Asia Times Online is a bilingual English

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‒Chinese, Internet

Internet

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-based newspaper covering geopolitics

Geopolitics

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, politics

Politics

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, economics

Economics

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 and business

Business

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 "from an Asia

Asia

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n perspective". Asia Times Online was created in 1999 and sees itself as the successor to Sondhi Limthongkul

Sondhi Limthongkul

Sondhi Limthongkul is a Thai media mogul and leader of the right-wing People's Alliance for Democracy . He was elected for leader of the New Politics Party ....

's Asia Times

Asia Times

Asia Times was a newspaper launched in Thailand by Thai tycoon Sondhi Limthongkul in 1995. The newspaper hired talent from around the world to produce a regional English-language newspaper....

that closed in 1997.

Creation

Asia Times Online was created early in 1999 as a successor in "publication policy and editorial outlook" to the Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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/Bangkok

Bangkok

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-based daily printed newspaper Asia Times

Asia Times

Asia Times was a newspaper launched in Thailand by Thai tycoon Sondhi Limthongkul in 1995. The newspaper hired talent from around the world to produce a regional English-language newspaper....

, owned by Thai

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

 media mogul and leader of the People's Alliance for Democracy

People's Alliance for Democracy

The People's Alliance for Democracy also called the National Liberation Alliance - กลุ่มพันธมิตรกู้ชาติ, Thai Patriots Network or the Yellow Shirts - เสื้อเหลือง - was originally a coalition of protesters against Thaksin Shinawatra, the former Prime Minister of Thailand. Its leaders include...

 Sondhi Limthongkul

Sondhi Limthongkul

Sondhi Limthongkul is a Thai media mogul and leader of the right-wing People's Alliance for Democracy . He was elected for leader of the New Politics Party ....

, that closed in mid 1997, a week before the devaluation of Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

's baht kicked off the Asian financial crisis. Asia Times Online is incorporated and registered in Hong Kong and is owned by Sondhi Limthongkul. Its revenues come from advertisements

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, an advertisement-free subscription service, and from selling content.

Readership

Asia Times claims to have about 100,000 unique readers every day and to be one of Asia's most popular news sites. The New York Times

The New York Times

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described Asia Times Online as "one of the most prominent of the [English-language] regional publications" covering Asia.

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