

27-06-2017 03:21

Opinion // The emerging Turkish-Iranian alliance (Manish Rai, Geopolitical Analyst)

26-06-2017 22:26

Opinion // Try ‘one country, two systems’ where it might work (Muhammad Cohen)

26-06-2017 19:51

A total of 246 Chinese companies have gone public so far this year and the IPO frenzy looks set to continue. (Lin Wanxia)

26-06-2017 18:56

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi is said to be keen to strengthen ties that have appeared to loosen with the US as he prepares to meet with President Trump in Washington. (Steve Holland and David Brunnstrom)

26-06-2017 16:24

Two new “Fuxing Hao” trains debuted on the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail link on Monday. Traveling at 300 km/h, they were expected to make the 1,318km journey in five and three-quarter hours. (Zheng Xin)

26-06-2017 15:55

Primorsky Krai authorities in Far East Russia have voided an agreement with Royal Time Primorye after it failed to follow through on building a casino resort and are seeking a replacement investor. (Asia Times)

26-06-2017 13:42

Capital Link International chief strategist Uwe Parpart says China's crackdown on M&A deals will be welcomed by foreign investors (Asia Times staff)

26-06-2017 12:47

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called on Sunday for a "lowering of rhetoric" between Qatar and a four-nation group led by Saudi Arabia after Doha denounced the latter's sweeping list of demands. (Agence France-Presse)

26-06-2017 11:47

Opinion // The growing role of RMB in global reserve currency system (Yongfu Huang)

26-06-2017 11:09

Opinion // Japan’s Secret Weapon – The Honma golf driver (Grant Newsham)

26-06-2017 09:35

The final piece in a three-part series on Rodrigo Duterte’s unsteady first year as Philippine president looks at the economy's dependence on remittances from overseas and the vulnerabilities it creates. (William Pesek)

26-06-2017 04:33

Opinion // Singapore is firmly in the jihadist cross-hairs (Jeremy Luedi, Global Risk Insights)

25-06-2017 22:33

Five big themes likely to dominate the thinking of investors and traders in the coming week (Reuters)

25-06-2017 16:00

Figures suggest Pakistan has roughly 30% of the world’s total deposits of gems and minerals, yet it claims hardly 1% in global exports. Illegal mining, mafia control, underinvestment and official corruption are to blame. (F.M. Shakil)

25-06-2017 14:27

Masao Yoshida was the plant manager at the Fukushima atomic facility when it was hit by an earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 and suffered a triple reactor meltdown. A new book explores the role of Yoshida and his small band of engineers in averting a far worse nuclear catastrophe. (Todd Crowell)

25-06-2017 14:00

China and Russia seek to maintain the momentum of the growth in their financial collaboration in 2016, and the yuan holds the key to deeper economic ties. (Zi Yang)

25-06-2017 14:00

Hopes fade in China as more landslide victims found with over 100 missing (Reuters)

25-06-2017 13:53

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the UAE send list of far-reaching demands, including closing Al Jazeera, shutting Turkish base and curbing Iran ties (Reuters)

25-06-2017 13:19

Xi Jinping to visit Hong Kong for 20th anniversary of handover (Reuters)

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Dennis Wilder Photo: Georgetown University

Jun 04,2017, 3:08

Pottinger, Branstad could help cement US role in China’s OBOR

By Doug Tsuruoka

US President Donald Trump has promised to "drain the swamp" of Washington's politics-as-usual but his inability to fill top Asia specialist positions has led to choppy policy signals toward the region. Photo: Getty Images

Apr 06,2017, 12:24

Pretty vacant: Trump’s Asia team

By Richard Javad Heydarian and Shawn W. Crispin

Kadayam Subramanian

Finding the road to peace in Kashmir

27-06-2017 05:00

The emerging Turkish-Iranian alliance

27-06-2017 03:21

Try ‘one country, two systems’ where it might work

26-06-2017 22:26

The growing role of RMB in global reserve currency system

26-06-2017 11:47

Japan’s Secret Weapon – The Honma golf driver

26-06-2017 11:09

Singapore is firmly in the jihadist cross-hairs

26-06-2017 04:33

South Asia’s draining debt trap trials

25-06-2017 02:28

Sudhanshu Tripathi

Still unclear if US can pressure China over North Korea

24-06-2017 18:34

Emanuele Scimia

The European Union dumps China

24-06-2017 03:40

Sabena Siddiqui

Third-gen Chinese nuclear technology arrives in Karachi

23-06-2017 22:00

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