Asian Times On-Line.www.atimes.com Asian Times On-Line (ATOL) is a major portal for news throughout the Asian continent. The site is the successor to the daily Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. newspaper Asian Times that collapsed due to the Asian financial crisis of the late-1990s. They maintain offices in Hong Kong and Bangkok. While Asian Times On-Line is largely oriented o·ri·ent n. 1. Orient The countries of Asia, especially of eastern Asia. 2. a. The luster characteristic of a pearl of high quality. b. A pearl having exceptional luster. 3. to U.S. business readership, it has many unique perspectives on Asian developments. As their website attests: "We look at these issues from an Asian perspective; this distinguishes us from the mainstream English-language media." ATOL is also available in a Chinese-language edition (www.asiatimes-chinese.com). ATOL sports correspondents in 13 Asian countries Noun 1. Asian country - any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent Asian nation country, land, state - the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" , including the Indian subcontinent Indian subcontinent, region, S central Asia, comprising the countries of Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh and the Himalayan states of Nepal, and Bhutan. Sri Lanka, an island off the southeastern tip of the Indian peninsula, is often considered a part of the subcontinent. and Central Asia, and reprints articles from a number of local publications throughout the continent. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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