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Asia Times (Chinese: 亞洲時報), formerly known as Asia Times Online, is a Hong Kong-based English language news media publishing group, covering politics, economics, business, and culture from an Asian perspective.[2] Asia Times publishes in English and simplified Chinese.
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History
[edit]The Hong Kong website is self-described successor to Bangkok-based print newspaper Asia Times that was launched in 1995 and closed in mid-1997, using the domain asiatimes.com.[3]
Asia Times Online was created early in 1999, at atimes.com, describing itself as a successor in "publication policy and editorial outlook" to the print newspaper Asia Times, owned by Sondhi Limthongkul, a Thai media mogul and leader of the People's Alliance for Democracy, who later sold his business.
The new publishing company is Asia Times Holdings Limited, incorporated and registered in Hong Kong.[4] Many reporters from the Asia Times print edition continued their careers as journalists, and a group of those contributors created Asia Times Online as a successor to the Asia Times. The word "Online" is no longer part of the website news portal.
In 2006, The New York Times described Asia Times Online as "one of the most prominent of the [English-language] regional publications" covering Asia.[5]
The site was relaunched with a new logo and design in October 2016 with Uwe Parpart as editor. Other executives include Cecil Ho, former chief financial officer of ReOrient Group Limited.
The site was again relaunched in February 2019 with a refreshed web design, multiple languages and a domain name change to asiatimes.com. According to its "About" page, Asia Times has "two main newsrooms and social media hubs ... in Bangkok and Hong Kong ... supported by bureaus in Seoul, Beijing, Singapore, and New York".[6]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "About Asia Times".
- ^ "About us — Bridging East and West". Asia Times. 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-05-13. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
- ^ "Asia Times". Small Wars Journal. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
- ^ "Asia Times Trademark of Asia Times Online (Holdings) Limited – Registration Number 4691772 – Serial Number 86328077". Justia. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
- ^ England, Vaudine (2006-05-28). "Asia's English readers miss in-depth media — Business — International Herald Tribune". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2014-12-18. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
- ^ "About Asia Times". Asia Times. 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
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[edit]Asia Times
View on GrokipediaAsia Times is a Hong Kong-based English-language digital news outlet owned by Asia Times Holdings Limited, specializing in in-depth coverage of Asian politics, business, economics, culture, geopolitics, and military affairs from an independent perspective positioned as an alternative to mainstream Western media narratives.[1][2]
Founded on December 6, 1995, as a printed broadsheet newspaper by Thai media entrepreneur Sondhi Limthongkul, the publication encountered financial difficulties amid the 1997 Asian financial crisis, leading to a suspension of print operations and a pivot to online format before a full relaunch in 2016 under new management as one of the region's largest pan-Asia English-language news platforms with over 100 staff and millions of global readers.[1][3][4]
Notable for contributors like economist David P. Goldman writing under the pseudonym "Spengler" and its emphasis on geo-economics and China's role in global affairs, Asia Times maintains a reputation for factual reporting despite operating in Hong Kong's declining press freedom environment, where self-censorship risks arise from Beijing's influence, though it has been assessed as minimally biased overall.[1][5][2]
