China Asia Economy

Cuban missile crisis of 60 years ago still with us t...

October 16 marks 60 years since the Cuban missile crisis – the 13-day standof...

Kerch Bridge, Nord Stream the handiwork of top-tier ...

It is increasingly clear that the destruction of part of the Kerch-Crimea bri...

Chinese American gangster transformed cartel money l...

This story was first published by ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning invest...

G20 to showcase China’s high-speed rail

More than 1,300 journalists have already registered to cover the Group of Twe...

Scoring the Lebanon-Israel maritime deal

The headline-grabbing maritime boundary deal announced between Lebanon and Is...

Tsai needs a better military to fend off China

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen faces five security challenges that will tes...

N Korea tests put Seoul and Tokyo on a narrow bridge

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, perhaps emboldened by his embrace of Russia’...

China-indebted Laos way more broke than advertised

Laos’ public debt could climb to nearly 95% of GDP by the end of 2022, making...

New US policy blocks China at the tech high end

The United States has transformed its policy toward China. This shift is n...

Singapore dollar the world’s other safe haven

SINGAPORE – In the latest salvo in its fight against inflation, Singapore’s c...

China’s Congress could roil not relieve markets

TOKYO — It has been widely predicted that the Chinese Communist Party’...

Alibaba to shorten presale period of this year’s Dou...

This year, Alibaba’s Tmall Double 11 pre-sale will start at 8:00 p.m. on Octo...

Court vs politicians in pivotal Indonesia democracy ...

JAKARTA – President Joko Widodo has hinted that he will not sign off on effor...

A new Cold War as Xi takes third term?

The acceleration of a new Cold War could be drastically ramped up at a landma...

The future of Putin’s popularity

Even as Russia intensifies its attacks on Ukraine, its military appears to be...

Ukraine, EU and values: a drama in three acts

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is recreating the bases of continental and trans...