20 Jul 2018 6:00
Myanmar’s fourth estate
The trial of two Reuters reporters is a sign of a withering local press and the rise of social media rumourmongering.
Long reads
19 Jul 2018 14:30
Economic diplomacy brief: India ties, Labor on BRI
Infrastructure wars in Asia, a Japan-Europe deal, and the Varghese India report got a surprisingly low-profile launch.
19 Jul 2018 12:00
“Poor old” China meets “poor young” Africa
Population ageing in China opens a new window for African development – and the wider world should pay attention, too.
19 Jul 2018 10:00
North Korea also an intelligence test for Trump
Pyongyang, always keen observers, are seeking to bypass the US bureaucrats and appeal directly to Donald Trump.
19 Jul 2018 6:00
What has gone wrong in Cambodia?
In 1993 the international community allowed Hun Sen to remain the dominant political force, as he still is today.
18 Jul 2018 16:00
India’s demographic timebomb
Without a manufacturing base to provide mass employment, the country faces potholes on its growth journey.
18 Jul 2018 14:30
The Grey List: more trouble for Pakistan’s economy
Lax financial regulation sees Pakistan sanctioned, and also potentially reveal secret details of China’s mega projects.
18 Jul 2018 13:00
Aid links: an escape from the resource curse, more
Aid and the Thai cave rescue, postcards and rice, and a round-up of stories from the aid and development sector.
18 Jul 2018 11:30
Keep calm and carry on: a message to Trump critics
With two-and-a-half years still to go in Trump’s first term, this level of outrage just cannot be maintained.
21 Jun 2018 10:30
Moscow’s other navy
With equipment that appears almost James Bond–esque, Russia’s deep-sea fleet is potential hidden menace.
25 Jun 2018 11:00
India’s Nipah virus outbreak and misleading media
Unnecessary panic was sparked after social and traditional media alike disseminated distorted information.
21 Jun 2018 6:00
Selective outrage: Priyanka Chopra and the “Quantico” controversy
Even fiction can attract fringe outrage in a bid to capitalise on prime-time attention.
2 Jul 2018 9:30
Hun Sen and his personality cult
The menace behind the man within the title “Princely Exalted Supreme Great Commander of Gloriously Victorious Troops”.
28 Jun 2018 15:00
The Huawei way
Speaking with insiders and outsiders offers a remarkable insight into this famously mysterious company.
29 Jun 2018 12:00
Make or break: UAE in Yemen
Amid claims of human rights abuses, many Yemenis are increasingly coming to view the Emirates as an occupying power.
28 Jun 2018 6:00
Duterte’s China policy: beyond law
Prematurely judging the Philippines’ foreign policy as appeasement of Beijing ignores gains.
27 Jun 2018 14:00
The “unsinkable” island is no substitute
Aircraft carriers have a strategic and demonstrative impact no fortified island can replicate.
28 Jun 2018 13:00
Asking the wrong questions in the aid debate
A qualitative, not quantitative, approach to evaluating foreign aid is needed more than ever.
5 Jun 2018 15:00
China eyes its next prize – the Mekong
After the South China Sea, Beijing’s “salami slicing” strategy is moving along Southeast Asia’s longest river.
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4 Jun 2018 6:00
A study in controversy: Chinese students in Australia
A love of country is not always synonymous with an endorsement of the government when speaking with Chinese students in Australia.
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24 May 2018 14:00
Operation Coldstore: Singapore’s struggle to confront history
A gruelling parliamentary hearing has opened a debate on a largely forgotten official crackdown in the Asian city state.
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24 Apr 2018 6:00
Kim Jong-un made Donald Trump an offer he couldn’t refuse
Plenty of attention has been paid to the perils of the likely US–North Korea summit, but little has been said about the risks Trump would have faced had he declined Pyongyang’s offer.
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9 Apr 2018 6:00
Amal Clooney no match for Trump and China in Southeast Asia press clampdown
Authoritarian governments are quick to claim “fake news” in a neighbourhood crackdown on press freedom.
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1 Apr 2018 8:00
Leslie – 15 years on
Leslie Cheung was known as the “Elvis of Hong Kong” and his legacy shows LGBT+ issues remain very much taboo in Chinese culture.
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28 Mar 2018 10:00
Mekong: more dams, more damage
Asia’s great river is under growing threat from hydropower.
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16 Mar 2018 15:15
Australia, Asia, and the “Wealth of Nations”
A new World Bank report allows stronger judgments about economic issues facing the region.
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7 Mar 2018 10:00
A “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” and what it means for Australia
The recently revived Quadrilateral is evolving and less explicitly focused on defence issues.
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