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China Consumption Analysis

Why Chinese attempts to reignite market for rosewood will fail

By Zi Yang

Chinese entrepreneurs are once more expanding their search for rosewood. But the previous boom in demand was driven largely by market manipulation and it's unlikely consumers will fall for the same tricks again

South Asia energy

India speeding toward nuclear energy self-sufficiency

By Seema Sengupta

The Modi government's “make in India” nuclear push can help to achieve long-term energy security. Besides allowing India to lead on innovation, it also makes economic sense

Southeast Asia Politics

Crisis after crisis, Duterte still on top

By Richard Javad Heydarian

Living and dying dangerously under Duterte

By Jason Castaneda

China Business

Luxury handbags join China’s super-hot sharing economy

By Lin Wanxia

First there were car rides and bicycle hires. Then basketballs, umbrellas and mobile-phone chargers entered China’s “sharing economy”. Looking to cash in on this rising trend, entrepreneurs are looking for ways to get people comfortable with sharing an increasing variety of items. And at least one of them...

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China’s fitness revolution

South Asia Pakistan

‘Trash’: Sharif camp rejects Pakistan corruption findings

By Reuters

Rich Pakistanis pay little under country’s unjust tax system

By F.M. Shakil

Northeast Asia North Korea

Time for the US to think and act differently on North Korea

By George Koo

North Korea’s latest test of a missile with a range capable of threatening American cities has left the Trump Administration somewhere between wishful thinking and a hard place. Too bad neither represents a realistic resolution of the conundrum. The easy way out, for the US...

Can missile defense systems stop a North Korean missile?

By The Conversation

Politics Russia

Trump is right about challenging Russia over Syria

By David P. Goldman, Spengler

New front in Syria as Turks rout Kurds with Putin’s blessing

By Sami Moubayed

US-Russian ceasefire agreement holding in southwest Syria

By Ellen Francis

Greater China

China-Russia ties Media

Chinese, Russian media lock arms to challenge Western press

By Zi Yang

China Economy

China’s battered bond connections

By Gary Kleiman

China opens local bond ratings to global agencies

By Reuters

China Liu Xiaobo

Hospital says Chinese dissident Liu’s cancer is in final stages

By Reuters

China wealth

China’s ‘Drone King’ zooms into top 10 on ‘young and rich’ list

By Lin Wanxia

China’s "Drone King”, Wang Tao, is the only Asian to break into the top 10 list of self-made billionaires under 40 years old. The top 10 comprise senior executives from major Internet and technology companies, including Facebook, Uber, Snapchat, Airbnb and, of course, Wang's DJI. Wang Tao, also known...

China Property

The rise and fall of Hefei’s real estate market

By Poo Yee Kai

China Trade

China’s beef smugglers safe despite end to ban on US imports

By Zi Yang

US beef made a triumphant return to China on June 30, a month after the Trump administration brokered a deal to lift a ban that had been in place since 2003. Importing 10.76% of the world’s beef, China is the second largest beef importer...

Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Tung Chee-hwa secures a ‘Godfather’ deal from Beijing

By Ben Kwok

While Tung was serving as the first chief executive of Hong Kong SAR, the value of his family asset OOIL grew by 10 times

Macau

‘Informant’ arrested for being first to attempt theft

By Asia Times staff

Macau man dutifully reported a Filipino to police for stealing a drunk's briefcase, but not until his own effort to steal cash from it was foiled

Culture

Famous HK director’s son shoots documentary on maids

By Asia Times staff

Alfred Cheung's son Justin says his new film is a tribute to the family's Filipino domestic helper, who has faithfully served them for 23 years

Hong Kong

Filipino maid pleads guilty to attacking employer’s son

By Asia Times staff

After the four-year-old son of a former Birmingham City FC chairman suffered injuries, another domestic helper showed the mother videos of the assaults

China Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s role for next 20 years? New Silk Roads ‘super-connector’

By Pepe Escobar

It was 20 years ago today. Oh, those were heady, exciting days, informally regulated by a clock in Beijing’s Tiananmen counting even the seconds left for Hong Kong’s return to the motherland.     They were ominous days, too. At the Foreign Correspondents Club in Hong Kong, temporarily propelled to the center of the universe, booze-driven Western journalists sketched Apocalypse Now scenarios for the ultimate crossroads of East and West.    The endgame turned out to...

Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia Business

Trump brand swings for Bali gold

By John McBeth

Indonesian billionaire Hary Tanoesoedibjo and the Trump Hotel Collection aim to capitalize on the holiday island’s Hindu heritage in a controversial six-star golf resort

Southeast Asia Politics

Lee family feud sullies Singapore’s spotless image

By Kirsten Han

Southeast Asia Politics

No halt to abuses in Vietnam

By Helen Clark

A gathering crackdown on dissent underscores the West's recent loss of leverage over the communist regime

Southeast Asia Politics In-Depth

Gagging the messengers of Myanmar’s wars

By David Scott Mathieson

Southeast Asia Philippines

Philippine Muslims fear fighting may deepen communal discord

By Manuel Mogato and Karen Lema

When a small army of militants allied to Islamic State took over parts of Marawi City in the southern Philippines last month, many of the country's Muslims were alarmed. Although the Christian-majority Philippines has endured bouts of insurrection by Muslim groups for centuries, the two...

Southeast Asia terrorism

Philippines says bodies of beheaded civilians found in rebel-held town

By Reuters

Hostages in Philippine town forced to fight, loot, become sex slaves: army

By Reuters

Philippine leader appears in public as rumours of health woes swirl

By Reuters

Southeast Asia terrorism

Bali bomber trial fraught with legal risks

By John McBeth

Northeast Asia

Northeast Asia South Korea

Trump stumps South Korean markets more than any missile tests

By Dahee Kim and Cynthia Kim

For years, investors in South Korea have become accustomed to belligerence and regular missile tests from the country's hostile northern neighbour, but now there's a new factor in their regional risk assessments: US President Donald Trump. Jolts to financial markets from North Korea's military provocations...

South Korea’s facing another debt bubble

By William Pesek

Geopolitics Northeast Asia

Russia, Japan look to joint development of Kuril Islands

By Irina Drobysheva

A Japanese delegation last week made an historic visit to islands in Russia's Far East that Tokyo continues to see as its 'Northern Territories' but which Vladimir Putin and Shinzo Abe have agreed should be developed jointly

Russia and the great land giveaway in the Far East

By Irina Drobysheva

China, Russia plan deal on new Far East transport routes

By Irina Drobysheva

Central Banks Economy Analysis

It's Kuroda-bashing time, again

By William Pesek

A silver lining for Asia as interest rates go up

By William Pesek

Northeast Asia North Korea

Entrepreneurs in North Korea? Not as rare as you’d think

By Daniel Hurst

More and more business projects are starting, according to Choson Exchange, a non-profit that has trained over 1,200 people in the secretive state since 2010

Northeast Asia North Korea Analysis

Building North Korean infrastructure makes sense

By Robert E. McCoy

Northeast Asia Japan Analysis

Next: Koikenomics?

By William Pesek

Refomist Yuriko Koike's stunning Tokyo election triumph on Sunday raises inevitable questions about her national political ambitions

Koike hands Shinzo Abe’s LDP historic defeat in Tokyo poll

By Reuters

World

South Asia terrorism Opinion

Indian parties start blame game after terror attack

By E Jaya Kumar

Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi squarely blamed the federal government for security lapses – despite knowing that 40,000 armed soldiers were deployed along the Yatra route for the security of pilgrims

Politics G20

Putin and Trump stage-manage a win-win meeting

By Pepe Escobar

Trump keeps it friendly with Xi on North Korea threat

By Reuters

Politics France

The Macron doctrine: frank and ambitious but open to compromise

By Zaki Laïdi

French President Emmanuel Macron invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to Paris as his first foreign guest, while US President Donald Trump will attend this year’s Bastille Day celebrations. By reaching out to two world leaders who made no secret of their hope that he would never make it to the Élysée Palace, Macron has set the stage for a new and ambitious French foreign policy. The message Macron is sending is that he will remain...

South Asia India

Is lynching the new normal in India?

By Aftab Alam and The Conversation

Middle East Syria

New front in Syria as Turks rout Kurds with Putin’s blessing

By Sami Moubayed

The powerful commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a US-backed Kurdish quasi-army currently engaged in the final battle for al-Raqqa, believes that the fall of ISIS in its self-proclaimed "capital" might be delayed because of a looming confrontation between his troops and invading...

‘Victory’ over ISIS in Mosul imminent – Iraqi military

By Reuters

Middle East Qatar Crisis

Qatar rejects Arab states’ accusations, UK’s Johnson flies to Saudi

By Reuters

Tillerson urges Qatar, Saudi-led group to ‘lower rhetoric’

By Agence France-Presse

Qatar has 10 days to meet these 13 demands from Saudi Arabia

By Asia Unhedged

Culture Education

Foreign students cool on US, UK after Trump, Brexit: report

By Doug Tsuruoka

Donald Trump’s election as president and Britain’s decision to exit the European Union has chilled foreign students on studying at US and UK colleges and universities, according to a report by Hotcourses Group. The global web-based course and university search service says Indian and Middle Eastern students seem especially...

South Asia India

Tracking the fall and fall of Indian billionaire Vijay Mallya

By Richard Cook

Politics G20 Protests

In Pictures: G20 summit protests in Hamburg

By Reuters

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Politics Turkey

Turkish opposition ‘justice march’ gathers momentum

By Deutsche Presse-Agentur

China Transportation

How Finland could serve as China’s Arctic Belt and Road gateway

By Doug Tsuruoka

It was a meeting that could easily pass unnoticed. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met with Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila on June 27 in Dalian, China, during the annual World Economic Forum meeting known as Summer Davos. The upshot of their tete-a-tete was that China...

US multinationals angle for inside track in Belt and Road push

By Doug Tsuruoka

Obor ‘is key to Honeywell’s growth strategy in China, Asia’

By Doug Tsuruoka

South Asia Diplomacy

What lies behind flare-up at India-China-Bhutan junction?

By E Jaya Kumar

India

India

Terror attack on Amarnath pilgrims sparks ‘highest alert’

By Asia Times staff

Government orders security to be stepped up across Jammu and Kashmir

India

Kerala ISIS suspect arrested

By Asia Times staff

Man, 32, flew into Delhi with forged passport after Turkey deported him

India

BJP official arrested for ‘spreading fake news’ online

By Asia Times staff

He is accused of posting images and videos that could incite violence

India

Student arrested over telecom data breach

By Asia Times staff

Independent website leaks 100 million users' personal information

India

Ronaldinho to make futsal announcement in Mumbai

By Asia Times staff

Brazilian football legend will be returning to India on Friday

Business and Finance

Business China

China sets sights on oil benchmark after years of delays

By Reuters

Beijing is pushing ahead with plans to compete with global pricing benchmarks and grab a share of the oil futures trade. Strong interest shown so far from 'mom-and-pop' investors

Business G20

Markets relieved after G20: chief strategist

By Asia Times staff

China Online Retail

Stripe strikes global partnerships with China’s Alipay, WeChat Pay

By Reuters

Silicon Valley startup Stripe has partnered with digital payment providers Alipay and WeChat Pay to enable merchants using its platform globally to accept payments from hundreds of millions of Chinese consumers. Starting Sunday, the partnerships will allow online merchants using Stripe to integrate the ability...

Business Finance

Is a tipping point near? Yellen to talk bonds with Congress

By Reuters

Hong Kong Property

HK’s shadow mortgage lending could be timebomb: analysts

By Reuters

Technology Artificial Intelligence Opinion

Confidence in US innovation falling; China leads the way on AI

By Paddy Cosgrave

Business China

PBOC adviser: bitcoin can be an asset but not a currency

By Reuters

China shadow banking

China’s shadow banking lacks sufficient regulation, says central bank

By Reuters

The People's Bank of China has announced it will increase regulatory supervision over the country's rapidly growing asset management industry

PBOC 'will maintain prudent and neutral monetary policy'

By Reuters

China opens local bond ratings to global agencies

By Reuters

Business Markets

New Taiwan-South Korea tech index to launch in Q3: sources

By Reuters

Culture and Living

Culture Asian Film

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

By Liu Hsiu Wen

Asia Times talks to Chen Ho-yu, writer and director of The Teenage Psychic

Culture Travel column

Laying low in Ho Chi Minh City’s red light zone

By Kenny Hodgart

Culture Books Spengler

When the humor died

By David P. Goldman

David Grossman's award-winning novel fails on many levels and underscores how the left has forgotten how to laugh

Culture Asian Film

Five Hong Kong ‘Handover’ films to watch

By Asia Times staff

Culture Li Dun

Passion for musicals inspires Li Dun to put China center stage

By Elena Owyong

Growth in one of the most energetic of the performing arts is set to explode in the country, says renowned producer

Culture Arts

Opera’s universal language knows no boundaries

By Melanie Ho

Culture Japan Cinema Now

Dean Fujioka on his new film Marriage

By Karen Severns

The actor talks hay fever, fan fervor and playing a scoundrel

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Culture Architecture

Looking back: Heritage buildings in Hong Kong

By Asia Times staff and Reuters