CHINA TO DEVELOP ARCTIC SHIPPING ROUTES OPENED BY GLOBAL WARMING

China has announced plans to develop shipping lanes through the Arctic to become a Polar Silk Route ... READ MORE›

CHINESE COMPANIES POISED TO HELP REBUILD WAR-TORN SYRIA

China is turning towards the Middle East and is ready to play a major role in helping to rebuild war-torn Syria... READ MORE›

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AIRASIA PLANE MISSING WITH 162 ABOARD

On July 17, another Malaysia Airlines flight, also a Boeing 777, was shot down over rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine while on a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur... READ MORE›

HOW THE USSR'S EFFORT TO DESTROY ISLAM CREATED A GENERATION OF RADICALS

They did, and by the '70s Islam had made a comeback in much of Central Asia... READ MORE›

CHINA IS TRANSFORMING SOUTHEAST ASIA FASTER THAN EVER

China's investment is transforming its smaller Southeast Asian neighbors like never before while helping turn Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar into bigger destinations for its exports... READ MORE›

SINGAPORE IS BEATING HONG KONG IN ASIA'S FINTECH RACE

Almost 90 percent of fintech investment in Asia-Pacific this year bypassed both Hong Kong and Singapore and went directly into China, according to the Accenture study... READ MORE›

MALAYSIA PM URGES WORLD TO ACT AGAINST 'GENOCIDE' OF MYANMAR'S ROHINGYA

Najib said the rally at a stadium in Kuala Lumpur would send a strong message to Aung San Suu Kyi's government that enough is enough ... READ MORE›

FURY AS AIRASIA FAMILIES SHOWN LIVE FOOTAGE OF FLOATING BODIES BEING RECOVERED FROM MISSING PLANE

Similar footage was later picked up by other channels and broadcast around Indonesia and South-east Asia... READ MORE›

CHINAS RESPONSE TO STOCK PLUNGE RATTLES TRADERS

What's happening in China is definitively spooking people, said Dawn Fitzpatrick, the chief investment officer of O'Connor, a 5.6 billion hedge fund owned by UBS... READ MORE›

CHINA FINDS NEW FANS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

Credit Suisse estimates Chinese FDI in the six largest economies in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will reach about 16 billion this year... READ MORE›

CHINA FINDS NEW FANS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

Credit Suisse estimates Chinese FDI in the six largest economies in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will reach about 16 billion this year... READ MORE›

DAVID CAMERON BEGINS TRADE MISSION IN SOUTH EAST ASIA

The threat of extremism will be raised by Mr Cameron in meetings with President Joko Widodo in Jakarta and, later, Prime Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia... READ MORE›

XI DEFENDS CHINAS CLAIM TO SOUTH CHINA SEA ISLANDS

Lassen, within 12 nautical miles of Subi Reef, a natural feature submerged at high tide on which China has done land reclamation using huge piles of sand... READ MORE›

THAILAND BLAMES UIGHUR MILITANTS FOR BOMBING AT BANGKOK SHRINE

But Thailand has made it clear that the Uighurs were repatriated at China's request, a decision Thailand seems unlikely to repeat anytime soon... READ MORE›

REPORTING ON LIFE DEATH AND CORRUPTION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

I came to see Southeast Asia as a land of great people and bad governments, of remarkable graciousness but distressing levels of impunity... READ MORE›

PHOTOGRAPHER S INCREDIBLE SELFIE FROM BURJ KHALIFA SHOWS WORLD AT HIS FEET

While some affluent Chinese families fled to neighboring Singapore after the riots, Mr. Basuki's family stayed... READ MORE›

40 BODIES FROM MISSING PLANE FOUND AND 'EMERGENCY SLIDE AND PLANE DOOR' SPOTTED

National Search and Rescue Director SB Supriyadi later told reporters in Pangkalan Bun that bodies had been brought onto an Indonesian ship... READ MORE›

First came the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370... READ MORE›

CHINA EYES GLOBAL ECONOMIC LEADERSHIP AS U.S. TURNS INWARD

As the U.S. becomes more insular in economic philosophy, I think it gives China one more reason to ..... READ MORE›

SEA DISPUTE CAUSES A RIFT AS OFFICIALS MEET IN ASIA

Mr. Carter met with China's minister of defense, Chang Wanquan, on Tuesday in Malaysia, where the South China Sea was high on the agenda... READ MORE›

LYFT JOINS WITH ASIAN RIVALS TO COMPETE WITH UBER

In September, Lyft teamed with Didi Kuaidi, the Chinese ride-hailing behemoth, to provide service to Chinese Didi Kuaidi app users who enter the United States... READ MORE›

IS CENTRAL ASIA A 'HOTBED FOR EXTREMISM'?

As evidence, many cited a string of recent attacks carried out by individuals of Central Asian origin in Istanbul, Saint Petersburg and Stockholm... READ MORE›

CPEC: PAKISTAN AND CHINA STRENGTHEN ECONOMIC TIES

The 3,000km trade route, called the China Pakistan Economic Corridor CPEC, links China's Xinjiang province with Gwadar in Pakistan's Balochistan province... READ MORE›

BALLOON BEARING TIBETAN FLAG TAKES TO AIR IN BRISTOL DESPITE ATTEMPTS TO BAN IT

Organisers of Bristol balloon festival say they were approached by individuals purporting to be Chinese embassy officials urging a ban on the balloon... READ MORE›

U.S. ADDS MUSCLE, SEEKS FRIENDS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA STANDOFF

U.S. adds muscle, seeks friends in South China Sea standoff... READ MORE›

PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT CREATING UNCERTAINTY CAUSING DISTRESS US DIPLOMAT SAYS

Beijing's claims to South China Sea rejected by international tribunal Today's coverage from Post correspondents around the world... READ MORE›

CHINA WIDENS ITS SILK ROAD TO THE WORLD

China's new 'Silk Road' initiative is the only large-scale, multilateral development project that the 21st century has seen so far... READ MORE›

AIRASIA FLIGHT QZ8501 LIKELY 'AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA', SAYS RESCUE CHIEF

Singapore, Malaysia and Australia have also dispatched ships and planes to aid in the effort... READ MORE›

CHINA AND MALAYSIA AGREE ON MILITARY COOPERATION IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA

Last month, Najib said Malaysia would not compromise on its South China Sea claims, but wants them to be worked out through dialogue and peaceful negotiations... READ MORE›

CHINESE FIRMS POUR MONEY INTO U.S. R&D IN SHIFT TO INNOVATION

Largely absent from American research hubs a decade ago Chinese firms including Huawei Technologies HWT.UL and ZTE Corp 000063.SZ are now using U.S... READ MORE›

BATTLE FOR THE AGES: PROTECTIONIST TRUMPONOMICS VS. NEOLIBERALISM

Born in Brazil, he's been a foreign correspondent since 1985, and has lived in London, Paris, Milan, Los Angeles, Washington, Bangkok and Hong Kong... READ MORE›

EXCLUSIVE: VIETNAM MOVES NEW ROCKET LAUNCHERS INTO DISPUTED SOUTH CHINA SEA - SOURCES

Exclusive Vietnam moves new rocket launchers into disputed South China Sea - sources... READ MORE›