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Uber performs U-turn on Macau exit plan, cites user support

By AT Editor on September 10, 2016 in Asia Unhedged, Southeast Asia

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Global ride-hailing company Uber Technologies has aborted plans to pull out of Macau, citing support from residents in the Chinese-ruled gambling hub. Uber launched in Macau less than a year ago but announced at the end… Read More ›

Taiwan’s CTBC Financial, China CITIC Bank cancel deals

By AT Editor on August 26, 2016 in Asia Unhedged, China

By Faith Hung and Shu Zhang TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) – CTBC Financial Holdings, parent of Taiwan’s top credit card issuer, and Chinese state-backed lender China CITIC Bank Corp have cancelled investments in each other amid fresh cross-strait political tensions. It is… Read More ›

China’s legal setback could spur more South China Sea claims

By AT Editor on July 14, 2016 in Asia Times News & Features, China, Indonesia

By Anthony Deutsch and Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – China’s resounding defeat in a legal battle with the Philippines over territorial claims in the South China Sea could embolden other states to file lawsuits if Beijing refuses to compromise on… Read More ›

US destroyer Turner Joy -- the ship that spraked the Gulf of Tonkin Incident

Is South China Sea FON issue prelude to another Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

By George Koo on July 14, 2016 in AT Top Writers, China, George Koo, Indonesia, Japan, Southeast Asia

When the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in Hague announced its findings on the dispute in South China Sea in favor of the Philippines over China, the most jubilant party was the United States. State Department spokesperson immediately announced that… Read More ›

Taiwan post-election look: Youth power dumps KMT rule

By Shim Jae Hoon on May 30, 2016 in Asia Times News & Features, China

TAIPEI–When Taiwan’s heavy metal rock star Freddy Lim ran for parliament last winter, few thought he had any chance. With his jet-black ponytail dropping to his waistline, and arms heavily tattooed, Lim was seen as just too outlandish for a… Read More ›

China turns ratchet on Taiwan as Tsai takes over

By Shim Jae Hoon on May 24, 2016 in Asia Times News & Features, China

TAIPEI–Taiwan is brimming with a new sense of departure and vitality following the inauguration of President Tsai Ing-wen on May 20. Not only is she the Chinese-speaking world’s first woman to be elected head of state, her island-backed, pro-independent Democratic… Read More ›

Taiwan president-elect Tsai Ing-wen’s 5 national security challenges after May 20

By Initium Media on May 18, 2016 in Asia Times News & Features, China

By Jie Zhong Taiwan president-elect Tsai Ing-wen assumes office on May 20. As the first female president and the head of army of the Republic of China (ROC), she faces five major challenges in national security. 1. National defense budget for… Read More ›

Is it time for US aircraft carriers to visit Taiwan?

By AT Editor on May 2, 2016 in Asia Times News & Features, China, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia

By Dave Majumdar A senior U.S. Congressman is calling for the Pentagon to allow U.S. Navy aircraft carriers to visit Taiwan after China denied USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) permission to make a port call in Hong Kong. The People’s… Read More ›

Taiwan finds 4,800-year-old fossil of mother cradling baby

By AT Editor on April 26, 2016 in Asia Times News & Features

(From Reuters) Archaeologists in Taiwan have found a 4,800-year-old human fossil of a mother holding an infant child in her arms, museum officials said on Tuesday. The 48 sets of remains unearthed in graves in the Taichung area are the… Read More ›

Edward Lin case: One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel of Chinese Americans

By AT Editor on April 15, 2016 in Asia Times News & Features, China

(From Chinese World Journal) US media has been reporting the case of Lt. Commander Edward Lin (Lin Chieh-Liang), who was charged with espionage for leaking secret information from the (US military) to mainland China or Taiwan. Due to the issue’s… Read More ›