Menu

asia times EST 1995

Like
Follow
Follow
Subscribe To The Daily Brief
Search

Main
China
India

Regions

Northeast Asia
Southeast Asia
South Asia
Central Asia
Middle East

Opinion

More

Politics
Business
Culture

About Us
Search

Emily Farnworth

TheBrief

Main

Latest

25-09-2017 19:21

Japan launched a free smartphone app (http://www.jnto.go.jp/smartapp/eng/) in multiple languages on Thursday to help record numbers of tourists get around the country. (Japan Times)

25-09-2017 18:55

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he would dissolve parliament's lower house on Thursday for a snap election, as he seeks a fresh mandate to overcome "a national crisis". (Linda Sieg)

25-09-2017 16:49

Opinion // ‘Death-check’, a practical reality check (Raja Murthy)

25-09-2017 16:34

Opinion // To disrupt PR industry, start from fundamentals (Marcus Loh)

25-09-2017 14:35

Indonesian President Joko Widodo is under rising political pressure at home to respond more forcefully to the spiraling Rohingya refugee crisis in Myanmar. (John McBeth)

25-09-2017 14:23

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is supported by just 44% of voters as the country heads toward an election next month, but the main opposition trails far behind, according to a Nikkei/TV Tokyo survey. (Nikkei Asian Review)

25-09-2017 13:40

Opinion // Trump’s legal options for sparking a US-China trade war (Giovanni Di Lieto)

25-09-2017 13:21

Opinion // US isolation on the bell curve of international opinion (Adam Garrie)

25-09-2017 12:52

Bangladesh's Awami League government views Rohingya groups as a national security risk due to long history of militant activity along its Myanmar border. (Bertil Lintner)

25-09-2017 12:41

Opinion // Camaraderie between Najib, Trump jangles investor nerves (Gary Kleiman)

25-09-2017 11:12

China and Russia seek closer energy ties at summit (Asia Times staff)

25-09-2017 10:55

Financial climate boosting China's state-owned enterprises, says economist (Asia Times staff)

25-09-2017 10:38

Opinion // Real estate guy from Queens gets US North Korea policy right (Grant Newsham)

25-09-2017 10:31

Q3 reports show 937 publicly listed firms in good form (Asia Times staff)

25-09-2017 10:00

Property curb crackdown in eight cities meant to stabilise market, analysts say (Asia Times staff)

25-09-2017 09:51

New Third Board firms receive cautions over disclosure violations (Asia Times staff)

25-09-2017 09:45

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to compile a new economic stimulus package of around 2 trillion yen ($17.8 billion) by the end of this year, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Monday. (Reuters)

25-09-2017 09:44

Cost-performance ratio of electric cars will outperform fuel cars by 2025 at latest (Asia Times staff)

25-09-2017 07:46

Opinion // The inconvenient Kurds (David P. Goldman, Spengler)

25-09-2017 01:18

Markets wrap up historically strong quarter; and four other themes likely to dominate thinking of investors and traders this week (Reuters)

24-09-2017 15:08

The release of writer-director Junji Sakamoto’s new film couldn’t be better timed. The Japan-Cuba co-production coincides with the 50th anniversary of the deaths of Ernesto “Che” Guevara and “Ernesto Medico,” the Japanese-Bolivian who fought with him and was also killed in Bolivia. (Karen Severns)

24-09-2017 14:51

The upcoming IMF and World Bank annual meetings offer an opportunity to start seriously discussing how to arrest the lose-lose dynamics that have been gaining traction in the global economy. (Mohamed A. El-Erian)

24-09-2017 12:52

A private solution for China’s zombie company problem? (Julie Zhu and Sumeet Chatterjee)

24-09-2017 12:33

North Korea says rockets to US ‘inevitable’ as US bombers fly off coast (Reuters)

23-09-2017 21:21

Acclaimed Hindi film ‘Newton’ nominated for an Oscar (Anusha Venkat)

23-09-2017 17:29

Iran has successfully tested a new ballistic missile with a range of 2,000 km, state media reported on Saturday. (Reuters)

23-09-2017 15:04

Denying leadership while exercising it means that no discussion of Germany’s responsibilities is possible. And this inflicts costs – especially economic costs – on weaker EU member states. (Robert Skidelsky)

23-09-2017 14:03

Canyon Bridge, the China-backed buyout fund that was barred last week from buying a US chip-maker by President Trump, says it will purchase British chip designer Imagination Technologies Group Plc. (Koh Gui Qing)

23-09-2017 13:47

Myanmar's democratic transition was supposed to spark a global tourism boom, but civil war, security concerns and a mounting refugee crisis have deterred even intrepid travelers. (Peter Janssen)

23-09-2017 13:08

The nascent Yangon Stock Exchange expects to enjoy benefits from China’s Belt and Road initiative as more Sino-Myanmar joint ventures seek capital on the open market. (Jeff Pao)

the brief

The Eiffel Tower is illuminated in green with the words "Paris Agreement is Done," to celebrate the UN COP21 Climate Change deal. Photo: Reuters/Jacky Naegelen

Jun 02,2017, 5:40

US has ditched the Paris deal – what does it mean for the world

By Emily Farnworth

Facebook
Twitter
Google plus
Linkedin

Facebook
Twitter
Google plus
Linkedin

Explore

Main
China
Southeast Asia
Insights
Northeast Asia
World
Politics
Business
Culture

Trending Topics

#Asia Unhedged
#India
#Japan
#South Asia
#Hong Kong
#Middle East
#Donald Trump

About

About Asia Times
Contact Us
Advertise with Us
Write for Us
Terms of Use
Privacy

The DailyBrief

Must-reads from across Asia - directly to your inbox

© 2017 Asia Times Holdings Limited, All Rights Reserved.

Concept, design & development by

RGB Media

Powered by