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23-05-2017 23:56

Opinion // Why CIA losses will cripple spy operations in China (Michael Brady)

23-05-2017 21:38

Opinion // The dark side of China’s sharing economy (Alberto Sperindio, Xi'an Jiaotong University)

23-05-2017 21:27

South Korea fires at ‘flying object’ crossing DMZ from North

23-05-2017 19:34

M2 is so yesterday's news... it pays to keep a closer eye on TSF to get a clearer sense of which way the PBOC is steering China's monetary policy supertanker. (Steve Wang)

23-05-2017 19:25

Discrepancies in Indonesian official foreign direct investment statistics underscore the confusion surrounding the growing role and activities of Chinese companies in the country. (Tao Kong and Pierre van der Eng)

23-05-2017 18:42

Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte claims Chinese leader Xi Jinping threatened war during recent private discussions in Beijing on the South China Sea (Richard Javad Heydarian)

23-05-2017 18:12

Children among 22 killed in Manchester suicide bombing. Screaming fans, many teenagers, fled in panic after blast at Ariana Grande gig. Police said attacker believed to have died in explosion. (Agencies)

23-05-2017 17:59

A rift at the top of Indonesian President Joko Widodo's government, including over issues of religion, signals potentially destabilizing politicking as the country heads towards pivotal polls. (John McBeth)

23-05-2017 17:26

Opinion // Moscow’s housing estates erupt (Nina L Khrushcheva)

23-05-2017 16:40

A new documentary tells the touching tale of the nation's most celebrated living dissident poet Maung Aung Pwint and his years of persecution under the military junta. (Briony Lin)

23-05-2017 16:00

China might be the biggest player in global fishing, but Western countries are also in deep water when it comes to industry rights abuses and environmental damage. (Siddharth Chakravarty)

23-05-2017 15:37

While other parts of Vietnam have seen severe environmental degradation at the hands of tourism development, the opposite has been the case at Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, which is home to the world's largest cave. (Michael Tatarski)

23-05-2017 14:52

Asian millennials all adrift when it comes to corruption, with higher numbers of young professionals happy to bribe but aghast at the idea of working for a scandal-tainted company, EY survey finds. (Johan Nylander)

23-05-2017 14:00

The nationwide election in June-July 2017 will be a major measure of the political impact of the Papua new Guinea government’s critics, and the sustainability of Prime Minister Peter O’Neill’s bankrolling tactics. (Bill Standish)

23-05-2017 13:22

Geography and the coming Sino-American war at sea (Jerry Hendrix, Robert Bateman, Japan Times)

23-05-2017 13:06

The miserable case of the unhappiness surge in Japan (Japan Times)

23-05-2017 13:00

Get ready for the next big privacy backlash against Facebook (Wired)

23-05-2017 12:51

Noble Group requests suspension of stock as S&P buries rating deeper into the junkyard, sending commodity trader's shares tumbling 32% in Singapore (Reuters)

23-05-2017 11:56

Genre-subverting horror flick hits a nerve in Korea (Russell Edwards)

23-05-2017 11:44

Virtual currencies are gaining traction in Japan, with restaurant operators and retailers realizing the benefits of a simple, transnational form of digital payment. (Nikkei Asian Review)

23-05-2017 11:21

Opinion // The Rouhani factor: A winning referendum on reform in Iran (Abbas Milani)

23-05-2017 10:23

South Korea's former president Park Geun-hye arrived at a Seoul court on Tuesday to stand trial on bribery charges in a scandal that took her from the peak of power to a jail cell. When asked in court to state her job, Park said: Unemployed. (Asia Times and Reuters)

23-05-2017 09:55

At least 19 people were killed and dozens injured in a suspected terror attack at a pop concert in Manchester, Britain, on Monday evening. (Asia Times staff)

23-05-2017 09:52

US nuclear bomb history offers clues to North Korea’s progress (New York Times)

23-05-2017 08:18

A curious plan to save the planet with the blockchain (Wired)

22-05-2017 23:47

Opinion // Pakistan’s tribal areas face restricted path to integration (Salman Rafi)

22-05-2017 20:19

Opinion // What Trump’s first foreign tour tells us (Mark Beeson)

22-05-2017 18:08

Three Asian stars – two directors and a Bollywood actress – share their best memories of the Cannes Film Festival, which will wrap up on May 28 after nearly two weeks on center stage in the south of France. (Agence France-Presse)

22-05-2017 15:50

Myanmar's ability to achieve accords with ethnic armies at the 21st Century Panglong peace conference will depend largely on whether they receive arms, ammunition and other support from Beijing. (Brian McCartan)

22-05-2017 14:14

This week's meeting of Myanmar de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi's peace drive will be pivotal to the former pro-democracy icon's image and legacy as a reconciliatory leader. (Bertil Lintner)

the brief

A woman pauses as she shops at a wholesale market in Yiwu, Zhejiang province January 11, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

May 10,2017, 8:13

China consumer inflation edges up in April

By Asia Unhedged

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May 02,2017, 12:00

The Hangover Part IV: China sluggish after Q1 blow-out

By Steve Wang and Reuters

A vendor arranges vegetables at her stall at a market in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. Photo: Reuters/China Daily

Mar 09,2017, 10:03

Inflation building a head of steam in China

A woman pauses as she shops at a wholesale market in Yiwu, Zhejiang province January 11, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

Feb 14,2017, 3:17

Inflation reaches multi-year highs in China

By Reuters

Why CIA losses will cripple spy operations in China

23-05-2017 23:56

Alberto Sperindio

The dark side of China’s sharing economy

23-05-2017 21:38

Nina L Khrushcheva

Moscow’s housing estates erupt

23-05-2017 17:26

The Rouhani factor: A winning referendum on reform in Iran

23-05-2017 11:21

Pakistan’s tribal areas face restricted path to integration

22-05-2017 23:47

What Trump’s first foreign tour tells us

22-05-2017 20:19

Sudha Ramachandran

India looks to the heavens as monsoon dance begins

22-05-2017 03:57

Tatiana Kanunnikova

Can the Afghan government ever defeat the Taliban?

22-05-2017 03:23

Restoring competition in the digital economy

21-05-2017 19:45

Indian newspaper industry defies global trend

21-05-2017 19:32

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