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Aid and development links: dengue vaccine, refugees and wages probe, jargon and more

The world’s first dengue fever vaccine, which in clinical trials has prevented up to 93% of severe dengue cases in people aged 6-45, is about to be released in Mexico, the…

North Korea's nuclear test not all bad news for China

Media attention since North Korea's nuclear test yesterday has been focused on the veracity of its claims to have exploded a thermonuclear device or 'hydrogen bomb'. This is…

Why China's next aircraft carrier will be based on Soviet blueprints

China has at last formally acknowledged that it has a new aircraft carrier under construction, the first to be built in China and the second in the People's Liberation Army-Navy…

Tech bubbles and unicorpses: New risks for the new year

Well, we seem to have scraped through the oft-predicted economic crises of 2015. The financial markets spent the past year worried about the US Fed raising its policy interest…

Pacific links: Fiji's budget, Ok Tedi restructure, renewables, holiday reading and more

Matthew Dornan takes a look at Fiji’s 2016 budget. He notes that while the overall economic situation in Fiji is sound, the major policy reversals and long list of ad hoc…

IMF reforms pass Congress but too late to salvage US leadership credentials

The US Congress has finally passed long awaited IMF governance reforms. President Obama claimed it as a victory for the White House that will strengthen 'America's leadership of…

Pacific Island links: COP21, New Caledonian nickel, PNG education system and more

The outcomes of the Paris climate change talks have been praised by Pacific Island leaders. PNG’s Minister for National Planning, Charles Abel, spoke to Pacific Beat about the…

How China's world views are manifested in the South China Sea

With the ongoing controversy over China's activities in the South China Sea. it is timely to explore how Chinese worldviews play out in practice. In particular, how they underpin…

Aid & development links: financing COP 21, microlending, Australia's MYEFO and more

COP 21 is over with a deal that has been heralded by world leaders as 'the best chance we have to save the one planet we have', while the expert consensus is that it 'has landed…

The Korea FTA, one year on: Those touting the benefits are cherrypicking results

Happy first birthday to the Korean Free Trade Agreement (KAFTA), which came into effect on 12 December last year. At the time, Trade Minister Andrew Robb said: KAFTA will…

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