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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)

21-09-2017 10:56

Longstanding market assumptions that political leaderships in Macau and Beijing prefer mass to high-end gamblers look dubious with a recent surge in VIP earnings. (Muhammad Cohen)

21-09-2017 10:41

The coastal province of Guangdong leads the nation in household savings (Asia Times staff)

21-09-2017 10:35

Private equity funds in China net a first, break 10 trillion yuan barrier (Asia Times staff)

21-09-2017 10:22

LeSports controller Jia Yueting has signed an equity transfer agreement with new investors (Asia Time staff)

21-09-2017 10:08

China boosts cross-border e-commerce by setting up 'experimental zones' (Asia Times staff)

21-09-2017 10:06

China International Capital Corporation inks investment deal with Tencent (Asia Times staff)

21-09-2017 10:00

Chinese icebreaker Xue Long has completed its historic voyage through Canada’s Northwest Passage and is heading towards the Bering Strait near Alaska in China’s first circumnavigation of the Arctic. (Doug Tsuruoka)

21-09-2017 09:34

China Unicom eyes potential partnerships with leading online firms (Asia Times staff)

20-09-2017 18:18

Opinion // Why Trump should study Aung San Suu Kyi’s speech (M.K. Bhadrakumar)

20-09-2017 16:46

While Myanmar's Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army claims to be fighting an ethno-nationalist struggle, its known leaders and extremist group links point towards a wider regional agenda. (Bertil Lintner)

20-09-2017 16:14

North Korea, Iran, Venezuela are targets in "compassionate" America's war on the "wicked few," as Donald Trump vows carnage on new axis of evil. It's almost as though Washington felt its hegemony threatened. (Pepe Escobar)

the brief

The sun sets behind Mount Fuji and skyscrapers in Tokyo's Shinjuku area. Photo:
Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP

Aug 29,2017

Is Tokyo courting the dreaded Curse of the Skyscrapers?

By William Pesek

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

M.K. Bhadrakumar

Why Trump should study Aung San Suu Kyi’s speech

20-09-2017 18:18

We are failing the Rohingya: what to do about it, and why

20-09-2017 15:56

Giovanni Di Lieto

Australia’s trade agenda under pressure in Afghanistan

20-09-2017 14:51

Failures of UN bring us further toward third world war

20-09-2017 12:59

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