China's economy meets official growth ambitions, but many feel a downturn
China's economy grew 5% last year, matching the government's target, but in a lopsided fashion, with many people complaining ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping will send a special representative to Trump's inauguration
Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend President-elect Donald Trump's swearing-in ceremony, but he is sending Vice President Han Zheng as his special representative ...
In a first, China will send vice president to Trump’s inauguration
Beijing is taking a two-pronged approach to the incoming president: trying to sweeten up Trump while also signaling it is ...
Nearly 86% of Japan households see prices rising a year from now, survey shows
About 85.7% of Japanese households expect prices to rise a year from now, a quarterly central bank survey in December showed ...
King Dollar Risks Becoming Greenback the Bully
It doesn't really help either that the dollar is also positively correlating with a rising oil price. It's too much of a ...
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Surprise Asian central bank moves show impact of US dollar rampage
A SURPRISE interest-rate cut in Indonesia and signs the Reserve Bank of India may be willing to loosen its tight grip on the ...
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Conquest of Asia and Europe by snow leopards during the last Ice Ages uncovered
Scientists have identified fossils of snow leopards. The discovery has allowed them to trace the evolutionary history of the species during the Quaternary period and to propose how it dispersed from ...
Bank of Korea governor says resolving political turmoil key for economy
South Korea's central bank governor said on Thursday that the most important factor determining the health of Asia's ...
Cold War lessons could be key for special operations forces as the US military focuses on China and Russia
US special operations forces could be leveraged in ways similar to the way they were in the Cold War as the US military ...
East Asia meets Europe in Lower Austria: Archaeologists perform genetic analysis of Early Middle Age individuals
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, together with an international team, carried out an ...
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Beyond Western Narratives: Unpacking Russia’s Strategic Role in Central Asia
Examining the popular narrative of Russia’s waning influence in Central Asia against key economic, diplomatic, and security ...
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Central Asian Migrants Say They're Being Held In Russian Jails Without Access To Proper Food
Dozens of Central Asian migrants are being held in Russian jails with no access to proper food as they wait for deportation ...