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Chinaโs Aggression Isnโt About Communism โ Itโs About Empire
Chinaโs expansionist ambitions and the national obsession with eradicating cultural differences long predate the CCP.
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:
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A Summer of Reckoning for Japanโs Economyย
Aside from the question of growth, it remains unclear whether policymakers can reorient the countryโs future trajectory before serious problems set in.
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Trumpโs Tariffs Arenโt the Only US Policy Hurting South Koreaโs Economy
Any trade deal will also need to address regulatory changes that are degrading South Korean investments in the U.S.
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Indiaโs Dalai Lama Reincarnation Dilemma
The strategic implications of the Dalai Lamaโs reincarnation have been well known for years, but the changing international context has complicated Indiaโs plans.
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Pro-Yoon Lawmakers Announce Bid for People Power Party Leadership
Despite Yoon Suk-yeolโs impeachment, the party continues to back him โ meaning pro-Yoon figures have the inside track for winning the PPP's leadership race.
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Twelve killed in Thailand-Cambodia military clashes on disputed border
The fighting marks an escalation of a century-old conflict between the two South East Asian neighbours.
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:US trade pact not enough to save Japanโs Ishiba
TOKYO โ In the case of Japanโs beleaguered prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, the head of lettuce has very good odds. The reference here is to the Liz Truss crisis of late 2022. At the time, the then-UK prime minister attempted to sneak a sizable, unfunded tax cut past bond traders. The extreme market turmoil that [โฆ] The post US trade pact not enough to save Japanโs Ishiba appeared first on Asia Times.
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:The Growing Embrace of Russia and North Korea
A new "blood alliance" is changing the dynamic on the Korean Peninsula.
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Thai-Cambodia clashes could be death knell for Shinawatra rule
BANGKOK โ Thailand and Cambodia edged closer to full-blown war today (July 24) after Cambodian forces launched artillery attacks on civilian targets in Thai territory and Thailand responded with aerial strikes on Cambodian military camps. The armed exchanges mark a significant escalation of weeks of low-intensity skirmishes that saw the killing of at least one [โฆ] The post Thai-Cambodia clashes could be death knell for...
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Thailand and Cambodia Exchange Heavy Fire Along Disputed Border
After weeks of simmering tensions, relations between Bangkok and Phnom Penh have finally broken down.
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:'I did my best': Teacher dies after rescuing 20 kids from Bangladesh plane crash
Mahreen Chowdhury suffered burns to almost 100% of her body while saving students from the crash site.
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:What Marcos Got From His Meeting With President Trump
The Philippine president has come under fire for opening the country to U.S. imports without getting much in return.
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Trumpโs Trade Deal With Indonesia, Explained
Indonesian exports to the U.S. will be subject to a 19 percent tariff โ for now โ but otherwise there is a lot that could change.
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:How can Zimbabwe profit from lithium if China is the processor?
Zimbabwe has the largest lithium reserves on the African continent. Lithium has been mined since the colonial period in the 1950s. Itโs a critical part of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that are essential for the electric vehicle industry. Globally, the lithium-ion battery market is worth US$78.9 billion and is likely to amount to US$349.6 billion by [โฆ] The post How can Zimbabwe profit from lithium if China is the...
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Australia to lift import ban on US beef after Trump tariffs tiff
The Australian government says it has not compromised on its strict biosecurity laws.
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:How Chinaโs changing the face and future of Mount Everest
To the discerning eye, other mountains are visible โ giants between 23,000 and 26,000 feet high. Not one of their slenderer heads even reaches their chiefโs shoulder. Beside Everest they escape notice, such is the pre-eminence of the greatest. (George Mallory, 1922) The climbing season on Mount Everest peaks in late May and early June [โฆ] The post How Chinaโs changing the face and future of Mount Everest appeared first...
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Glimmers of economic hope in Yunus-led Bangladesh
By the time a student-led protest movement erupted into a full-scale revolution in Bangladesh in July 2024, the countryโs economy was already in free fall. Years of rampant corruption, mismanagement and dwindling opportunities for young people โ not to mention the brutal repression of its then-autocratic government โ had left the countryโs financial institutions on [โฆ] The post Glimmers of economic hope in Yunus-led...
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Australian women win right to sue Qatar Airways over invasive searches
The women were strip-searched and invasively examined after a baby was found at Doha airport in 2020.
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Thai and Cambodian Troops Clash Along Disputed Border
The clash comes a day after the Thai government downgraded its diplomatic relations with Phnom Penh in connection with the intensifying dispute.
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Malaysian PM Unveils New Measures to Address Rising Cost of Living
Anwar Ibrahim announced a 100-ringgit payment to all adult citizens, and a further reduction in the price of state-subsidized petrol.
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Can you un-bleach coral? BBC visits remote reef to find out
The BBC's Katy Watson went to Australia's Ningaloo reef, the site of a mass bleaching event, to find out if the damage can be undone.
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Costly Afghan immigration tests Iranโs neighborly hospitality
Afghan migration has fundamentally reshaped Iranโs demographics, labor market and public finances. While the Iranian economy gains from lower labor costs and higher productivity, the fiscal burden of untargeted subsidies, currency outflows and hidden social costs has turned migration into a national economic challenge. Without targeted reforms, the costs will keep rising. For more than [โฆ] The post Costly Afghan...
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Erasing Confucian Cosmology: How Harmony Lost Its Soul
Confucian cosmology was never about superstition. Its real power lay in de-centering authority โ binding rulers to a higher standard they couldnโt control.
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Thailand Recalls Ambassador to Cambodia After Landmine Blast at Border
The two nations are inching toward open conflict, after Bangkok accused the Cambodian army of laying fresh landmines in a disputed area of the border.
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Philippines goods to face 19% tariff, Trump says
The new rate is higher than what Trump had threatened when he first unveiled sweeping global tariffs in April.
Published on: July 23, 2025 | Source:A mother's heartbreak: The unresolved mystery of missing Indian student
A student of India's JNU university, Najeeb Ahmed went missing in 2016. A court now has closed the case.
Published on: July 23, 2025 | Source:Why couples in the Philippines keep getting married in flooded churches
The submerged weddings are the latest example of a flooding problem that the country can't shake off.
Published on: July 23, 2025 | Source:Why Filipinos keep getting married in flooded churches
The submerged weddings highlight a flooding problem that the country can't shake off.
Published on: July 23, 2025 | Source:They made America's clothing. Now they are getting punished for it.
Apparel hubs like Cambodia and Sri Lanka are heavily dependent on the US as an export market.
Published on: July 23, 2025 | Source:US Foreign Aid With Chinese Characteristics
The dismantling of USAID is the culmination of a decade-long realignment of Western approaches to development, inspired by Chinaโs Belt and Road Initiative.
Published on: July 23, 2025 | Source:Building the Sanctions Infrastructure the West Needs to Face China, Now
Sanctions must be treated as an extension of national defense, not a tool of diplomatic escalation. Their value is in preemption rather than punishment.
Published on: July 23, 2025 | Source:Air India crash victim's son says he received 'other' remains
India's foreign ministry said all remains were treated with dignity.
Published on: July 23, 2025 | Source:From Terrorists to Trading Partners: Smoothing Kazakh-Afghan Relations
After Russia became the first country to officially recognize Afghanistanโs Taliban government, Kazakhstan may not be far behind โ all in the name of trade interests and a desire for regional stability.
Published on: July 23, 2025 | Source:Is the Russia-India-China Troika Making a Comeback?
Russia seems keen to revive the grouping, which hasn't met since 2021. Will China and India agree?
Published on: July 23, 2025 | Source:Hypersonic Arms in South Asia: Racing Toward Instability?
Precision strikes at blistering speed are increasingly central to Indiaโs military planning. That incentivizes Pakistan to consider a pre-emptive strike.
Published on: July 23, 2025 | Source: