14-08-2017 21:50 Opinion // Carry on, Korea: Is China smart, or just lucky? (David P. Goldman, Spengler)
14-08-2017 18:52 As India celebrates seven decades of independence from colonial rule, hard-fought freedoms are still under threat by politicians, vigilantes and other divisive forces. (E Jaya Kumar)
14-08-2017 16:36 A military standoff between Cambodia and Laos over border territory appears to have been defused, but the political and economic drivers behind the dispute have not been resolved. (David Hutt)
14-08-2017 14:51 While China and Russia will send commercial delegations to Syria's capital fair, a showcase event aimed at attracting reconstruction investment, the US, France and Great Britain will be notable no-shows. (Sami Moubayed)
14-08-2017 14:47 Taking a page from the Google-Android story, Baidu is attracting keen interest from global firms in its driverless car operating software. (Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large)
14-08-2017 14:45 While there is talk in the US about about enlisting the help of Chinese companies such as Baidu in developing autonomous transport systems, national security concerns could stand in the way. (Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large)
14-08-2017 14:44 Chinese Internet search company Baidu is easing into the passing lane for driverless cars with its Apollo project, but if it wants to go global, it will need to go beyond developing and sharing its technology. (Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large)
14-08-2017 13:53 China's strong economic growth showed visible signs of fading in July as lending costs rose and the gravity-defying property market cooled, though activity levels generally remained solid, propped up by a year-long construction spree. (Elias Glenn and Ryan Woo)
14-08-2017 12:47 Next month’s International Olympic Committee meeting will be a dramatic affair as officials mull risks to the Pyeongchang winter games in South Korea from the neighbor to the North. The risk of conflict, of course, has broader implications, including for economies. (William Pesek)
14-08-2017 10:03 Japan's economy grew in the second quarter at the fastest pace in more than two years as consumer spending and capital expenditure both rose at the fastest in more than three years, highlighting stronger domestic demand. (Stanley White and Leika Kihara)
14-08-2017 08:03 The morning roundup of important economics, policy and market-moving stories from Chinese-language media on August 14 (Poo Yee Kai and Zheng Xin)
14-08-2017 00:29 Tough talk has lifted cost of insuring South Korean debt; and four other big themes likely to dominate thinking of investors and traders in the coming week. (Reuters)
13-08-2017 19:19 A proposed luxury beach resort on Saudi Arabia's pristine Red Sea islands will suspend Islamic law in the area, but could result in more havoc than rest and relaxation. (Mustafa Salama)
13-08-2017 17:18 A group of 1,000 Indian imams has urged the United Nations to act against Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed for alleged terror activities as he bids to enter Pakistani politics. (E Jaya Kumar)
13-08-2017 16:23 The rise of Nguyen Thien Nhan, an unexceptional apparatchik, to lead Vietnam's economic and financial hub points to unresolved intra-party divisions and a return to more passive governance. (David Hutt)
13-08-2017 15:14 Ethno-nationalist Buddhist monks in Myanmar have resisted a state bid to clamp down on their views and activities targeting Muslim and other religious minorities. (Justine Chambers)
13-08-2017 13:25 Chinese leader Xi Jinping calls for restraint amid an escalating war of words between America and North Korea, but US plans for joint military exercises this month with South Korea will inevitably heighten tensions (Reuters)
13-08-2017 12:52 Experts are still divided on whether North Korea has a nuclear device small enough to put atop a ballistic missile, but recent threats on the US fortress island of Guam represent a potential strategic game-changer. (Todd Crowell)
12-08-2017 15:58 Opinion // Failed states and threats of war pulling world to precipice (Norman A. Bailey)
11-08-2017 17:47 DBS Bank (Hong Kong) plans to increase the ratio of its online business account-openings from about 20 to 30% of new local business accounts last year to 40%, says new accounts rising by about 10% pa (Jeff Pao)
11-08-2017 14:16 China should remain neutral if North Korea launches an attack that threatens the United States, a Chinese state-run newspaper said on Friday, sounding a warning for Pyongyang over its plans to fire missiles near the US Pacific territory of Guam. (Ben Blanchard and James Oliphant)
11-08-2017 13:25 Chelsea FC is eager to kick on after scoring an own goal in China on a promotional tour that descended into damage control and revealed how quickly online sentiment can swing against foreign brands. (Nick Westra)
11-08-2017 13:20 Japan’s Shinzo Abe has a bad case of Yasuhiro Nakasone. It’s not that the current prime minister constantly evokes the name of his predecessor, who served from 1982 to 1987, but Abe has read from the playbook of the fabled leader his dad, Shintaro Abe, served as foreign minister. (William Pesek)
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