List of East Asia articles
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HAMBURG, GERMANY - AUGUST 13: A container ship from China Shipping Line is loaded at the main container port August 13, 2007 in Hamburg, Germany. Northern Germany, with its busy ports of Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Kiel, is a hub of international shipping. Hamburg is among Europe's largest ports. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) How Trump Can Win With China
Beijing has been seriously outmaneuvering Washington for years. Trump is off to a lousy start, but here’s how he can turn it around.
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ARLINGTON, VA - JANUARY 27: U.S. Defense Secretary Gen. James Mattis greets President Donald Trump at the Pentagon on January 27, 2017 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images) SitRep: Trump Embracing Obama’s Foreign Policy; New ISIS War Plan; Obama Advisor Disputes WH on Yemen Raid
SecDef Blasts North Korea; Sanctions, Sanctions Everywhere!; And Lots More
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) attends a press conference after a meeting with U.S president elected Donald Trump on November 17, 2016 in New York / AFP / KENA BETANCUR (Photo credit should read KENA BETANCUR/AFP/Getty Images) How Japan Can ‘Win’ With Trump
The smart play for a core ally like Japan is to make itself relevant to the Trump administration's foreign and economic policy priorities.
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mattisk Did Trump Undermine Mattis’s Trip Before It Started?
Can the secretary of defense assure America's Asian allies while his boss criticizes them?
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mongolia-crop Cash-Strapped Mongolia Is Now Selling Jewelry and Horses to Pay Debt
A make-or-break moment for a troubled economy.
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An art lover walks past a series of images titled 'Mao Trump' by contemporary pop artist Knowledge Bennett at the Ren Gallery display during the LA Art Show in Los Angeles, California on January 31, 2016. == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE, MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION, TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION == The image combines the face of Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump with a portrait of the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong. / AFP / Mark Ralston (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images) America’s Mao Zedong
Donald Trump's administration has been chaotic. Chinese history suggests that's by design.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 22: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an Inaugural Law Enforcement Officers and First Responders Reception in the Blue Room of the White House on January 22, 2017 in Washington, DC. Trump today mocked protesters who gathered for large demonstrations across the U.S. and the world on Saturday to signal discontent with his leadership, but later offered a more conciliatory tone, saying he recognized such marches as a "hallmark of our democracy." (Photo by Andrew Harrer-Pool/Getty Images) Trump’s Grand Strategic Train Wreck
Believe it or not, the president has a grand strategy. But it's a nightmarish mess.
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A picture shows the new medium-range surface to surface missile, named Sejil-2, at an undisclosed location in Iran prior to its test-firing on May 20, 2009. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that Iran had successfully test-fired the new missile, drawing a warning from Israel that Europe too should now worry about the Islamic republic's ballistic programme. AFP PHOTO/STR/FARS NEWS (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: Bannon’s Rules at the NSC; White House Faces Down First Iran Test, Confusion Over Trump Ban
Mattis to Asia, Moscow to Baghdad; More on SEAL Yemen Raid
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Beijing, CHINA: Visitors walk past China's second nuclear missile on display as they visit the Military Museum in Beijing, 23 July 2007. The US military 22 July said its troops had found Chinese-made missiles which they believe were smuggled into Iraq by groups in Iran in order to arm groups fighting US-led forces. AFP PHOTO/TEH ENG KOON (Photo credit should read TEH ENG KOON/AFP/Getty Images) China’s Happy to Sit Out the Nuclear Arms Race
While Putin and Trump push for bigger arsenals, Beijing has all the nukes it'll ever need.
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aaaqwest SitRep: Trump and Putin to Talk; Sanctions Relief for Moscow; Washington Stumbling into China Crisis
More U.S. Troops in Syria; State Dept. Leaders Fired; Defense Budgets and Deficits: And Lots More
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 11: Former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of State, testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee January 11, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Tillerson is expected to face tough questions regarding his ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Trump’s China Policy: ‘This Is How You Stumble Into a Crisis’
With its confused messages, the new administration is spooking Asian allies and antagonizing Beijing without a strategy.
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MEIXIAN COUNTY, CHINA - MAY 2: (CHINA OUT) Catholics walk to the simulated crucified site of Jesus at Cross Hill at Paowo Village on May 2, 2007 in Meixian County of Shaanxi Province, China. Cross Hill is a Cross Hill is a Catholic holy place first built by missionary Liu Jialu as a simulation of Calvary. Liu was approved by the Pope Pius VI to name the place "Cross Hill". In 1777, Bishop Nania of Shaanxi Province appointed May 3 and September 14 as the Holy Day for all people who came to worship, according to local media. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images) Chinese Converted out West Are Losing Faith Back Home
Thousands of Christian believers return to China every year. Why can't they find a place to worship?
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Chinese feminists pose for a group photo during the Women's March in Washington, D.C. on January 21, 2017. When China’s Feminists Came to Washington
They saw the women's march as a chance to combat creeping global misogyny — and to send a message back home.
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Steam rises off the freezing water as a Chinese man rows his boat along the Yalu River between China and North Korea some 70 kms north of the North Korean border town of Siniuju which lies across the river from Dandong in northeast China's Liaoning province on November 26, 2010. AFP PHOTO / Frederic J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) Russia Wants North Korea’s Money, Not Its Refugees
North Koreans once found tentative refuge in Russia, but new laws will send them back to torture and death.
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An Iraqi man and a girl fleeing the Islamic State (IS) group controlled Rashidiyah neighbourhood arrive to the Arabi neighbourhood north of Mosul on January 22, 2017 as a military operation against the jihadists continues. Iraqi forces retook two areas from the Islamic State group in Mosul, sealing their control of the east bank three months into an offensive to reclaim the city. / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: SecDef Mattis Heads to Asia; Republican Defense Budget Fight Looms; Iraq Takes Eastern Mosul
NATO Moves East; Syria deal (Kind of); And Lots More