2022/11/04 |
European Lawmakers Visit Taiwan, Taking Different Path from Scholz
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz set out on a high-profile visit to Beijing while lawmakers from seven European countries and the European Union were winding up a show of solidarity in Taiwan.
2022/07/28 |
What’s Next for China’s Economy?
China’s economy shrunk from April to June compared to the first three months of the year.
2022/10/14 |
China Probes Its Neighbors’ Defenses as Regional Tensions Rise
Beijing has territorial claims against Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan and is using “salami-slicing” military and economic tactics in its efforts to assume control of the strategically important areas.
2022/07/22 |
China Pushes to Quell Protests Over Billion-dollar Banking Scandal
The scandal has drawn national attention as Beijing is struggling to maintain economic growth in the face of President Xi Jinping's commitment to a zero-Covid policy that has prompted widespread lockdowns and a resulting economic slowdown.
2022/07/04 |
Taking on Cambodia’s “Lady Liberty”
The American human rights lawyer sentenced to six years in a Phnom Penh prison may cause Hun Sen no end of trouble.
2022/03/14 |
Chinese Premier to Step Down ahead of Leadership Change
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang compared the increasingly difficult task of managing the economy to climbing a high mountain with “less oxygen.”
2022/08/31 |
Ukraine Lawmaker Questions Kyiv’s Strategic Partnership With Beijing
The lawmaker says Ukraine should reconsider its strategic partnership formed a decade ago with China, a key Russian ally.
2022/05/19 |
Are European Academics Helping China’s Military?
An investigation has found that European researchers have cooperated with China's National University of Defense Technology, whose purpose is to “Strengthen the Armed Forces and the Nation.”
2022/02/16 |
Myanmar Issue Hardens Divisions in ASEAN
Analysts said a troika had emerged made up of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei, which share religious sympathies with the Muslim Rohingya and have opposed bringing the Myanmar junta into ASEAN after it was banned from attending its summits in response to the coup.
2022/09/02 |
Biden to Name Arctic Ambassador as China Eyes Region
The United States and Nordic nations are growing wary of the risks of China's expanding influence in the Arctic. China considers itself a “near-Arctic state.”
2022/03/02 |
Why Xi Jinping Is Still Willing To Wear the Costs of Zero-Covid
Surging cases, faltering health infrastructure, and a wave of self-isolation in China could produce more acute labor shortages and supply chain disruptions than zero-Covid.
2022/04/28 |
Philippines Elections: Why Are People Wearing Pink?
Colors have a great significance in Philippine elections. Pink is new on the scene, competing against the seasoned red, yellow, and blue.
2022/09/24 |
Marcos Government Slashes Funding for Historical Preservation
Amid accusations of historical distortion, the Marcos government has stoked fears of re-writing history books as it cuts the budget for archiving and culture.
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2022/01/13 |
An Alternative Reading of PRC History: ‘Revolution and Counterrevolution in China’
‘Revolution and Counterrevolution’ makes a powerful argument against the tendency to see 1978 as a concrete dividing line between two different Chinas.
2022/09/30 |
Myanmar: A Desperate Junta Trying, and Failing, To Shore up Its Legitimacy
Aung San Suu Kyi’s Australian economic adviser was sentenced to three years in prison. It won’t help the Myanmar junta’s international isolation or its domestic problems.
2022/09/20 |
What Does Biden Mean on Taiwan?
When Washington doesn’t speak with one voice, its powers of strategic ambiguity are slowly chipped away.