Rising costs of China’s stimulus addiction

As President Xi Jinping turns Beijing’s stimulus-industrial complex up to 11, 'Minsky moment' risks only increase | Continue reading


@atimes.com | 6 years ago

Russian Blockbuster “T-34” Forgets More Than It Remembers

It is the most successful tank in history, but it was only possible thanks to two innovative Russian military leaders later killed by Stalin and an American inventor | Continue reading


@atimes.com | 6 years ago

The case for adopting Chinese as next global language

Asian news hub covering geo-political news and current affairs across Asia | Continue reading


@atimes.com | 6 years ago

Bitcoin: a digital lottery ticket for a dystopian future?

That cryptocurrencies find uses in failed states and in countries where citizens have lost all semblance of privacy means they might not worthless | Continue reading


@atimes.com | 6 years ago

Xi walks a trade war tightrope

Vocal pro-market voices are challenging Xi’s strategy as the Chinese Communist Party celebrates 40th anniversary of the opening up of the country | Continue reading


@atimes.com | 6 years ago

Hunters become saviors in remote Bangladesh forests

A team of Mro indigenous parabiologists in Chittagong Hill Tracts, documenting the area's wildlife, have uncovered a surprisingly wide range of species | Continue reading


@atimes.com | 6 years ago

Conservationists held by Iran could face death penalty

Tehran accuses team of spying on country's missile program while they insist they were using camera traps to track the Asiatic cheetah | Continue reading


@atimes.com | 6 years ago

US Could Skirt Russian Sanctions to Fight Wildfires

With thousands of wildfires hitting the US every year, the solution to limit the devastation could be the Russian Beriev Be-200 firefighting aircraft | Continue reading


@atimes.com | 7 years ago

China's Ambitious Rail Plans in Brazil

A system for better living. | Continue reading


@atimes.com | 7 years ago

Collapsed Lao Dam 'Was Built on a Sinkhole'

That is the claim of a Stanford University engineering expert who has scientifically analyzed the site of the disaster that likely killed hundreds of Lao villagers | Continue reading


@atimes.com | 7 years ago

Chinese city to launch man-made moon to light up skies

Chengdu aims to put a second moon in space to illuminate streets, despite an earlier failed attempt by Russia on the Mir space station | Continue reading


@atimes.com | 7 years ago

Say a prayer for Vietnam's forgotten Montagnards

Communist regime's repression of the ethnic minority that supported the US during the Vietnam War has been largely invisible but is starting to come to light | Continue reading


@atimes.com | 7 years ago

Japan's Yakuza Gangs in US Treasury's Cross Hairs

US sanctions Japan’s most infamous mobsters in move designed to strangle their US and global operations | Continue reading


@atimes.com | 7 years ago

Korean American Undertakes Odyssey of Closure for Korean War

One woman is determined to bring closure to the many who fought in the 'Forgotten War' and to push for peace on the divided peninsula | Continue reading


@atimes.com | 7 years ago

The Korean War: The View from the Other Side

Whether Kim Il-sung and Mao Zedong ever realized the degree to which Joseph Stalin was using them for his goals remains unknown | Continue reading


@atimes.com | 7 years ago

Why Vietnam Is Quitting Facebook

Activists, dissidents and writers are gravitating to other social media platforms as Facebook appears to acquiesce to government censorship demands | Continue reading


@atimes.com | 7 years ago

Islamist Laws Being Used to Sideline Pakistani Politicians

Pakistani politicians are being sidelined from running in next month's general election for 'violating Islamic Injunctions', with some even banned for life by the courts; these clauses are allegedly backed by the army as a way to keep MPs in check | Continue reading


@atimes.com | 7 years ago

Is Facebook Helping Vietnam's Pro Democracy Crackdown?

Activists say the US social media giant is obliging Communist Party requests to block and take down democracy and rights-related content | Continue reading


@atimes.com | 7 years ago

Blockchain Wants to Catch the YouTube Star

Asia-facing video blockchain platform Lino tells Asia Times how it is going to take on the video content giant by cutting out the middlemen | Continue reading


@atimes.com | 7 years ago