How a lunar journey opens paths in international coo...
More than 440,000 kilometers from Earth, a signal was recently sent from a pr...
China Asia Economy
Indonesia bauxite ban drops a trade war gauntlet
JAKARTA – Doubling down on Indonesia’s value-added mineral policy which has d...
US, China and the art of the chip war
US and Chinese policymakers are inflicting incisive blows on each other. The ...
BOJ fires shot across US Treasury market’s bow
The Bank of Japan’s surprise policy tweak sent US government bonds down sharp...
US, Japan allege North Korea sending arms to Russia
SEOUL – Rumors, allegations and accusations that North Korea is supplying arm...
Baswedan surge alarms Indonesia’s ruling elite
JAKARTA – Unproven allegations of corruption and election irregularities leve...
Marcos Jr shows the way to balance US and China
MANILA – Just weeks before Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s maiden ...
US sanctions bite as Huawei runs out of phone chipsets
HiSilicon, a fabless semiconductor unit of China’s Huawei Technologies, has u...
Can China help Brazil restart its global soft power?
Ten days of full immersion in Brazil are not for the faint-hearted. Even rest...
What next for Russia’s weaponization of energy?
Not since the 1970s oil crisis has the West seen such a focus on energy secur...
Is China floating military airships over South China...
China could soon regularly deploy high-altitude airships over the contested S...
Arms tests vs war drills ad infinitum in Korea
SEOUL – While real-life carnage unfolds across Ukraine, the phony war continu...
The ABCs of China’s GDI
In 1949, former US president Harry Truman launched the first US global aid pr...
The post-pandemic future of Chinese tourism
The Asia-Pacific tourism industry was thriving before the Covid-19 pandemic, ...
HK gearing up for mainland tourist surge
Shops and restaurants in Hong Kong are returning to prime sites and hiring mo...
Can China make its people spend more?
A new document, issued on December 15, announces a bold 13-year plan from 202...
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Don’t Forget to Breathe
By James Prescott-Kerr When you’re abroad and know you have limited time in ...
