China Migrant workers in the digital market: China’s platform economy August 13, 2019 0 Written by Hong Yu Liu. Image Credit: Image provided by the author. In 2015, the Premier of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Li Keqiang…
China Redeeming China’s sweatshops: Christianity and migrant factory workers in Shenzhen July 31, 2019 1 Written by Quan Gao. Image Credit: Foxlink factory China by Chris/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC 2.0. It has been nine years since the Foxconn suicide event in 2010, when…
conflict Why Filipinos have come to embrace authoritarian ‘discipline’ July 3, 2019 1 Written by Wataru Kusaka. Image Credit: Rodrigo Duterte ภาพจาก by Prachatai/CC; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. With no opposition candidates winning a single senatorial seat, President Rodrigo Duterte…
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…
Civil society Reforming an ‘evil’ party-list system July 1, 2019 0 Written by Julio C. Teehankee. Image Credit: Election Posters by David Stanley/CC; Licence: CC BY 2.0. At the end of the hotly contested 2019 midterm elections in the Philippines,…
Economic Growth Malaysian palm oil: National pride and prejudice through the years June 3, 2019 0 Written by Helena Varkkey. Image Credit: Palm oil plantation by Angela Sevin /Flickr, Licence CC BY-NC 2.0. Introduced to then-Malaya from West Africa via the Dutch East Indies…
China Urban poverty and China’s globalism: what’s the relationship? April 23, 2018 1 Written by Dorothy J. Solinger. China’s Party chief and President, Xi Jinping, has boastfully publicized his regime’s firm intention to eliminate poverty by the year…
China Domestic Gender Inequalities in China: Count Children In February 2, 2018 0 Written by Yang Hu. Progress toward gender equality is a tale of two spheres in China. In the public sphere, we see converging trends in…
Cambodia The Contested Terrain of Cambodian Women’s Social Mobility August 11, 2017 0 Written by Vicheth Sen. A recent report shows how impressive Cambodia’s economic growth has been, being one of the few countries in the world with…
Diaspora No Smooth Sailing: Philippines ‘Utility Men’, Servitude and Dreams of Better Days. May 30, 2017 0 A utility man recruiting seafarers at Manila's informal seamen's market along Kalaw Street Written by Roderick Galam. ‘If you stayed and worked here, nothing is…
