Asia and Pacific
Documentary trailer: The Act of Killing
I'm sorry to spring this disturbing trailer on readers as you wind down for the weekend (a long weekend in Australia), but this film looks too astonishing not to share. Here's…
Sydney's new airport: A nod to Asia?
One of my favourite online distractions, ArchDaily, yesterday posted a photo spread on Gibraltar's glorious new airport.
This got me thinking about the two-decade debate over a…
Xayaburi Dam's domino effect?
There is increasing concern among commentators charting the Mekong's future that the Lao Government's decision to proceed with the construction of a dam on the mainstream of the…
China's demographic turning point
Back in mid-2010, I wrote a lengthy post looking at the possible link between labour unrest in China and the so-called 'Lewisian turning point'. Last week, we got another…
Unfriending: Japanese public opinion on China
Matthew Linley is an Assistant Professor at Temple University, Japan.
The past few months have seen a number of problems in the Japan-China relationship. Numerous commentators…
Reader riposte: The China narrative
Chris Williams writes on one of the items in yesterday's China Linkage:
Dirk van der Kley's China linkage is commendable to provide a clearer perspective to geopolitical…
Floods: Jakarta's infrastructure deficit
Last week's floods in Jakarta illustrate that the private sector can provide valuable public goods, available free of charge to just about anyone. If you wanted to see how hard it…
China linkage: Corruption protests, Beijing smog, China in Africa, Japan relations and more
Dirk van der Kley is a Research Associate in the Lowy Institute's East Asia Program.
As Japan woos Vietnam amid tense relations with China, Asahi Shimbun warns Shinzo Abe not…
Reader riposte: Rudd's Pax Pacifica
Luke Maynard writes:
Hugh White's final blog post of 2012 was characteristic in its effort to sketch the boundaries of Asia's strategic future while remaining firmly rooted in…
Hague: Asian century or global century?
You may have heard by now that UK Foreign Secretary William Hague is cutting short his Australia visit because of the hostage crisis in Algeria (Prime Minister Cameron, too, is…