Asia
Tensions around South China Sea
U.S. weighs more South China Sea patrols to confront 'new reality' of China
By Greg Torode, Idrees Ali
June 3, 2018
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The United States...
China and Russia: The real targets behind North Korea
'Biggest Long-Term Challenge' in Asia is China, not DPRK – US Korea Envoy Pick
31.05.2018
US Admiral Harry Harris, President Trump's pick for ambassador to South...
Australian right wing wants war with China
Ex-general delivers first speech in parliament: Australia must “consider the next war”
By James Cogan
16 February 2018
Jim Molan, who retired from the Australian...
Pentagon unveils strategy for military confrontation with Russia and China
By Bill Van Auken
20 January 2018
The Trump administration’s defense secretary, former Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, rolled out a new National Defense...
Capitalism reduced Indonesian cities to infested carcases
From Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung, Samarinda and Pontianak, text and photos: Andre Vltchek
Several years ago, a prominent Indonesian businessman who now resides in Canada, insisted...
Latest figures reveal more than 40 million people are living in...
Forced marriage is included for first time in worldwide statistics that show ‘money and debt’ to be at the heart of the exploitation
An estimated...
Deadly heat waves could hit South Asia this century
Without action, climate change could devastate a region home to one-fifth of humanity, study finds.
By David L. Chandler
August 2, 2017
In South Asia, a region...
How colonial violence came home: the ugly truth of the first...
The Great War is often depicted as an unexpected catastrophe. But for millions who had been living under imperialist rule, terror and degradation were...
Latest figures reveal more than 40 million people are living in...
Forced marriage is included for first time in worldwide statistics that show ‘money and debt’ to be at the heart of the exploitation
By Annie...
Trump begins 12-day visit to Asia to build war coalition against...
By James Cogan
4 November 2017
Donald Trump, accompanied by a coterie of minders and corporate executives, departed yesterday for a 12-day tour of...