Art Small state relations: Bhutan and Bangladesh March 30, 2020 1 Image credit: Talakha Goemba by Nitasha Kaul Written by Nitasha Kaul and Sangay Khandu. Inter-state rivalries between bigger states like India and China or India…
China The COVID-19 epidemic and China’s wildlife business interest March 12, 2020 5 Image credit: Wuhan New Coronavirus by 葉 正道 Ben/Flickr; Licence CC0 1.0. Written by Peter J. Li. Overshadowed for decades by China’s coastal cities, Wuhan…
China Challenging times for China’s economy: The need for change and effective leadership February 28, 2020 0 Image Credit: Foxconn - Milwaukee by Robert Geiger/Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Chris Rowley. The phenomenal speed and size of China’s economic growth…
Asia Change and integration: China’s legacy after 40 years of economic transformation January 30, 2020 0 Image Credit: RedEnvelopes by Ksionic/Flickr; licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Written by Qing Shan Ding. Saturday 25 January 2020 marked the start of the Chinese Lunar…
Conservation Captive elephant tourism in Asia: Hope for Asian elephants or a threat? December 10, 2019 0 Image Credit: Thai Elephant, Dave Bezaire Flickr; Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0 Written by Jan Schmidt-Burbach. Malee, a 25-year-old female Asian elephant, is using her trunk…
Asia Rethinking the food system to address hunger, health and social equality: Notes from the northeast of India November 26, 2019 0 Image Credit: Dozens of tea pickers among tea bushes, Roger Burks/ Flickr ; Licence: CC BY NC ND 2.0 Written by Sujata Dutta Hazarika I…
BRI The Long Read: China in the Polar ‘Zone of Peace’ November 22, 2019 0 Image Credit: Photo by Christopher Michel/Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Sanna Kopra. China’s potentially growing economic influence in the Arctic region has raised concerns amongst…
Culture and Society The same dart trick: A posthuman perspective on tourism in Thailand November 5, 2019 0 Image Credit: Elephant throwing darts, Dennis Jarvis /Flickr; Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0 Written by Kate Bone and Jane Bone. Introduction The exploitation of animals and…
Climate Change The effects of tourism on animal welfare in Asia November 4, 2019 0 Image Credit: Bear and elephant show, Malingering /Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NV-ND 2.0 Written by David Fennell. Scholars estimate that there are 120 billion animals that…
Conservation Deforestation, climate change and indigenous people October 2, 2019 0 Image credit:fuel wood-charcoal by rosamariavidal/Flickr, Licence:CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 . Written by Patricia Blazey Addressing climate change is a complex problem that does not just depend…