China All Quiet on the Campus Front—Contrasting the 1910s and 1980s with the 2010s March 9, 2018 0 Written by Jeffrey Wasserstrom. When news broke that Xi Jinping would not be limited to serving just two terms as President, while some commentators turned…
Singapore Auspicium Melioris Aevi: Education in Singapore February 23, 2018 0 Written by JS Sasikumar. In recent years, Singapore has topped the rankings in many education-related global reports and surveys. These include being ranked first in…
Australia Australian higher education reforms: Funding cuts vs human rights obligations February 22, 2018 0 Written by Samara Hand. Last year saw several education reforms proposed in Australia, including reforms to higher education funding. In May the government presented a…
Uncategorized How to engage critically with history in Indian Schools February 21, 2018 0 Written by Pradyumna Jairam. In India, textbooks devised by the government very rarely allow scope for alternative interpretations, and are often geared towards identifying with…
China A Tale of Two Publishers: Is censorship the new normal? November 8, 2017 3 Written by Kevin Carrico. On August 18th of this year, news broke that Cambridge University Press was censoring over 300 articles from China Quarterly on…
Uncategorized Gender and Divorce in China October 9, 2017 0 Written by Jingjing Chen and Xiaoling Shu. Legal reforms and cultural shifts since the 1980s have gradually opened up the pathway toward divorce for the…
Burma/Myanmar Contesting sovereignty: education and schooling in ceasefire areas of Karen State October 6, 2017 2 Written by Su-Ann Oh, Melanie Walker, and Hayso Thako. The bilateral ceasefire signed between the KNU and the Burmese government in 2012 has brought about…
China Pop-up Study on Sex Education in China September 27, 2017 0 Written by Yuanting Zhang. Sex remains a taboo topic in China, even as the country experiences rapid economic and social transformation. Bombarded by western pop…
Poverty Can India Become a Great Power? 70 Years of Underdevelopment August 15, 2017 0 Written by Diego Maiorano. Over a quarter of India’s population – and over a third of the female population – cannot read or write. To…
Cambodia Empathy & Genocide Education in Cambodia: A Personal Reflection August 8, 2017 0 Written by Kosal Path. In this essay, I want to reflect on the concept of empathy. Can survivors have empathy for the complicity of former…
