Business Government support or private investment? Developing community-based tourism on Taiwan’s east coast September 9, 2019 0 Written by Giulia Mengato Image credit: Hualien, Taiwan by P /Flickr, license CC BY 2.0 While corporations are typically singled out as the main perpetrators of exploitation, governments have…
Africa The Chinese model in Africa and its wider challenge August 27, 2019 0 Image Credit: Fancy a climb? by Carsten ten Brink/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. By Tom Harper. Throughout its history, China’s rulers have often sought to present it as…
ASEAN China and the Mekong states: Divergent responses to Chinese initiatives August 6, 2019 1 Written by Selina Ho. Image Credit: Sunset over the Mekong by Matt Wakeman/Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. In June 2018, the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation…
Belt and Road Initiative The balancing act ahead: Legislative options for the China-Philippines relationship after the midterm elections July 2, 2019 0 Written by Matthew Ordoñez. Image Credit: DSC08858 by mountain_MX/CC; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. The recently concluded 2019 midterm elections in the Philippines held on 13 May represent…
Business Reconciling conflicting visions of ‘sustainable palm oil’ June 6, 2019 0 Written by Rory Padfield. Image Credit: Truck filled with oil palm by CIFOR/Flickr, licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Diplomatic relations between the EU and the major…
Conservation The complex socioeconomic impacts of the oil palm expansion in Indonesia June 4, 2019 0 Written by Christoph Kubitza. Image Credit: Oil palm harvesting by CIFOR/Flickr, licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. The global demand for palm oil over the last few…
Development India’s General Elections 2019: The potential electoral consequences of demonetisation April 30, 2019 1 Written by Kunal Sen. In the campaign leading up to the Lok Sabha elections in spring 2014, one of the more important promises that Narendra…
Development Tensions with Pakistan: A mask to hide India’s economic woes March 22, 2019 0 Written by M. Sudhir Selvaraj and Sharik Laliwala. The latest tensions between India and Pakistan have led some to suggest that this upcoming election may emerge…
China Towards a new understanding of ageing and care in urban China March 12, 2019 0 Written by Jason Powell. There has been a wide range of academic monographs and articles published recently on ageing and care in Asia. Much of…
China China’s X-Factor: managing change November 23, 2018 0 Written by Hugh Peyman. ‘What does China have that enables it to grow so fast for so long?’ I was asked in London some five…
