Smaller than a parking space: Is time up for Hong Kong’s nano-flats?

LIVING in nano flats – tiny apartments less than 200 sq ft – has fast become the norm in overcrowded Hong Kong. More than 500 units are expected...

Sara Antoinette, Marie Netanyahu

An independent trip by the prime minister’s wife at the state’s expense, such as Mrs. Netanyahu’s current one to Guatemala, is unprecedented

Hanging cedar orb signals arrival of seasonal sake

When sake brewers start the "shikomi" (mashing) process for the season's new sake, they hang a green orb, called "sugidama" or "sakabayashi," under...

How to build resilient cities without wrecking the environment

Cities can be designed in a way to imitate nature with solutions that are an integral part of the urban system. This can include dedicated areas of...

Out of Illusion, Weakness: Liberalism and Its Blind Spots

Can small-l liberalism survive in an ever-more illiberal world? This question is becoming progressively more acute, as the liberal ‘core’ is...

How Hong Kong has become a pawn in US-imposed trade war

Hong Kong officials have long warned that the city could be caught in the middle of a trade war between the United States and China. It now looks...

A Monty Python madhouse in Westminster

In the eleventh hour, British PM Theresa May recoiled to delay a decision on her Brexit deal. The move may save her government for the time being...

Governments slam the door on China telecom goods

Mao's nuclear libido

By Lee Seong-hyon When the Truman administration in 1945 dropped two nuclear bombs on Japan, Mao Zedong's reaction was uncommon. He belittled the...

Zimska pravljica. Za otroke

Prvi dobri mož Miklavž je odklenil decembrsko parado zimzelenih vej in celofana in kamorkoli se ozreš, samo še otroci z darili. Otroci, itak,...

Where does the Palestinian resistance go after that UN vote?

The world has become accustomed to seeing the US stand by injustice and occupation in all international forums and even on the battlefield. Hence,...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn's genius more relevant than ever

On December 11, the Nobel laureate and last great giant of Russian literature would have turned 100. Critic Victor Yerofeyev says despite a grave...

Math doesn’t add up in deal for N.Y. Amazon HQ

NEW YORK — New York officials tout their deal to land a new Amazon headquarters as can’t-miss math. The city and state put up $2.8 billion in...

Book Review: Indian Nuclear Policy

Indian Nuclear Policy. 2018. Oxford University Press. By Harsh Pant and Yogesh Joshi. May 2018 marked the twentieth anniversary of India’s breakout...

Cómo evitar que los bancos del futuro permitan crear cuentas con identidades falsas

Hace poco, una de las compañías pioneras en Europa, que entregó la primera tarjeta de crédito de forma remota, puso en alerta a todo el...

US-listed firm seeks to hire 100,000 Filipino English teachers

RANKED second best in Asia on Education First's English Proficiency Index, the Philippines is a popular country for international recruiters.  The...

Canada must resist Chinese pressure over Huawei arrest

The War on Huawei

NEW YORK – The arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou is a dangerous move by US President Donald Trump’s administration in its intensifying conflict...

Why countries are opposing the Global Compact for Migration

The GCM is a voluntary, non-binding global agreement setting out a common framework, shared principles and best practices on international...

China’s Boldest Experiment

BEIJING – Forty years ago this month, China’s leaders set the country on a path of reform that has produced the most dramatic economic...

What France’s ‘yellow vests’ can teach Hong Kong activists

Shots of tear gas ring out on a major thoroughfare. Protesters roar as they disperse from a phalanx of riot police. Waves of yellow ripple from the...

The Macron Implosion – Will it Spread to Other EU Members?

The Yellow Vest Movement – weekend 8 and 9 December – Round 4. Some say, they are the worst riots in France since the student-driven...

Beware, Income Disparity is among the Leading Global Trends

It’s hardly a secret that there was an abrupt increase in income disparity pretty much all across the globe in the period from 1980 to 2017, as it...

Anti-Semites for Zion, Then and Now

Google’s China problem is America’s China problem

WASHINGTON – When Google employees first learned of the company’s project known as Dragonfly, there was an internal uprising. It is easy to see...

Market turbulence: look to China, not flimsy trade truce or the Fed

Another week, another tumultuous spell of trading in financial markets. Last Monday, the benchmark S&P 500 index joined a global rally in stocks in...

Abe’s cavalier attitude is killing Diet’s watchdog role over power

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration, which is supported by a dominant ruling coalition, again exhibited disturbingly high-handed behavior...

Seeking protection for the Palestinians at the UN empowers the criminals

The debate on whether Palestinians should be granted international protection continues. Adalah’s November 2018 Report to the UN Independent...

What next for India's central bank?

The 2018 Elections and the Uncertain Future of Brazilian Democracy

The victory of Jair Messias Bolsonaro in the Brazilian 2018 elections casts a shadow over the future of Brazilian democracy. His candidacy was...

On Human Rights Day 2018, the embodiment of Palestinian rights is as remote as ever

Human Rights Day is celebrated on 10 December to remember the day that the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in...

Let’s Hope China Loses the Tech War With America

A world dominated by Chinese tech companies would be a world with far less privacy and far more censorship – Facebook’s abuses pale in comparison

Normalizing Japan-China ties poses risks

Japan and China are finally on track to put their relations on a normal path, following Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to China in late...

Is the GCC dead?

For the second time since the beginning of the Qatar blockade, 18 months ago, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit failed to bring together...

The Strengthening Case Against Trump

WASHINGTON, DC – Though he rarely admits even the slightest discontent with the job he schemed for in unprecedented ways and somewhat...

Dull Champions League group stage needs overhaul

As the final matchday of the 2018/19 Champions League group stage approaches, less than half of the groups have any genuine tension. With...

Reflections on the anniversary of the first Intifada

The first Intifada of 1987 to 1993 remains one of the most important stages of the Palestinian national struggle. The people of my generation, the...

India’s trade ties with China are taking time to bear up

NEW DELHI — China and India may be talking about improving their trade relationship but there is little action to go with the words. According to...

La digitalización: el futuro de la cadena de suministro

Durante siglos hemos descifrado la realidad basándonos en tres cosas: observaciones, análisis e ideas. El proceso de recolectar información,...

The Trump Administration’s Iran Obsession Encumbers US-China Trade Talks

Meng Wanzhou's arrest is just the latest example of an Iran fixation getting in the way of more important U.S. interests.

The Political Roots of Falling Wage Growth

NEW DELHI – It’s now official: workers around the world are falling behind. The International Labor Organization’s (ILO) latest Global Wage...

Condemning Khashoggi’s Killers

AMSTERDAM – The details of the brutal, premeditated murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi are astonishing. For starters, there is the...

Why yuan strength may be Trump’s best hope to shrink US trade deficit

US President Donald Trump may be a self-proclaimed “Tariff Man” but there’s no evidence from trade data that US levies on imports from China...

Broken Britain and how we can fix it

Unlike 'Inside the Tent' members of the ‘punditocracy,’ most of whom show no evidence of ever straying beyond London and the big metropolitan...

Results of Local Elections in Taiwan

We have noted on more than one occasion the growing prominence of Taiwan in all the aspects of the relationship between the two world powers....