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27-07-2017 07:44

The morning roundup of important economics, policy and market-moving stories from Chinese-language media on July 27 (Poo Yee Kai and Zheng Xin)

26-07-2017 19:55

Opinion // Can the Beijing Consensus be emulated elsewhere? (Ken Moak)

26-07-2017 16:18

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has leveraged the fragility of his country’s democratic institutions to impose a new era of popular authoritarian rule. (Felipe Villamor)

26-07-2017 15:18

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's annual national address resurrected his frustrations with the US, UN and EU while heaping praise on his China ally. (Richard Javad Heydarian)

26-07-2017 14:21

Sri Lanka's suppression of a small graveyard commemorating victims of the country's decades-long civil war speaks to the still long road towards truth and reconciliation. (Duncan McCargo)

26-07-2017 13:21

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda is watching his back even more than he's surveying for hints of inflation in the world's third largest economy. The knives are out and it isn't hard to figure out why. (William Pesek)

26-07-2017 13:05

It's here: Asia Times launches a free app for iOS and Android platforms. (Asia Times staff)

26-07-2017 12:54

A US company is implanting RFID microchips under its employees' skin on a "voluntary" basis, allowing convenient access to buildings and computers, but the practice raises questions about security and privacy. (Stephen Bryen)

26-07-2017 12:44

In an unusually candid talk, the CIA's deputy assistant director, Michael Collins, has revealed China's growing confidence and resolve – fueled by inaction against Chinese hegemony over the past several years – are a worry for the US agency (Bill Gertz)

26-07-2017 11:57

The paper Uncovering Offshore Financial Centers: Conduits and Sinks in the Global Corporate Ownership Network shows that offshore finance is not exclusive to exotic places such as the Cayman Islands (The Conversation)

25-07-2017 18:17

Residents in Beijing, Shenzhen lose half their pay on rent (Liu Hsiu Wen)

25-07-2017 17:38

The current stand-off at Doklam, or Donglang, is little more than a sideshow in the bigger picture as South Asia's tectonic plates shift in a direction that makes New Delhi's resistance to China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) look increasingly futile. (Pepe Escobar)

25-07-2017 16:14

The month-long India-China military standoff on the border near Sikkim could be about to enter the home stretch this weekend, as Beijing has drawn a "red line" in the dispute. (M.K. Bhadrakumar)

25-07-2017 15:26

Opinion // Empire of destruction: the reality of ‘precision warfare’ (Tom Engelhardt)

25-07-2017 15:24

A top Myanmar port official says foreigners are welcome to 'cooperate, coordinate and collaborate' in building badly needed infrastructure, but significant political and policy risks remain. (Michael Mackey)

25-07-2017 14:02

China has opened its southernmost cinema on a dispute island in the South China Sea, state media said, part of an on-going effort to build up civilian infrastructure and assert Beijing's sovereignty. (Reuters)

25-07-2017 12:55

India’s Congress party is on the back foot after a TV channel raised new questions over the role of late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in the Bofors scandal, in which politicians were accused of receiving kicks from the Swedish manufacturer in an arms deal. (E Jaya Kumar)

25-07-2017 11:58

Russia's government is offering tax breaks, special economic zones and other incentives to investors in the Far East areas of the country to broaden the economy from natural resource extraction to processing industries and services. A look at the progress and the history. (Irina Drobysheva)

25-07-2017 10:56

Police in the Beijing have warned against illegal gatherings after they shut down part of a major road when demonstrators gathered to stage a rare protest in Beijing, complaining the government was unfairly targeting a charity. (Reuters)

25-07-2017 09:37

South Korea raised its growth outlook for this year on Tuesday and vowed to maintain an expansionary fiscal policy that would support job creation. (Cynthia Kim)

25-07-2017 09:37

Chen Rui, chairman of the popular Chinese video streaming site Bilibili, said the recent removal of foreign dramas was due to a "strategic adjustment of content" and driven by internal decision-making. Many of the site's users are skeptical. (Poo Yee Kai)

25-07-2017 08:05

Chinese conglomerate HNA Group has pushed back against media reports that it faces mounting pressure from bankers and regulators, even as it announced a shareholding shake-up in a bid to quash concerns over its ownership. (Matthew Miller and Rachel Armstrong)

25-07-2017 07:54

European shipbuilders' dominance in the US$117 billion passenger ship industry may come under threat as Chinese rivals move into the sector to tap booming local demand for cruise holidays. (Brenda Goh)

25-07-2017 03:26

Opinion // Taiwan seen as a vulnerable target as foreign terror threat grows (Christina Lin)

25-07-2017 02:30

Opinion // Apple makes push in China with big discounts for Apple Pay users (Mason Hinsdale)

24-07-2017 18:29

Hubei launched 10 measures last week to attract foreigners who want to develop their careers or start businesses in the province, in a bid to encourage them to its free-trade zone and Wuhan Pilot Area (Asia Times staff)

24-07-2017 18:17

Financial crisis looms in Pakistan after its balance of payments position deteriorated significantly during the financial year ended June 30, thanks to high imports, stagnant exports and a drop in foreign remittances (F.M. Shakil)

24-07-2017 16:28

Timor Leste's fourth general election will return an incumbent 'unity' government to power, a vote for peace and stability after years of conflict in the newly forged nation. (David Hutt)

24-07-2017 15:00

The latest de-conflict agreement in Syria, near Damascus, shows rebel forces know victory is out of sight and that making a deal with the Russians is better than continuing in an uphill battle against them without broad support from elsewhere. (Sami Moubayed)

24-07-2017 14:24

Communist rebels in the Philippines have seized on the government's pre-occupation with Islamic State linked militants to make strategic gains and undercut a once hopeful peace process. (Richard Javad Heydarian)

the brief

The central business district in Beijing has a mix of offices and apartments. Photo: iStock/Getty.

Jul 25,2017, 6:17

Residents in Beijing, Shenzhen lose half their pay on rent

By Liu Hsiu Wen

Xinhua's new rules greatly increase the restrictions on content related to territorial issues. Photo: iStock/Getty

Jul 21,2017, 7:15

China issues new guidelines on banned terminology in news

By Liu Hsiu Wen

Photo: iStock

Jul 15,2017, 2:36

Taiwanese or Chinese? An island state’s shifting identities

By Liu Hsiu Wen

Honour guards perform as tourists look on outside the mausoleum of Taiwan's former ruler Chiang Kai-shek in Tahsi, Taoyuan county. Photo: AFP/Sam Yeh

Jul 15,2017, 2:24

Thirty years on, memories of martial rule in Taiwan

By Liu Hsiu Wen

The Teenage Psychic

Jul 09,2017, 1:57

What’s behind the success of HBO Asia’s first Chinese series?

By Liu Hsiu Wen

Students photograph themselves before the the Dalai Lama delivered the commencement speech to their 2017 graduating class at the University of California, San Diego. Photo: Reuters/Mike Blake

Jul 05,2017, 3:34

Singapore, China rank well on list of Top 10 universities in Asia

By Liu Hsiu Wen

A night view of a cruise ship in Victoria Harbor. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Jun 30,2017, 6:31

Nine graphs that show how Hong Kong has changed since 1997

By Liu Hsiu Wen

Chinese and Hong Kong flags are seen ahead of 20th anniversary of the handover from Britain to China in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters/Tyrone Siu

Jun 29,2017, 9:00

10 key political events in Hong Kong since the 1997 Handover

By Liu Hsiu Wen

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Jun 16,2017

Deleveraging punches bonds into technical knockout

By Steve Wang and Liu Hsiu Wen

Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Jun 14,2017, 1:03

Snuffed out: May sees China infrastructure pullback

By Steve Wang, Lin Wanxia and Liu Hsiu Wen

DVD poster of Small Oyster Rock in Kezailiao. Photo: Shih Ho-feng

Jun 11,2017, 9:00

Villagers cultivate pearl of memories in Small Oyster Rock

By Liu Hsiu Wen

Vendors dance to exercise at a food market in the afternoon where there are less customers, in Nanning, Guangxi province, China. Photo: Reuters/Stringer

Jun 09,2017, 3:10

Inflation marches higher on smaller food deflation

By Steve Wang and Liu Hsiu Wen

Steel wheels keep on turning... Photo: Reuters

May 31,2017, 2:20

China PMI bucks forecast but fails to drive markets

By Steve Wang and Liu Hsiu Wen

Director Huang Hui-chen with her daughter Ping. Photo: Asia Times

May 27,2017, 2:00

Small Talk: a video love letter

By Liu Hsiu Wen

Southampton's sale by its deeply private Swiss heiress owner to a brazenly public Chinese buyer is drawing scrutiny. Photo: Reuters / Hannah McKay / Livepic

May 04,2017, 10:42

Swiss saints & sino-sinners: China’s soccer shadow play

By Richard Cook and Liu Hsiu Wen

Here we go again... Southampton's Dusan Tadic seen here during a match with Hull City, both teams at the center of controversial Chinese takeover discussions. Photo: Reuters / Tony O'Brien Livepic

May 04,2017, 10:00

Is China’s deep state behind English soccer investment push?

By Richard Cook and Liu Hsiu Wen

Photo: Wikipedia Commons

Apr 28,2017, 2:00

Storytelling in the virtual age

By Liu Hsiu Wen

Iron ore being unloaded at a port in Jiangsu. Photo: Reuters

Apr 13,2017, 7:40

Beijing’s New Silk Road made from iron and oil

By Liu Hsiu Wen

Photo: Wikipedia Commons

Apr 12,2017, 11:19

China inflation at bay as producer price eases

By Steve Wang and Liu Hsiu Wen

Photo: iStock/Getty

Apr 11,2017, 7:01

Amnesty flags China’s non-transparency on ‘capital offenses’

By Liu Hsiu Wen

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