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23-08-2017 17:49

Opinion // Is Donald Trump abandoning America’s ‘Asia pivot’? (Richard A. Bitzinger)

23-08-2017 16:46

New Southbound policy has been a success, Taiwan says (Alan Boyd)

23-08-2017 16:22

A pending Supreme Court decision in Thailand on whether the coup-ousted Yingluck Shinawatra was criminally negligent in overseeing a rice subsidy policy could disrupt the country's military-imposed calm. (Richard S Ehrlich)

23-08-2017 15:23

UN trade sanctions against North Korea can benefit the economy of the Russian Far East as it will open opportunities for raw material exports from the region, as well as seafood shipments to China. (Inga Velanskaya)

23-08-2017 14:25

While Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs has been criticized internationally for rights abuses, a majority of Filipinos still support his tough tactics. (Bong S Sarmiento)

23-08-2017 14:02

Marion Kutta has found a great new base to work: a producer of advertising clips from Munich, she can stare across a rice field, with a beach just down the road, while pondering her next creative idea (Christoph Sator DPA)

23-08-2017 13:58

The murder of Filipino high school student Kian Lloyd delos Santos has cast a glaring light on the illegal tactics used by police to execute Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war. (George Amurao)

23-08-2017 13:27

A spike in suspected extrajudicial killings in Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte's lethal drug war has sparked a backlash that threatens stability and confidence in his controversial regime. (Jason Castaneda)

23-08-2017 13:14

Once hailed as one of the more moderate — and powerful — military groups in the Syrian battlefield, Ahrar al-Sham is disintegrating rapidly and there is nothing its Turkish backers can do to save it. (Sami Moubayed)

23-08-2017 12:35

Opinion // Worsening India-China relations may lead to damage to both nations (Sudhanshu Tripathi)

23-08-2017 12:16

Hong Kong shuts down as rare class-10 typhoon closes in (Asia Times staff)

23-08-2017 12:13

While the US-backed 'Hunger Games' in South Korea plow on, a 'new American strategy' for Afghanistan is really all about business. But China is already there. (Pepe Escobar)

23-08-2017 12:13

Under Donald Trump's new Afghan policy, long-time ally Pakistan looks set to be cast aside. The chances of a new troop surge bringing success, following a volte face from the US President, already looked slim. (F.M. Shakil)

23-08-2017 09:34

The US Navy plans to remove from duty the commander of the fleet that has suffered four recent collisions in Asia and the deaths of a number of sailors, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing US officials. (Reuters)

23-08-2017 08:15

The morning roundup of important economics, policy and market-moving stories from Chinese-language media on August 23 (Lin Wanxia and Zheng Xin)

23-08-2017 07:42

The US imposed new North Korea-related sanctions on Chinese and Russian firms and individuals for supporting Pyongyang's weapons programs, but stopped short of an anticipated focus on Chinese banks. Still, Beijing was not happy. (David Brunnstrom and Doina Chiacu)

22-08-2017 16:56

Despite recent stock market fluctuations, South Korea remains an attractive investment. It has a highly developed and free economy that has shown an ability to resist political instability, both domestically and from North Korea. (Charles Bowyer and Jerry Bowyer)

22-08-2017 16:10

China is the world’s biggest supplier of tobacco products and source of most contraband shipments that reach many of Southeast Asia's estimated 122 million smokers. (Alan Boyd)

22-08-2017 16:10

China's appetite for pangolins, considered a delicacy among its nouveau riche and a curative in traditional medicine, has fueled a rising illicit trade in the endangered species. (Zi Yang)

22-08-2017 16:09

Free-flowing tourism, lax law enforcement and improved internet connectivity have opened Southeast Asia to a myriad of Chinese crime gangs. (David Hutt)

22-08-2017 14:47

Opinion // For Afghanistan, Trump should dust off Obama’s Syria plan (Adam Garrie)

22-08-2017 13:31

Two North Korean shipments to a Syrian government agency responsible for the country's chemical weapons program were intercepted in the past six months, according to a confidential United Nations report on North Korea sanctions violations. (Reuters)

22-08-2017 13:05

In a speech on Sunday, President Bashar al-Assad gave notice to those foreign powers who have pushed a regime change agenda that he expects them to abandon their residual links with rebel groups. (M.K. Bhadrakumar)

22-08-2017 12:55

Opinion // Radical Islam: we must talk about more than ISIS (M. Zuhdi Jasser)

22-08-2017 12:53

China installed 26 new commanders in the People’s Liberation Army’s 13 group armies that saw most of the previous commanders posted off to far away, unfamiliar regions. What's behind the shake up? (Zi Yang)

22-08-2017 12:27

Opinion // Europe keeps Sino-Indian border standoff at bay (Emanuele Scimia)

22-08-2017 12:05

Opinion // Stalking of women a norm across India (Amrita Mukherjee)

22-08-2017 11:51

Opinion // The thanks of a grateful world go with Steve Bannon (David P. Goldman, Spengler)

22-08-2017 11:34

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Monday three student activists jailed for their roles in 2014 pro-democracy protests were not political prisoners and unreasonable criticism of the city's judiciary could damage the rule of law. (Reuters)

22-08-2017 11:24

India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) is looking into whether non-Muslim women in India are being persuaded to embrace Islam, lured into marriage and radicalized. (E Jaya Kumar)

the brief

A woman walks past the People's Bank of China (PBOC). Photo: Reuters/Jason Lee

Aug 12,2017, 2:12

New policy to radically change Chinese mobile payment landscape

By Asia Unhedged

Logos of China UnionPay are seen on bank cards. Photo: Reuters/Barry Huang

Aug 01,2017, 5:43

UnionPay struggles as Tencent and Alibaba dominate payments

By Asia Unhedged

Photo: dpa/Lukas Schulze

Jul 28,2017, 1:39

Baidu, PayPal team up to battle Tencent, Alibaba

By Asia Unhedged

A man talks on his mobile phone while walking on a road in Kolkata, India January 6, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Rupak De Chowdhuri

Jan 09,2017, 2:03

Indian government asks local handset makers for cheap phones

By Economic Times

Richard A. Bitzinger

Is Donald Trump abandoning America’s ‘Asia pivot’?

23-08-2017 17:49

Sudhanshu Tripathi

Worsening India-China relations may lead to damage to both nations

23-08-2017 12:35

For Afghanistan, Trump should dust off Obama’s Syria plan

22-08-2017 14:47

M. Zuhdi Jasser

Radical Islam: we must talk about more than ISIS

22-08-2017 12:55

Emanuele Scimia

Europe keeps Sino-Indian border standoff at bay

22-08-2017 12:27

Amrita Mukherjee

Stalking of women a norm across India

22-08-2017 12:05

David P. Goldman

The thanks of a grateful world go with Steve Bannon

22-08-2017 11:51

Successful firms recognize new reality of ‘brand universes’

21-08-2017 16:37

Tom Velk and Jade Xiao

A Machiavellian plan to excise the Kim cancer from Asia

21-08-2017 15:37

Kadayam Subramanian

Modi’s Independence Day address was disappointing

21-08-2017 12:37

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