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26-09-2017 16:03

Indonesian Minister Susi Pudjiastuti has dynamited hundreds of foreign boats caught poaching in national waters but a planned ban on fish exports threatens to backfire. (John McBeth)

26-09-2017 16:01

Opinion // Pakistan held back by its obsession with security (Hammal Kashani)

26-09-2017 15:22

Hong Kong tour coach in fatal crash in Guangdong province (Asia Time staff)

26-09-2017 15:15

Opinion // Sri Lanka’s communal divide takes toll on Rohingya refugees (Munza Mushtaq)

26-09-2017 14:41

Opinion // Sino-Russian alliance creating a ‘Eurasian fortress’ (Frederick Kuo, Broker)

26-09-2017 14:16

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has leveraged China's rich support to rout the political opposition and repudiate the US and EU, previously his government's biggest financial supporters. (David Hutt)

26-09-2017 13:13

Spread of malaria resistance spurs debate on fighting disease (Jim Pollard)

26-09-2017 13:05

Opinion // Final destination of Brexit Britain remains unclear (Xuan Loc Doan)

26-09-2017 12:43

Opinion // The 19th National Congress: all Xi’s men (Francesco Sisci, Columnist)

26-09-2017 12:12

Opinion // Rohingya issue shines spotlight on Malaysia’s refugee policies (Josh Hong)

26-09-2017 10:35

ZhongAn, China's first online insurer, set to start trading in Hong Kong (Asia Times staff)

26-09-2017 10:30

Top insurance regulator says it will treat all market entrants and insurance firms fairly (Asia Times staff)

26-09-2017 10:29

China’s first credit-purchased convertible bonds experience huge demand (Asia Times staff)

26-09-2017 10:23

China's A-share market has more than doubled its total funds raised via IPOs (Asia Times staff)

26-09-2017 10:17

The world's largest pork supplier WH Group Ltd said on Tuesday its Smithfield Foods Inc unit would buy two packaged meats manufacturers in Romania (Reuters)

26-09-2017 10:10

The Asian Development Bank raised its outlook for China's economic growth this year on the back of strong domestic consumption, an export recovery and solid growth in services. (Reuters)

26-09-2017 10:02

McDonald’s China signs strategic alliance with China Overseas Land and Investment Ltd. (Asia Times staff)

26-09-2017 10:00

Starbucks announced that it has introduced Alipay to more than 2,800 of its stores (Asia Times staff)

26-09-2017 08:37

Popular Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike's decision to marshal her forces against the ruling party in next month's snap general election has come as an unpleasant surprise to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who hoped to find common ground with an ideological ally. (Nikkei Asian Review)

26-09-2017 00:42

Police ‘attack female students’ protesting sexual harassment (Kanchan Srivastava)

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)

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Workers carry their tools and belongings as they climb down the Jiankou section of the Great Wall. Photo: Reuters/Damir Sagolj

Jun 25,2017, 7:00

Simple tools, tradition and mules crucial in Great Wall rebuild

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