List of East Asia articles
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TOKYO, JAPAN - DECEMBER 30: Vendor try to sell his goods as japanese people prepare to celebrate the New Year at Yameyoko-cho and Uechu, the most famous and the oldest New Year Tokyo Markets, in Tokyo, Japan on December 30, 2015. (Photo by David Mareuil/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Abe Wants to Be the Last Free Trade Samurai
Tokyo's ready to pick up the banner of the TPP abandoned by Trump -- if China lets it.
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Cars pass by a billboard showing US President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin placed by pro-Serbian movement in the town of Danilovgrad on November 16, 2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump spoke on the phone on November 15, evening and agreed on the need to normalise ties between Washington and Moscow, the Kremlin said. / AFP / Savo PRELEVIC (Photo credit should read SAVO PRELEVIC/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: Intel Chiefs, Senators Push Back on Russia Hack; Russian Carrier Going Home
New DNI Chief Coming Soon; U.S. Troops Wounded Fighting ISIS; South Korean Commandos; And Lots More
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shih_baziling_1 A Mass Gathering Organized on Chinese Social Media? No Problem, Says Government
An FP writer joined a surprisingly cheerful goodbye to an old coal town slated for demolition.
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Cambodian protesters burn Vietnamese flags during a protest in front of the Vietnamese embassy in Phnom Penh on October 8, 2014. Cambodian protesters demanded Vietnam to recognise that Kampuchea Krom, which is now a part of Vietnam, is Cambodia's former territory. AFP PHOTO/ TANG CHHIN SOTHY (Photo credit should read TANG CHHIN SOTHY/AFP/Getty Images) Cambodia Wants China as Its Neighborhood Bully
Phnom Penh's pivot toward Beijing has less to do with the United States than hatred for Vietnam.
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ZAOZHUANG, CHINA - JANUARY 03: A traffic policeman regulates traffic in heavy smog on January 3, 2017 in Zaozhuang, China. Anhui issues an orange alert of fog at 11 a.m. on Tuesday. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images) What It’s Like to Live Where It’s Not Even Safe to Breathe
Locals were once outraged about China's poisonous air — now it’s disturbingly normal.
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1024px-grosser_panda Lessons for the South China Sea From International Experience in the Arctic
The recent row between the Chinese and the U.S. navies over an unmanned underwater vehicle is a glimpse of an evolving problem, which the new administration in the White House must address.
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xi_trump Trump and Xi Need a Timeout
A mutually agreed-upon diplomatic break would allow both leaders to focus on making their countries great again.
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silk-road-crop All Aboard China’s ‘New Silk Road’ Express
China’s railway from the Pacific to London showcases the country's turn toward Europe at a time of tension with the United States.
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rong_lead The Fading American Dreams of China’s Most Notorious ‘Snakehead’
Before she died in prison, Sister Ping smuggled thousands of migrants from an obscure Chinese county to U.S. shores. Some now wish they'd never left.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 05: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange prepares to speak from the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy where he continues to seek asylum following an extradition request from Sweden in 2012, on February 5, 2016 in London, England. The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has insisted that Mr Assange's detention should be brought to an end. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) SitRep: BREAKING: Trump Says He Believes Assange; Rips U.S. Intel Community; Mattis to Capitol Hill, Voices Support for F-35
Carrier Heading to Pacific; Water Wars; Turkey and Russia in Syria; And Lots More
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BEIJING - FEBRUARY 1972: U.S. President Richard Nixon (L) toasts with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai (R) during his trip to China in February 1972. (Photo by AFP/Getty Images) History Shows Beijing Won’t Budge an Inch on Taiwan
Trump might want to use the island as a bargaining chip - but for China, it's a matter of principle
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A man watches a television screen reporting news of North Korea's latest submarine-launched ballistic missile test at a railway station in Seoul on August 25, 2016. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un declared a recent submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) test the "greatest success", Pyongyang's state media said on August 25. / AFP / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: North Korean Missiles and Trump Tweets; U.S. Commandos in the Baltics
China Keeping Powder Dry For Now; ISIS in Mosul, Istanbul; and Baghdad; And Lots More
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Review: “Powerplay,” by Victor Cha
The book successfully answers its central question: Why aren’t America’s Asian alliances built the same as in Europe?
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stories The Stories You Missed in 2016
From China's bubble to Russia's undersea drones, here are big stories around the world that flew under the radar this year.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Here, Have Some 2017 New Year’s Resolutions, Countries
If the world follows these New Year’s resolutions, 2017 will be a lot less awful than 2016.
