2023/03/22 |
Xi Ends Trip to Russia as China Grows More Emboldened
Despite Xi’s efforts to present China as a peacemaker in Russia’s war in Ukraine, some observers said Beijing’s priority is not for the war to come to an end. Instead, the main importance for China is to ensure the Russian regime remains in power.
2023/03/17 |
What Does It Mean if Micronesia Switches Recognition From China to Taiwan?
How does a potential switch in recognition fit into Taiwan’s broader diplomatic efforts?
2023/03/02 |
Bangladesh Reassesses Its Belt and Road Initiative Strategy With China as the US Offers a New Alternative
The economic troubles faced by Pakistan and Sri Lanka have prompted Bangladesh to reassess its involvement in BRI-related infrastructure projects.
2023/03/21 |
How Sex Trafficking Survivors in India Find New Meaning in Life
Human trafficking is the second largest organized crime in India after drug trafficking. It’s particularly prevalent in the eastern regions of the country, which face extreme weather events like cyclones and floods.
2023/03/13 |
Could Myanmar Be Implicated in Russia’s War Against Ukraine?
The head of Ukraine’s defense intelligence says Russia is buying weapons via third countries, and Myanmar might be one of them.
2023/03/10 |
Taiwan’s Climate Tipping Point Film Festival, an Inspiring Call For Urgent Action
Originally launched in 2013 under the name Nuclear Film Festival, the biannual event has been renamed to reflect its broader focus on global heating and the need for systemic change to mitigate its effects.
2023/03/03 |
Protecting Domestic Workers in Indonesia
In Indonesia, very few domestic workers are registered in the social services system, which denies them access to unemployment benefits, life insurance, and a pension.
2023/03/01 |
China Said To Ask Domestic Firms To Shun Big Four Accountants
Beijing is concerned that the audits might give access to information about the problems of the state-owned enterprises that they regard as sensitive, analysts say.
2023/03/10 |
China Hands Xi Jinping Historic Third Term as President
Xi was unanimously voted to serve a third term as the president and commander of the 2 million-member People’s Liberation Army.
2023/03/20 |
Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank Has Chinese Startups Worried
The now-failed SVB served roughly 2,200 clients in China and advised government regulators who were eager to build the country’s tech sector.
2023/03/16 |
Veteran Hong Kong Labor Rights Activist Arrested on Suspicion of Foreign Collusion
Elizabeth Tang, a veteran Hong Kong labor activist, was arrested after she visited her husband Lee Cheuk Yan, who’s in jail for organizing and participating in several unauthorized assemblies between 2019 and 2020.
2023/03/25 |
Xi and Putin Meeting Signals the Return of the China-Russia Axis and the Start of a Second Cold War
China’s and Russia’s roles have been reversed, and their ambitions restored — not in the name of communist ideology, but in light of an aggressive, militarist nationalism that animates both regimes.
2023/03/16 |
The Changing Face of Chinese Governance
During his first two terms in office, Xi sent signals that created a range of mixed incentives that will guide Chinese governance over the next five years.
2023/03/24 |
Thailand’s Cannabis Policy Experiment
Cannabis decriminalization is seen as a way to attract tourists, especially young adults, but conservative groups are questioning whether cannabis users are the kinds of tourists Thailand should want.
2023/03/09 |
Crackdown, Financial Constraints Limit Myanmar Protests
Donations to anti-government organizations have gradually dropped, but living costs and expenses for protests are rising.
2023/03/15 |
Japan and South Korea: A Logical but Uneasy Alignment
Is a compensation deal to right colonial-era wrongs part of a strategic shift towards rapprochement?
2023/03/23 |
Chinese Capital’s Population Declines for First Time Since 2003
In January, China announced it had entered an “era of negative population growth,” after figures showed a historic drop in the number of people for the first time in six decades.
2023/03/06 |
The Sky Is No Longer the Limit: Australia and East Asia in Space
East Asia offers an example of the enduring power and role of government, in which the Government-Space business relationship is well positioned to ensure the industry’s growth is sustainable, not just driven by private interests.