China Can money buy silence? International firms feel the pressure from Beijing during Hong Kong’s political crisis September 24, 2019 1 Image credit: Photo by Ferry Octavian/Flickr, Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Written by Debby Sze Wan Chan. There is a large body of literature on China’s economic statecraft…
China Hong Kong’s long summer of discontent: A self-inflicted calamity September 23, 2019 0 Image credit: Photo by etan liam/Flickr, License: CC BY-ND 2.0. Written by H. Christoph Steinhardt and Chau Wang-Fung. Throughout this summer of protest in Hong Kong it…
Culture and Society What can a tourism bureau learn from a student protest movement? September 22, 2019 0 Image credit: Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival 2014 in Taiwan by Jirka Matousek/Flickr, license CC BY 2.0 Written by Perl Li Having travelled to Taiwan numerous times, I…
China ‘Catch Hong Kong as we fall’ September 5, 2019 0 *Articles published by The Asia Dialogue represent the views of the author(s) and not necessarily those of The Asia Dialogue or affiliated institutions. Image credit:…
China Hong Kong: Neoliberal heaven or neoliberal nightmare? June 3, 2019 2 Written by Priscilla Roberts. Image Credit: Hong Kong 2 – Passerelle by D. Julien/Flickr, Licence CC BY-NC 2.0. Neoliberal economists, notably Milton Friedman and Friedrich A.…
Japan Sexual harassment and the problem of gender inequality in Japan September 6, 2018 0 By Emma Dalton When the news broke in early August that Tokyo Medical University had been altering the entrance examination scores of female candidates, even…
Bangladesh Experiencing the 2018 Bangladesh protests through social media August 20, 2018 0 The author requested to remain anonymous. Warning: linked images and videos may include distressing content Scrolling through social media on 28 July 2018, I came…
Bangladesh Autopsy of a protest in Bangladesh August 9, 2018 0 Written by Ikhtisad Ahmed Two school students were killed by a bus in Dhaka. Thousands of students took to the streets to protest peacefully on…
China Ai Weiwei: Entrepreneurship, ethics and art July 2, 2018 0 Written by Robin Holt and Daniel Hjorth. Schooled in the artistic use of readymade objects, Ai Weiwei’s brief sojourn in New York seems to have…
China Chinese Vagina Monologues and beyond April 18, 2018 0 Written by Ling Tang. On March the 20th 2018, VaChina, a London-based Chinese feminist network, staged its first full drama show Our Vagina, Ourselves (阴道之道),…
