Coronavirus Singapore-style public health communications: A ‘victor’ of the pandemic? March 30, 2020 0 Image Credit: Photo by Andy Inakhto/Flickr, Licence CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Written by Richard Selwyn. The plane stopped, the engine off, and in the relative quiet, there…
Asia A bright future for China’s cashless payment systems in Indonesia March 26, 2020 0 Image Credit: Support Alipay and WeChat Pay by N509FZ/ Wikimedia Commons, Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International Written by Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat. There has been much…
Asia How Asia perceives China in the context of BRI: Evidence from an Asian poll March 19, 2020 0 Image Credit: Secretary-General Addresses Belt and Road Initiative Forum, Beijing by United Nations Photo/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 By Zhenqing Zheng. Following the end of…
Belt and Road Initiative Infrastructure investment and China’s image problem in Southeast Asia March 13, 2020 0 Image credit: Opening of the Magampura Port, Hambantota, Sri Lanka by Dhammika Heenpella/Flickr; licence CC BY-NC 2.0. Written by Chee Meng Tan. In 2015, the…
ASEAN The BRI and the Asian region: Impacts and responses February 26, 2020 0 Image Credit: International Conference on Belt and Road Initiative by UNCTAD/Flickr; licence: CC BY-SA 2.0 By Amitendu Palit. China’s Belt and Road initiative (BRI) has…
Asia China-Malaysia Relations under the BRI: Seeing beyond Mahathir/Najib February 25, 2020 0 Image Credit: Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Commitment to Action by UN WOMEN/ Flickr; licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 By Guanie…
Asia-Pacific Not quite in Asia: Australia’s relationship with Asian football February 23, 2020 0 Picture Credit: ‘DSC06216’ by Nasya Bahfen/flickr; Licence: CC BY-ND 2.0. Written by Andy Fuller. The recent visit of Bali United to play against Melbourne Victory in the…
China Cards on the table: Duterte’s power aces and policy bets for Philippine security February 14, 2020 0 Image Credit: Ace of Hearts - Poker" by pokerphotos/flickr; licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Ananda Devi Domingo-Almase. At the two-tier game of national security, Philippine President…
Cambodia How to think of social media activism in Cambodia February 13, 2020 0 Image Credit: "Cambodian Flag" by Gary Lee Todd, Ph.D./ flickr; licence CC0 1.0. Written by Mun Vong. In Cambodia, Facebook is social media. When it swept across…
Culture and Society The stadium as a site for mourning: Emotional labour and fandom at the match in East Java January 24, 2020 0 Image credit: World Prayer Assembly 2012 by JustVON!/ Flickr; licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Written by Andy Fuller. Sports stadia are increasingly subject to what Matusitz…
