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Trump vows to declare Strait of Hormuz a US territory
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (384+ words) In yet another remark that triggered alarm around the world, President Donald Trump said Friday that he planned to declare the Strait of Hormuz – which Iran has blockaded for much of the past five months over his and Israel’s illegal…...
Hong Kong stablecoin HKDAP – Asia Times
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (90+ words) Hong Kong stablecoin HKDAP Asia Times Keep independent journalism alive Hong Kong’s stablecoin experiment has entered its first controlled market test. On August 12, Anchorpoint began phase-one Beta Access for HKDAP, initially involving institutional distributors and professional investors. HashKey and OSL…...
Five years on, Taliban has territory but not sovereignty
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (590+ words) Kabul’s dispute with Islamabad over Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan sanctuaries is not a border quarrel. It is the clearest evidence yet that five years after seizing power, the Taliban has mastered control of Afghan territory without accepting what control is supposed to…...
Vietnam launches homegrown anti-sub frigate to check China
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (796+ words) This month, multiple media outlets reported that Vietnam has begun constructing its largest and most advanced domestically designed surface warship, launching the steel-cutting ceremony for a multi-purpose anti-submarine frigate at the defense ministry’s Song Thu Shipyard in Da Nang. Built…...
Vietnam and Australia: steady delivery, familiar limits
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (768+ words) Asia Times Keep independent journalism alive To Lam’s visit to Canberra on August 11 was the first state visit to Australia by a Vietnamese head of state since the 1975 reunification and the first meeting between the two leaders. Since taking the…...
Berlin expands the reach of the security state
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (154+ words) Asia Times Germany’s spies get powers once reserved for policeDiego Faßnacht reports that Germany’s intelligence overhaul would blur the postwar separation between spies and police, giving domestic and foreign services new cyber, surveillance and intervention powers at a politically explosive…...
China, Indonesia, Taiwan: the naval question Jakarta has to answer
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (240+ words) This week brought two Indonesia stories that sat side by side but pointed in different directions. The Global Times report itself deserves a close read. It describes the coming drill in soft terms: communication practice, supply exercises, and language about…...
Putin threatens tit-for-tat seizures of foreign vessels
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (514+ words) Asia Times Keep independent journalism alive The West’s spree of “shadow fleet” seizures might finally be coming to an end after what Putin just told his Pacific Fleet commanders during his visit to the Russian Far East. As he phrased…...
Pentatgon funded a $533 million artillery plant that made nothing
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (1678+ words) A robot was on fire. Again. It was the summer of 2024, and the cutting-edge robots inside General Dynamics’ sweltering artillery factory near Dallas were catching fire with startling regularity, according to four former workers there. This wasn’t ideal, as the…...
Goodbye, Comrade Zhu Rongji
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (608+ words) Zhu Rongji, born on October 23, 1928, died on August 12, 2026. He had been a prime minister, and a great modernizer of China’s financial system. Yet his legacy seems to have faded. Premier Zhu was the man who pushed for China to join…...