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n perspective. ''Asia Times'' publishes in English and simplified Chinese.

History

The Hong Kong website is self-described successor to

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-based print newspaper ''Asia Times'' that was launched in 1995 and closed in mid-1997, using the domain asiatimes.com. ''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. 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, ''

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'' described ''Asia Times Online'' as "one of the most prominent of the nglish-languageregional publications" covering Asia. 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

and

... supported by bureaus in Seoul, Beijing, Singapore, and New York."

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