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Vietnam War: reckoning with the past, not just celebrating it
The parades are over. TikTok videos of marching bands and fighter jets have made their rounds, and Vietnam has officially marked 50 years since the end of the war. In Ho Chi Minh City, crowds lined the streets in celebration. Across the country โ and even in parts of the diaspora โ this anniversary was [โฆ] The post Vietnam War: reckoning with the past, not just celebrating it appeared first on Asia Times.
Published on: May 01, 2025 | Source:
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How Trump made Japanโs yen great again
TOKYO โ As Donald Trump makes recessions great again and the dollar a has-been, Japanโs yen is developing a safe-haven halo faster than Tokyoโs policymakers would like. The extent to which the US presidentโs trade war is slamming confidence in dollar assets can be seen in the Japanese currencyโs roughly 10% rally so far this year, trading today at around 144. The yenโs rally has also forced the Bank of Japan to abandon...
Published on: May 01, 2025 | Source:Japanese and Australian markets rise following choppy trade on Wall Street; most Asian markets closed for holiday
The Bank of Japan held interest rates at 0.5% in its monetary policy meeting/
Published on: May 01, 2025 | Source:No winners, all losers in US-China trade war
The United States and China remain in a standoff in their tariff war. Neither side appears willing to budge. After US President Donald Trump imposed massive 145% tariffs on Chinese imports in early April, China retaliated with its own tariffs of 125% on US goods. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said this week itโs up [โฆ] The post No winners, all losers in US-China trade war appeared first on Asia Times.
Published on: May 01, 2025 | Source:US missiles fall short in long-range game with China
The US is arming up for a Pacific missile race but China may already be playing on a larger board. Last month, the US Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) unveiled legislation stating that the US Army will receive significant funding boosts for medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) programs under [โฆ] The post US missiles fall short in long-range game with China appeared...
Published on: May 01, 2025 | Source:Japanese and Australian markets poised for muted start following choppy trade on Wall Street; most Asian markets closed for holiday
The Bank of Japan is widely expected to stand pat on interest rates at 0.5% in its two-day monetary policy meeting which concludes later in the day.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Chinese retaliation to hurt Trump ag, fossil fuels support bases
US ports are now starting to see scheduled shipments from China decline as the result of Donald Trumpโs 145% tariffs on Chinese goods. The port of Los Angeles, the biggest port for Chinese goods in the US, is predicting scheduled shipments in early May to be about a third lower than the same time last [โฆ] The post Chinese retaliation to hurt Trump ag, fossil fuels support bases appeared first on Asia Times.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Russian clout fading, China reshaping Central Asia energy sector
China has been developing closer ties with countries in Central Asia over recent years. Trade between China and the Central Asia region grew to US$89 billion in 2023, an increase of 27% on the previous year. Chinese trade rose with every country there except Turkmenistan. In my paper from June 2024, which is part of [โฆ] The post Russian clout fading, China reshaping Central Asia energy sector appeared first on Asia...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Tรผrkiye: Donโt Deport Turkmen Activists
Click to expand Image Caption: Turkmen activists Alisher Sakhatov (left) and Abdulla Orusov (right). 2025 THF (Berlin, April 30, 2025) โTurkish migration authorities should immediately suspend any plans to deport two detained Turkmen activists toTurkmenistan, Human Rights Watch said today. If deported they would be at grave risk of torture and arbitrary imprisonment.On the morning of April 28, 2025, migration...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:The choice: LBJโs decision to go to war inย Vietnam 60 years ago
Sixty years ago, during the first six months of 1965, Lyndon Johnson made the decision to Americanize the conflict in Vietnam. His vice-president, Hubert Humphrey advised him against it. So did his long-time mentor and friend Senator Richard Russell of Georgia. Inside the administration, Undersecretary of State George Ball also made the case for restraint. [โฆ] The post The choice: LBJโs decision to go to war inVietnam...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:How this ‘vessel of freedom’ in Oklahoma honors Vietnamese refugees who built new lives in America
A new art installation in the heart of Oklahoma Cityโs Asian District marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Pakistan says 'credible intelligence' shows Indian military incursion 'imminent'
Pakistan says 'credible intelligence' shows Indian military incursion 'imminent' Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 04/30/2025 - 16:02 Pakistan said it expects an attack by India in the 'next 24-36 hours', while India has given its armed forces 'operational freedom' A Pakistani soldier stands guard on a post near the Line of Control, the de facto border between India and Pakistan, at Salohi village in Poonch district of...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Beyond the Optics: Can the EU Deliver on Its Central Asia Promises?
Despite the positive developments at the EU-Central Asia summit, a range of challenges could hinder meaningful cooperation between the two sides.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Mapping Coal Phaseouts in Key Asian Markets
Coal is on its last gasp โ only legacy energy sector policy stands in the way of a self-reliant, self-sustaining future.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Gree Electric boss chided for calling overseas grads spy suspects
A comment by Dong Mingzhu, chairwoman of the state-owned Gree Electric Appliances, recently sparked Internet controversy in China. She labeled those who studied abroad as โspyโ suspects. Dong, 70, said at the companyโs shareholders meeting on April 22 that she would only hire talents who graduated from local universities, as spies could be among those [โฆ] The post Gree Electric boss chided for calling overseas grads...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:The race for Central Asiaโs transport routes: Who will dominate the new Silk Roads?
With Europe searching for trade routes that bypass Russia, eyes have turned to the region.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Can Cambodia get rid of landmines without US help?
The US foreign aid freeze has cast a long shadow over demining efforts in Cambodia. What does Trump's "America First" agenda mean for the Southeast Asian country?
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:What ancient Chinese history reveals about todayโs AI panic
In the sweltering summer of the year 18 CE, a desperate chant echoed across Chinaโs sun-scorched plains: โHeaven has gone blind!โ Thousands of starving farmers, their faces smeared with ox blood, marched toward the opulent vaults held by the Han dynastyโs elite rulers. As recorded in the ancient text Han Shu (Book of Han), these [โฆ] The post What ancient Chinese history reveals about todayโs AI panic appeared first on...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:50 years on, Vietnam Warโs ecocide still not healed
When the Vietnam War finally ended on April 30, 1975, it left behind a landscape scarred with environmental damage. Vast stretches of coastal mangroves, once housing rich stocks of fish and birds, lay in ruins. Forests that had boasted hundreds of species were reduced to dried-out fragments, overgrown with invasive grasses. The term โecocideโ had [โฆ] The post 50 years on, Vietnam Warโs ecocide still not healed appeared...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:China should seize the climate change leadership crown
The second Trump administration has announced various anti-climate policies under its โAmerica Firstโ strategy. Leaving the Paris agreement, kicking off a trade war, shutting down USAID and drilling for more oil and gas will not only undermine the USโs international reputation but will undermine the global effort to combat climate change. With the US in [โฆ] The post China should seize the climate change leadership...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:New world order: Art of the Deal vs Art of War
The US-China trade war has evolved into a structural confrontation. It is not just about tariffs or technology; it is about two different philosophies of power and time. On one side is a strategy of transactional urgency. On the other, one of systemic patience. This is the contest between Trumpโs โArt of the Dealโ and [โฆ] The post New world order: Art of the Deal vs Art of War appeared first on Asia Times.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Earthquake Presents ASEAN With An Opportunity to Reimagine Its Approach to Aid in Myanmar
The Southeast Asian bloc's preferred approach and mechanisms are ill-suited to Myanmarโs contested political realities.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Pahalgam Attack Tests West Asian Countriesโ Neutrality
As the space for bilateral diplomacy shrinks, many in New Delhi will interpret the neutrality of third-party countries as a pro-Pakistan position.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:As global players focus on the Arctic, US icebreakers are scarce
Nowhere on earth is global warming proceeding more rapidly than inside the Arctic Circle. Over the past two decades, the Arctic has grown five degrees Celsius warmer. And the trend is accelerating, with the Arctic warming nearly four times as rapidly as the rest of the planet. Climate scientists expect that Arctic median temperatures will [โฆ] The post As global players focus on the Arctic, US icebreakers are scarce...
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Fifty years after the war, Vietnam faces a new US threat - tariffs
The South East Asian country is on a path to prosperity. The US-China trade war could change that.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:'We want to trade': Vietnam's future caught between the US and China again
The South East Asian country is on a path to prosperity, 50 years after the end of the Vietnam War.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:How Central Asia is embracing Chinese arms sales
While Russia held a near monopoly over weapons sales in the region, the war in Ukraine has changed this, offering China an opening.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Did Houthi missiles threaten to sink the carrier USS Truman?
The US lost an F-18E Super Hornet jet fighter on April 28th when the aircraft, under tow in the hangar deck of the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), fell into the sea, along with the tractor that towed it. There was only one minor injury to a crew member who apparently was injured when [โฆ] The post Did Houthi missiles threaten to sink the carrier USS Truman? appeared first on Asia Times.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Myanmar Refugees in Southeast Asia Struggle After US Aid Cuts
The Trump administration's gutting of USAID and suspension of global refugee resettlement programs has exacerbated the livelihood concerns of refugees in the region.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:US study links everyday plastics to heart disease
Common chemicals found in everyday plastic products may be associated with cardiovascular disease worldwide, with highest impacts in Asia, the Middle East and the Pacific.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:India-Pakistan war fallout would spread far and wide
Global investors are watching with rising anxiety as tensions between India and Pakistan threaten to spiral into open armed conflict. The negative implications for markets could be deeper and more immediate than many realize. Following a deadly attack on tourists in Pahalgam, Kashmir that left 26 dead, Pakistanโs Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has warned [โฆ] The post India-Pakistan war fallout would spread far...
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Africa: Floods and Droughts Are Two Sides of the Same Crisis
[IPS] United Nations -- Water emergencies are deeply personal to us. Coming from Southeast Asia and southern Africa--two regions that struggle with water challenges--we have witnessed firsthand how water defines the fate of communities and nations.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Polls show Japan, Taiwan fast losing faith in Trump
A recent public opinion poll taken by Japanโs left-leaning Asahi Shimbun newspaper indicates that US President Donald Trumpโs excessive tariffs, disruptive foreign policy and insulting inaccuracies are alienating the Japanese people. An earlier poll in Taiwan showed similar damage to trust. Conducted from late February to early April and published in Japanese on April 27, [โฆ] The post Polls show Japan, Taiwan fast...
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Hidden tax: Trumpโs tariffs causing global property pain
Trade policy has long shaped global markets, but its latest wave of tariffs is now hitting property development head-on. Sweeping duties on key construction materials โ including steel, aluminum, timber, and cement โ are driving up costs, delaying projects, and straining global supply chains. Though framed as tools to protect domestic industries, these tariffs are [โฆ] The post Hidden tax: Trumpโs tariffs causing global...
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:The Resistance Front: the terror outfit driving India-Pakistan to war
India is in mourning after 26 tourists were killed on April 22 in a resort in picturesque Pahalgam. The massacre is considered to be the deadliest attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir since 2000. The attack happened during peak tourist season as thousands flocked to the popular tourist destination. Most of those killed were Indians, [โฆ] The post The Resistance Front: the terror outfit driving...
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