Burma/Myanmar The deforestation dilemma in Myanmar September 30, 2019 0 Image credit: inle_lake_049 by WorldSketchingTour/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Written by Win Myo Thu. Deforestation is a widely discussed topic in Myanmar, although it is not…
China China’s decimation of Uyghur minds October 25, 2018 0 Written by Ondřej Klimeš. Academics, journalists and rights groups have recently documented the accelerating repression of the 11-million strong Uyghur population living in Xinjiang (also known…
China The Xinjiang camps as a “Stanford Prison Experiment” October 24, 2018 1 Written by Magnus Fiskesjö. The Xinjiang camps represent a dramatic escalation of a longstanding Chinese policy to colonise and dominate Xinjiang, the "New Frontier" of the Qing…
China Chess masters and poker players: ways to understand the politics of policy-making in Xinjiang October 23, 2018 0 Written by Nathan Attrill. For the People’s Republic of China (PRC), control over the western provinces has proved a major area of concern for policy-makers at…
China No more singing and dancing? Xinjiang diffractions October 22, 2018 0 Written by Fredrik Fällman. Five years ago the then Deputy Governor of Xinjiang Shi Dagang 史大刚 said that the local minorities were “too busy dancing…
China China’s complex ‘multiculturalism’ with ethnic and religious tensions October 19, 2018 2 Written by Daouda Cissé. In order to propel their propaganda agenda, Chinese officials often wrongly portray China as being a country with a monolithic society…
conflict Is Kashmir facing a new crisis? July 2, 2018 1 Written by Andrew Whitehead. June has been a cruel month in Kashmir. As it opened, there appeared to be a glimmer of hope in one of…
Elections Will Malaysia’s incumbent government fall into opposition hands? May 8, 2018 1 Written by Tricia Yeoh. Ruling incumbent Barisan Nasional (Barisan) has governed Malaysia since the country’s independence in 1957, despite attempts by different opposition parties at forming…
China 66 Years and counting – Tibet and China July 5, 2017 1 Written by Robert Barnett. It is 66 years and counting since the People’s Liberation Army moved into Tibet, and 58 years since the initial surrender…
China Islam in Xinjiang June 19, 2017 0 Written by Elizabeth Van Wie Davis. A new Chinese White Paper titled, Human Rights in Xinjiang-Development and Progress (White Paper) was released on June 1,…
