The Philippines' military, politicians and civil society must learn lessons from the Islamist attack that laid bloody siege to the city of Marawi, writes Joseph Franco.

A debate between the advantages of Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand and Japan has Taiwan come out looking alright.

The American president has spun around twice on the issue in the past two weeks.

With a growing population, increasing pollution, extreme weather events and ineffective government, Vietnam is due to face a watery calamity.

Ahead of a Girl Power Concert in Taichung, Esther Veronin traces her journey from starting out in Taiwan's male-dominated entertainment industry to becoming a feminist icon.

Suzhou's predominant groups of foreigners are staff employed by multinationals, university staff and independent traders.

Blaming China for America’s opioid crisis is a convenient but ultimately misguided attempt to avoid taking responsibility.

Amid the centenary of the largest mortality event in human history, understanding the origin and spread of Spanish Flu is more important than ever.

Chinese wine was once hardly better than pruno, but the country's vineyards are quickly coming up in the world.

Weibo failed to apologize for its ban on LGBT content and celebrating the reversal of its decision will do nothing to shake public apathy in China.

Justin Mitchell's new book is dirty, witty and deeply personal.

Even though Indonesian farmer households have low incomes, the proportion of their income allocated to smoking is alarmingly high.

Benny Tai's comments on the future possibility of self-determination for people and places in Greater China was nothing new but Beijing's reaction frames new limits on freedom of speech in Hong Kong.

Bangladesh is the first to ask Saudi Arabia for help pushing back forms of Islam perpetrated by the Saudis themselves.

Taiwan lets itself down when it comes to broadcasting its merits and opportunities online.

North Korea is orchestrating a multinational merry-go-round amid fears it is merely playing for time.

As Guatemala goes to the polls over a border dispute with Belize, Taiwan's economic diplomacy with one of its few remaining diplomatic allies comes into question.

Taxes on imports won't just disturb the economies of the two industrial giants.