Trump attack on Alibaba and Tencent doomed to backfire

By William Pesek
Americans wondering where Jack Ma disappeared to might soon find Alibaba’s stock has gone missing, too. Keen to whack China one more time on his way out the door, US President Donald Trump is threatening to blacklist Alibaba Group and Tencent.
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Assange saga: Real journalism is criminally insane

Subscribe to AT+ premium to read Pepe Escobar's article examining America's persecution of whistleblower Julian Assange.

‘Global Britain’ takes aim at China in South China Sea

By Richard Javad Heydarian
Fresh off a hard-fought Brexit deal with Brussels, the United Kingdom has immediately plunged itself into the center of Asian geopolitics and on a maritime collision course with China.

Apple-Hyundai, Baidu-Geely gear up for smart car tie-ups

By Andrew Salmon
Major gears shifted across corporate Asia on Friday as rumors in both South Korea and China talked up tie-ups between new-school tech players and-old school automakers to manufacture smart electric vehicles, or EVs.

American democracy died on Capitol Hill

By Spengler
No Russian cyberspooks, no Chinese spies, no jihadi terrorists – no external enemies of any kind could have brought as much harm to the United States as its own self-inflicted wounds.
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Lunar New Year lockdown fears spread across China

By Frank Chen
The biggest coronavirus resurgence in China since infections were reined in last spring has prompted extraordinary measures taken from the country’s playbook for the once Covid-ravaged Wuhan, the initial epicenter of the global pandemic.

Epiphany 2021: Attack on Capitol values

By Francesco Sisci
The attack on the American Congress on Epiphany, January 6, 2021, is a more serious episode than September 11, 2001, as it hits physically and symbolically at the center of American democracy, the heart of democratic and liberal values in the modern world.

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US, Iran on a perilous new collision course: Iran announces it will produce low-enriched uranium up to 20% while US circles war planes in response to perceived threats.

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