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Joe Biden’s inaugural address this Wednesday must use four words early and often: “Make America great again.” Not to troll Trump, but to reach out to his supporters and renew faith in A… → Read More
I thought Democrats would never disappoint me more than in 2004 when they couldn’t beat a president who’d lost the popular vote four years earlier, turned → Read More
In late-1990s Hong Kong, Ellen Bork was my tennis partner. Yes, the daughter of US Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork, already a prominent conservative → Read More
Ahead of its 1997 return to China, Hong Kong was the center of the universe. Freedom vs Communism, the sun setting on the British Empire, a skyrocketing → Read More
At the White House on Monday, CBS News reporter Weijia Jiang broke a cardinal rule of journalism and played into the Trump administration’s narrative when → Read More
Economic and political challenges make Beijing nervous, potentially threatening Macau’s flow of mainland visitors. → Read More
China uses the financial muscle of government, business and consumers to reward friends and punish enemies. U.S. owned casinos may feel the sting. → Read More
Ho's Monte Carlo of the East is thriving but his casino business SJM continues to struggle, and its latest changes may make things worse. → Read More
May revenue below expectations won’t derail a stellar year in the global casino capital. → Read More
Proposed casino restrictions in Japan are a disappointment to international gaming companies vying for a share of the industry -- but far worse news is hidden in plain sight. → Read More
Renowned resort architect says creating a destination enhances all of its pieces. Japan, considering casino legalization, should feature local ingenuity. → Read More
Founder’s exit doesn’t end the story for Wynn Macau and especially Wynn Resorts. → Read More
Imperial Pacific International controlling shareholder loses her place among Hong Kong’s richest but not her faith in U.S. Pacific island. → Read More
Celebrated authors Jung Chang and Lijia Zhang view China from dramatically different angles based on their divergent backgrounds and vantage points → Read More
A sampler of Indonesian comedian Sakdiyah Ma’ruf’s best jokes on extremism, polygamy and - of course - sex as compiled by Asia Times → Read More
The Cheng family fortune stems from the wide-ranging New World conglomerate and Chow Tai Fook, the world’s largest jewelry chain. However, the biggest piece of Henry Cheng’s $1.3 billion fortune comes from halfway around the world. → Read More
Lawrence Ho got a more than $1.2 billion boost to his wealth over the past year as Macau’s casinos continued their strong recovery. But this likely means less to him, at age 40, than asserting more control over his empire. → Read More
Marina Mahathir, the daughter of a former Malaysian prime minister, has championed a reinterpretation of the Koran's passages on women → Read More
Longstanding market assumptions that political leaderships in Macau and Beijing prefer mass to high-end gambling look dubious with a recent surge in VIP earnings → Read More
Venetian Macao founder Sheldon Adelson's vision to convert a disused Macau landfill into Asia's version of the Las Vegas Strip has paid off in spades ... but it wasn't easy → Read More