Democracy

The world’s feeble response to the bloody events of 1997 directly influences the situation we see today in Cambodia.

Hong Kong's democracy movement is pondering its next move as voters lose hope at the ballot box.

Cambodia may be transitioning to a new Chinese-inspired model of government.

Changes to Facebook's news feed will likely benefit users, advertisers and maybe even journalism.

Taiwan is spinning pirouettes while the rest of the region plods towards authoritarianism, according to a Freedom House report.

Social media has transformed from a pro-democracy beacon to a powerful tool for meddling in elections.

If Taiwan is so outclassed militarily, why should Taipei bother with military expenditures at all?

Lee Ming-che's sentencing to five years in prison in China for the crime of 'subversion has had a marked chilling effect on the actions and communications of Taiwan's NGOs. The case also suggests Taiwan's wider population faces an insidious dilemma: whether or not to self-censor. 

As Xi Jinping uses his personality to centralize power, he may be more willing to take risks.

For civil society to help save Southeast Asian democracy, its educational mission will need to loom as large as its organizational one.

An artist and political activist was standing alone before the Parliament House, holding a mirror as an act of performance art. He was led away by the police and detained until he posted bail the next day.

The protest saw violence against students from members of the Chinese Unification Promotion Party and the Concentric Patriotic Association, pro-unification groups with a history of political violence against pro-independence demonstrators, members of the Falun Gong and others.

Lee Ming-che at the trial confessed to 'spreading malicious articles and speech attacking the current Chinese Communist Party and government' and 'writing articles that were intended to defame the system and subvert state power.'

Thailand’s army grabbed power in 2014 and has remained in power through a constitution it drafted. The country's media struggles to challenge those in power.

The percentage of people around the world who hold a favorable perception of China declined from 48 per cent in 2007 to 40 per cent in 2016.

Joshua Wong, Alex Chow and Nathan Law are being described as Hong Kong’s ‘first political prisoners’ after being sent to prison for actions in the days before the 2014 Umbrella Movement.

Secretary of State Tillerson has already indicated that the State Department is considering dropping 'democracy' from its global mission. On Tuesday, he kept his word.

What Hun Sen fears most is the ultimate power of political democracy.