2022/07/26 |
Dizzy With Success: Xi Consolidates Repression in Xinjiang
An “inspection tour” signals Beijing’s odious grip on the region and determination to control people’s identity.
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.
2022/07/21 |
China, India Vie for Influence in Sri Lanka Amid Economic Turmoil
Sri Lanka — with its strategic location at the crossroads of busy shipping routes — has become an arena of geopolitical rivalry and maritime competition between India and China.
2022/07/20 |
What a Waste! Japan’s Food Sustainability Challenge
Imported food has an environmental cost. A nationwide effort is needed to drastically cut the amount discarded.
2022/07/19 |
Thailand Sets 2028 Target To Finish High-speed Rail Link With China
Thailand’s new goal to finish the railway line from Bangkok to the Lao border is feasible but may be more of a political statement, analysts say.
2022/07/15 |
Dignity at the Margins: Exploring Kosovo Through a Taiwanese Lens
Like Taiwan, Kosovo is a partially recognized country—but what does that mean for everyday life? When statehood falls into question, the mundane becomes less so.
2022/07/15 |
US Beefs up South Pacific Aid, Diplomacy as China Spreads Its Influence
Washington intends to return the U.S. Peace Corps to Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, and Vanuatu, citing progress toward reestablishing a U.S. Agency for International Development regional mission for the Pacific in Fiji.
2022/07/14 |
Can India Tackle Its Population Challenge?
Around 22% of the global workforce over the next three decades is expected to come from India. Experts say unemployment in the country will be “a huge problem” if more skilled workers are not trained.
2022/07/13 |
Can Egg Freezing Crack Singapore’s Demographic Decline?
Singaporean women and demographic observers may have cause for celebration, but medical technology does not present the ideal solution to what is, at heart, a social problem.
2022/07/12 |
Shinzo Abe’s Killing: The History of Political Violence in Japan
Shinzo Abe’s murder is the latest political attack in Japan, a country which has strict gun laws.
2022/07/11 |
Japan Conservatives Eye Constitutional Revision After Election Win
Political forces supporting a constitutional revision have won two-thirds of seats in the upper house of the parliament.
2022/07/08 |
Shinzo Abe: The Legacy of Japan’s Former Prime Minister
The former prime minister has died after being shot in the city of Nara. Shinzo Abe resigned from the top post in 2020, but his legacy has had a lasting impact on everyday Japanese life and politics.
2022/07/08 |
Some Filipinos Think ‘Biased’ News Site Rappler Should Be Shut Down
At home, Rappler receives little support from Filipinos as journalists and fact-checkers become increasingly vulnerable to attacks from the government and political actors.
2022/07/07 |
Under Pressure: Chinese International Graduates In a New China
Uncertainty about Covid, high unemployment rates, and shifting workforce expectations challenge China’s youth in 2022.
2022/07/06 |
Who Will Win in Thailand’s Cannabis Industry?
Small farmers fear that a new cannabis bill will be written with the interests of large corporations in mind.
2022/07/05 |
South Korea Returns to Nuclear Power’s Warm Embrace
President Yoon Suk-yeol is going all in on nuclear power, both at home and abroad, marking a shift from his predecessor’s undecided approach.
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.
2022/07/01 |
UN Investigator Warns of Increased Violence in Myanmar
More than a quarter million children have been displaced by junta attacks, hundreds have been killed or maimed, and more than 1,400 arbitrarily detained, said the UN special rapporteur.