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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 24, 2013
Politically bankrupt China dare not tolerate a free press
The practice of journalism in China, a country where 30 practitioners are in prison, has never been easy. During 2013, it has become a great deal harder.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 23, 2013
Do international rules apply only to weaker countries?
China's Nov. 23 declaration of an air defense identification zone extending to territories it does not control and America's Dec. 12 arrest, strip-search and handcuffing of a New York-based Indian woman diplomat epitomize these powers' unilateralist tendencies, demonstrating that universal conformity to a rules-based international order still seems distant,
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 21, 2013
Chinese security official set to fall
Communist Party authorities are investigating a vice minister of public security, part of a widening anti-corruption campaign that could ensnare higher leaders and reverberate across the party's top ranks.
EDITORIALS
Dec 20, 2013
Cyber-attack probe inconclusive
The Metropolitan Police Department has given up on its investigation of a 2010 cyber-attack against Japan's biggest defense contractor, unable to confirm the source of the attack.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 20, 2013
The trouble with China's Troubled-Asset Relief
It is becoming increasingly apparent that the massive economic-stimulus package that China's government launched in the midst of the global recession has generated significant risk for China's banking system.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 19, 2013
Hope for reform in North Korea may have died
The chances of Deng Xiaoping-styled reform in North Korea may have just died along with the regimes No. 2 leader, Jang Song Thaek.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 17, 2013
China's problem with Kim Jong Un
Last week's dramatic execution of Kim Jong Un's uncle — the China-friendly Jang Song Thaek — should prompt Chinese President Xi Jinping to all he can to rein in the vindictive, unpredictable Kim.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 16, 2013
Long reform march from China's Third Plenum
Although China's leadership succession was completed earlier this year, the policy agenda for the coming decade has only just been revealed at its Third Plenum.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Dec 15, 2013
China manages soft landing on moon
China completed the first soft landing on the moon's surface in 37 years Saturday, becoming only the third country to pull off the feat.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Dec 14, 2013
China's ADIZ steals show at Japan-ASEAN celebratory summit
The special session of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations that took place in Tokyo on Saturday was designed to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Japan's diplomatic relations with the Southeast Asian countries.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 14, 2013
North propagandists don't mince words
The scribes at North Korea's official news agency have long elevated hyperbole into an art form, but even by their high standards, last week's pronouncement was something special.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 14, 2013
Japan, ASEAN tie up on flight rights
Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations agreed Saturday to bolster cooperation on ensuring "the freedom of overflight and civil aviation safety," alluding to the risks posed by China's new air defense identification zone over the East China Sea.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 13, 2013
Abe, Biden reaffirm sticking together on China air zone
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Vice President Joe Biden reaffirmed during a teleconference Thursday that Japan and the U.S. will strengthen cooperation in addressing China's air defense identification zone, according to a Japanese official and the White House.
WORLD
Dec 13, 2013
China pilots to learn smog landings
Chinese aviation authorities will soon require captains of domestic flights into Beijing to master low-visibility landings to combat chronic flight delays that have been worsened by heavy smog.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 12, 2013
Malaysia's Najib, Abe discuss China air zone
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, during talks Thursday with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, showed his "understanding" of Japan's deep concern over China's newly declared air defense identification zone in the East China Sea, a Japanese official who attended the meeting said.
EDITORIALS
Dec 11, 2013
Japan's future path with India
The Abe administration appears inclined to use Japan's relationship with India for expediency — as a means of checking China — when it should be cultivating longer-range cooperative ties.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 10, 2013
U.S. moves embolden China
China's Nov. 23 declaration of an air defense identification zone extending to territories it does not control is just the latest example of its jurisdictional creep that reflects a larger strategy to supplant the U.S. as the preeminent power in Asia.

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