Government From the “Great Firewall” to the “Great Cannon”: The misleading metaphors of Internet filtering in China April 29, 2015 0 Written by Séverine Arsène. In a recent report on a China-related attack against Github and Greatfire, a group of researchers coined the term “Great Cannon”…
China Chat and Mouse: The Online Game of Indirect Deliberation April 28, 2015 0 Written by Nele Noesselt. Following the so-called Twitter and Facebook ‘revolutions’ of the Arab Spring, digital communication technologies and social media have, once again, been hyped…
One Country Two Systems You Must Have One Country Before You Have One Country, Two Systems December 5, 2014 4 Written by Don Rodgers. The People’s Republic of China officially views Taiwan as a “sacred and inseparable part of China’s territory.” Yet, Taiwan is currently…
Hong Kong Hong Kong, Taiwan and the End of the “One Country, Two Systems” Dream December 4, 2014 0 Written by Alex Calvo. The ideological foundations of China's 1911 Revolution and previous attempts to overthrow the Qing rested, among other things, on three pillars:…
Hong Kong Occupy Central and the marginalization of pro-democracy parties in Hong Kong December 3, 2014 0 Written by Ng Hoi Yu. The Occupy Central Movement (OCM), also known as the Umbrella Revolution, broke out in Hong Kong on 28 September. It was…
Hong Kong The Mixing of Well and River Water: Hong Kong under the “One Country, Two Systems” December 2, 2014 0 Written by Jennifer Eagleton. The concept of “One Country, Two Systems” (一國兩制) was originally devised with Taiwan in mind and was subsequently repurposed for Hong…
Hong Kong Assessing the “Umbrella Movement” in Hong Kong December 1, 2014 0 Written by Michael C. Davis. As the occupy protests reach the end of their second month and protesters face a choice between withdrawing voluntarily from…
Hong Kong Examining the One Country, Two Systems model November 30, 2014 0 The One Country, Two Systems (OCTS) model was initially proposed by Beijing as a unification arrangement for Taiwan. Despite failing to gain much traction in…
Hong Kong What Beijing Has to Understand November 16, 2014 0 Written by Joseph Cheng. The decision taken by the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee at the end of August 2014 triggered the current protests…
Asia Ethnic autonomy in South Asia: a prelude to secession? March 5, 2014 0 Within South Asia in 2014, the states of Nepal and Burma/Myanmar are currently undergoing constitutional redesign and experiencing demands for recognition of territorially concentrated ethnic…
