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28-07-2017 00:32

China is adding troops to its 880-mile (1,416 kilometer) border with North Korea, with the usual explanation given to be prepared for a mass of refugees if there is war on the Korean Peninsular. But there are other considerations. (Robert E. McCoy)

27-07-2017 18:42

India’s opposition looks to be in disarray after the man tipped by many to be its next prime ministerial candidate, Nitish Kumar, quit as chief minister of Bihar then formed a new government with the support of the BJP (E Jaya Kumar)

27-07-2017 16:53

China's reported threat of force against Vietnam's energy exploration activities in the South China Sea threatens to douse recently warming relations. (Helen Clark)

27-07-2017 16:46

China’s gaming industry market sales revenue amounted to 99.78 billion yuan (US$14.82 billion) in the first half of 2017, a staggering 26.7% year-on-year increase, according to a research report (Zheng Xin)

27-07-2017 13:17

Studies project that improved connectivity in Southeast Asia will spark fast growth in outlying areas that gradually diminishes the economic clout of capital megacities. (Alan Boyd)

27-07-2017 12:44

For years China has complained about the US surveillance of its coastline, but in the meantime Beijing's rapidly growing fleet of spy ships were eavesdropping on US missile tests near Alaska and allied maneuvers off the coast of Australia. (Todd Crowell)

27-07-2017 12:18

Opinion // Arab humiliation and the Temple Mount (David P. Goldman, Spengler)

27-07-2017 11:49

Opinion // Why the Saudi war on Yemen is seen as US state terrorism (Christina Lin)

27-07-2017 11:38

Survey shows that US remains top destination for Chinese looking to emigrate or invest in property overseas, although it has fallen in favor since Donald Trump came to power. Canada now more popular than Britain. (Lin Wanxia)

27-07-2017 11:16

Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn on Wednesday said it will build a US$10 billion LCD display panel plant in Wisconsin, a deal President Donald Trump asserted would not have happened without his efforts. (Reuters)

27-07-2017 11:02

For nearly two decades, Japan has struggled to generate inflation. But a government that thinks inflation is the answer to everything still isn’t asking the most important question: what happens when Japan actually gets some? (William Pesek)

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. (Jason Castaneda)

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)

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A worker looks on at a garment factory at Hlaing Tar Yar industry zone in Yangon. Photo: Reuters / Soe Zeya Tun

Mar 14,2017, 10:46

Mixed prognosis for Myanmar garment sector

By Martje Theuws and Pauline Overeem

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