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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)

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Tehran in 2016. Photo: Reuters

Sep 16,2017, 3:59

New freight train service from China to Iran opens

By Asia Unhedged

Road to Aleppo: The Chinese don't forget that Syria controlled overland access to both Europe and Africa in ancient Silk Road times. Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad monitor traffic on the road to Aleppo in Syria on July 10, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Omar Sanadiki.

Jul 13,2017, 7:12

The New Silk Road will go through Syria

By Pepe Escobar

Honeywell's two-stage compressor for fuel cells has helped reduce the size of earlier hydrogen fuel cells by 40% while supplying constant power ratings far above previous industry generations. Photo: Honeywell International

Jul 01,2017, 10:49

US multinationals angle for inside track in Belt and Road push

By Doug Tsuruoka

A general view of Urumqi, Xinjiang Province. Photo: Reuters/Sue-Lin Wong

Jun 28,2017, 8:32

Security clampdown in China’s west exacts toll on businesses

By Sue-Lin Wong

China's COSCO shipping has suspended services to Qatar after several Arab countries severed diplomatic ties with the Gulf state. Photo: Reuters

Jun 14,2017, 6:05

Blood on the tracks of the New Silk Roads

By Pepe Escobar

A man cooks a traditional Uyghur rice dish on the Chinese side of the China-Kazakhstan Horgos International Border Cooperation Center (ICBC), in Horgos, China May 19, 2017. REUTERS/Sue-Lin Wong

Jun 13,2017, 3:43

China’s dangerous ethnic policies in Xinjiang

Jun 13,2017, 12:19

Xi Jinping’s Marco Polo strategy

By Joseph S Nye

Workers repair the brakes on a bus on a road in Karachi, Pakistan. Photo: Reuters.

Jun 12,2017, 8:11

Pakistan scrambles to protect China’s ‘Silk Road’ pioneers

By Drazen Jorgic and Jibran Ahmad

A man walks with a cart at Chinese part of the China-Kazakhstan Horgos International Border Cooperation Center (ICBC), in Horgos, China May 12, 2017. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov

Jun 05,2017, 8:33

Silk Road hub or tax haven? China’s new border trade zone may be less than it seems

By Sue-Lin Wong and Mariya Gordeyeva

A train on the line constructed by the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) and financed by the Chinese government arrives at the Nairobi Terminus. Photo: Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

Jun 01,2017, 9:22

Kenya inaugurates Chinese-built railway linking port to capital

By Reuters

Staff Sergeant Robert George conducts training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Photo:
US Air Force via Wikimedia Commons

May 31,2017, 8:44

Blackwater founder’s FSG buys stake in Chinese security school

By Reuters

May 25,2017, 11:33

Xi’s ‘Chinese dream’ being threatened by imperial overreach

By Brahma Chellaney

Pakistani and Chinese workers at the site of a New Silk Road project in northern Pakistan. Photo: AFP

May 18,2017, 12:48

CPEC investment to focus on Agriculture

By Asia Unhedged

Putin and Xi Jinping. Photo: Rodrigo Buendia / AFP

May 13,2017

China widens its Silk Road to the world

By Pepe Escobar

The titel "New Silk Road, New Dream" is emblazoned accross Xinhua News Agency's One Belt, One Road page. Source: Xinhua

May 12,2017, 2:00

China pushes back on West’s One Belt, One Road narrative

By Asia Unhedged

Animation of Melaka Gateway project. Source: Screen capture of KAJ development promotional video

May 02,2017, 2:36

One Belt, One Road can unlock Malaysia’s potential

Photo: Reuters/Tyrone Siu

Apr 20,2017, 9:01

China to host biggest summit of year on New Silk Road

By Reuters

Pakistani and Chinese workers at the site of a New Silk Road project in northern Pakistan. Photo: AFP

Apr 13,2017, 8:05

China’s New Silk Road dwarfs US investments in Pakistan

By Asia Unhedged

Going for a spin... Railways continue to be deeply rooted in the UK's national psyche. Photo: AFP

Apr 11,2017, 8:38

First UK to China freight train sets off

By Asia Unhedged

Apr 08,2017, 7:30

Saudi Arabia And China — Old ‘friends’ with benefits ink new deals

By Andrew Brennan

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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

Despite skepticism, ‘BRICS Plus’ an idea worth pursuing

22-09-2017 15:30

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

Alternative facts in an inside-out universe

21-09-2017 15:30

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

21-09-2017 15:21

US the likely loser of trade war with China

21-09-2017 13:25

‘Halal jihad’, Pakistan and the blood borders

21-09-2017 12:32

Time to retrieve missiles, nail Pyongyang’s acquisition networks

21-09-2017 11:31

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