China Mounting challenges for Xi October 31, 2019 0 Image Credit: Xi Jinping – London Book Fair 2018 by ActuaLitté/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Written by Zhiqun Zhu. After the 1 October 2019 extravaganza…
Environmental Disasters Right to Breathe: The Challenge of Environmental Governance for Delhi December 11, 2017 7 Written by Kavita N. Soreide. In November this year, Delhi earned the unenviable position of having the most polluted air on earth. This put the…
China The Many Facets of Social Credit December 11, 2017 1 Written by Flora Sapio. “Social Credit” is a code-word for the boldest and most ambitious governance reform program launched by China since 1978. Its core components…
China China – Big Data Empire December 7, 2017 0 Written by Pamela Kyle Crossley. In global history, China stands out for its reputation for close, reliable documentation from an early date. Over two dozen…
China The Unprecedented Reach of China’s Surveillance State December 5, 2017 1 Written by Stanley Lubman. The Chinese Party-state is building a social credit system for collecting information about all of its citizens by police, courts, and…
China Contextualizing China’s online credit rating system December 4, 2017 2 Written by Ane Bislev. In 2014, the Chinese Government announced the creation of a “social credit rating system” to be instituted in 2020. The coming…
Australia in East Asia Australia’s China Quandary December 4, 2017 0 Written by Parama Sinha Palit. China’s quest for influence and power is becoming evident in the Asia-Pacific region as much as it is elsewhere in…
Politics Catalonia, Taiwan, and the Centralising State (part II) November 8, 2017 1 Written by Ben Goren. In the first part of this article, I briefly explored the wider historical contexts of current rising claims to independence in Catalonia and…
Politics Catalonia, Taiwan, and the Centralising State November 2, 2017 3 Written by Ben Goren. In his recent piece, “Catalonia: How Can Taiwan Draw Lessons?”, Ian Inkster makes a number of astute observations regarding growing movements for…
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…
