Time for ‘we the people’ to face reality
An op-ed that appeared recently on Asia Times titled “The eight billionth que...
China Asia Economy
IMF forcing privatization, land and resource grab on...
On September 1, debt-trapped Sri Lanka reached a preliminary agreement with t...
How China fell into its ‘zero-Covid’ trap
On November 27 and 28, tens of thousands of citizens took part in unprecedent...
Germany split on Port of Hamburg deal with China
The German government has become divided over a deal, agreed last month, whic...
Early 20th-century Hawaii imported Russian workers
On February 19, 1906, the mail steamer China pulled into the harbor in Honolu...
Chinese tech flying high across the Gulf
A “flying car” built by Chinese company Xpeng Aeroht made its first public fl...
Protests push policy as ‘zero-Covid’ eased in mild c...
Certain Chinese cities have started to allow mild Covid patients to isolate a...
Jiang Zemin propelled China’s economic rise
By the summer of 1989, a series of problems threatened China’s stability. Soa...
Will crypto’s collapse implode North Korea’s nukes?
Since the world’s second-largest crypto exchange, FTX, declared bankruptcy la...
Taiwan’s military not remotely ready for a China inv...
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February, Taiwanese polls indi...
Chinese video platform Bilibili MAU up 25% in Q3 2022
Bilibili’s average monthly active users (MAUs) reached 332.6 million in Q3 20...
Pinduoduo revenues up 65% in Q3 2022
Pinduoduo’s total revenues in the third quarter were RMB35,504.3 million (US$...
Time for ASEAN to recognize Myanmar’s shadow government
At a special summit in April 2021, Myanmar military junta leader General Min ...
Is China finally ready to lead in protecting nature?
As the world parses what was achieved at the UN climate change conference in ...
AI fail: Meta’s Galactica spews racism and nonsense
Earlier this month, Meta announced new AI software called Galactica: “a large...
Anti-lockdown protesters clash with Guangzhou cops
While Chinese protesters clashed late Tuesday with armed police in a district...
Education
Don’t Forget to Breathe
By James Prescott-Kerr When you’re abroad and know you have limited time in ...
