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Multinationals Prefer Investing in Nigeria, Argentina and Vietnam

By Stephanie Burnett

China: Vietnam Rammed Our Ships 1,400 Times

By Stephanie Burnett

China and U.S. Lock Horns Over Asia-Pacific Instability

By David Stout

The Questions We Don't Ask on Memorial Day

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The U.S. Is Finally Making a Friend of Vietnam

Washington's warm rapprochement with Hanoi is a reflection of the American desire to contain an increasingly bold and hawkish China. Some experts say relations have improved to the point where a lifting of the arms embargo on Vietnam is possible

By David Stout

Chinese Flee Vietnam Amid Violent Riots

Three more Chinese vessels are on their way in an evacuation operation being conducted in response to anti-Chinese violence last week over long-standing territorial disputes, one day after 290 Chinese citizens were flown out aboard two chartered planes

By Per Liljas

Vietnamese PM: Fight On for the Fatherland, Just Do It Legally

Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party appears to be in damage control after an orgy of violence led to the destruction of hundreds of foreign-owned factories across the country, with Chinese businesses particularly in the crosshairs

By David Stout

Anti-China Riots in Vietnam Leave at Least 21 Dead

Protests against China's territorial ambitions in the South China Sea have spread to central Vietnam, where more factories have been torched. Hundreds of ethnic Chinese have fled the country

By Per Liljas

The Last Time China Got Into a Fight With Vietnam, It Was a Disaster

Current Sino-Vietnamese tensions are merely the latest in a series of bitter conflicts between the two countries. The last time Hanoi and Beijing pushed each other to the brink, tens of thousands perished

By David Stout

Vietnamese Protesters Torch Factories in Anti-China Unrest

In a sign of growing anti-Beijing sentiment, Vietnamese demonstrators set fire to 15 Taiwan-, South Korean– and other foreign-owned factories because they mistook them for Chinese enterprises

By Emily Rauhala / Beijing

China Is Already Acting Like a Superpower

As Beijing appears to be openly enforcing territorial claims in the South China Sea, following a skirmish with Vietnam over a Chinese oil rig that left six people injured, one expert says a historic "moment of confrontation" has arrived

By David Stout

The Vietnamese and Filipinos Throw a Beach Party, but China Isn't Invited

A day of beer, music and volleyball is being held on a disputed South China Sea island to prove a point: that China's territorial aggressiveness isn't winning it any friends.

By Michelle Arrouas

Jet Search Deepens Tensions

Officials in several Asian countries are frustrated with Malaysia's handling of the hunt, with questions of why there’s so much contradictory information

By Francis Wade / Phu Quoc, Vietnam

Official Denies Jet Flew Longer

Malaysia's defense minister denies U.S. investigators' claims that missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 flew for hours after it left radar screens

By Charlie Campbell

Chinese Satellites Spot Debris

A series of satellite images released by the Chinese government may offer the first solid leads in the 5-day hunt for a vanished Malaysia Airlines 777

By Denver Nicks

Crowd-Sourcing Jet Search

U.S. satellite company calls on Internet users to assist in poring over images of Gulf of Thailand in search for lost flight

By David Stout

Search Expanded for Missing Malaysian Airlines Flight

Investigators look into possibility that missing plane turned back

By Charlie Campbell

Traded to Extinction: Portraits of Poaching in Asia

Bangkok-based photographer Patrick Brown spent more than 10 years documenting the underbelly of the illegal wildlife trade in Asia

By Bryan Walsh

Death Row Executive Outs Senior Vietnamese Communist Official in Court

All while his brother rocks the stand in Black Flag t-shirt

By David Stout

Pictures of the Week: October 11 - October 18

From the last days of the government shutdown and the Muslim holy festival Eid al-Adha to Banksy's continuing "residency" in the streets of New York and ecological reptile wrestling, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

By Phil Bicker
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