Asia How Asia perceives China in the context of BRI: Evidence from an Asian poll March 19, 2020 0 Image Credit: Secretary-General Addresses Belt and Road Initiative Forum, Beijing by United Nations Photo/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 By Zhenqing Zheng. Following the end of…
China Sport’s biggest challenge in China: Too much dependence or an opportunity not to be missed? January 14, 2020 0 Image credit: ‘Arsenal vs Watford’ by joshjdss/flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Simon Chadwick. During the last quarter of 2019, some of the biggest names…
Ethnic Minorities Peninsular Malaysia Orang Asli land rights: A new deal for new Malaysia? December 20, 2019 0 Image credit: '"Portrait of Orang Asli Children" by NTLam/flickr; License: CC BY 2.0 Written by Yogeswaran Subramaniam. As many Malaysians question whether the unprecedented change in federal…
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…
China Mainland Chinese students in Hong Kong: Aspirations, tensions, ambivalence September 4, 2019 0 Image Credit: 香港大學西閘入口 (West Gate entrance to The University of Hong Kong) by Martin Ng/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Written by Cora Lingling Xu. Between…
Burma/Myanmar Book review: ‘Liberalism and Democracy in Myanmar’ August 15, 2019 1 Written by Debby Sze Wan Chan. Image Credit: ‘‘Untitled" by gforbes /CC; Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Since the dissolution of the military regime in 2011, discussions about…
Asian tigers Hong Kong’s balancing act: Fiscal conservatism, northbound financial flows and poverty June 5, 2019 0 Written by Damian Tobin. Image Credit: Hong Kong – 3 Giants in the Fog by D. Julien/Flickr, Licence CC BY-NC 2.0. Recent GDP data for Hong…
China Market-shaping policy reforms: Insights from Chinese football sponsorship April 12, 2019 0 Written by David Cockayne. Today, China is not only one of the world’s fastest growing economies, but also, arguably, one of the most complex, interconnected…
Elections Beyond the BJP/Congress dichotomy: Reflecting on the possibilities of a Third Front April 4, 2019 0 Written by Indrajit Roy. Electoral coalitions have remained a feature of Indian politics since 1989. The present government, led by Narendra Modi, is a coalition…
China Between a rock and a hard place: China’s health care reforms over the next ten years March 27, 2019 0 Written by Tsung-Mei Cheng. April 2019 marks the tenth anniversary of China’s historic health care reforms. On 6 April 2009, China unveiled an ambitious health…
