Culture and Society The Roots of Taiwan’s Indigenous Peoples Protests October 9, 2017 1 Written by Scott Simon. President Tsai Ing-wen began her term on 20 May 2016, full of promise for Taiwan’s indigenous peoples. In her inauguration address,…
Uncategorized Growing intolerance is threatening free inquiry and open debate in India’s universities April 10, 2017 1 Written by Aftab Alam. Higher education in India is going through a critical phase. The country has witnessed tremendous growth in the sector since independence,…
China Trump’s Unlikely Ally: The Chinese Dissident January 4, 2017 1 Written by Edward White. This March, Donald J. Trump, then standing to become the Republican presidential nominee, drew the ire of three prominent Chinese dissidents…
China Has Xi Jinping changed China? October 18, 2016 7 Written by Angela Stanzel. Almost as soon as Xi Jinping assumed office as president in March 2013, a few months after becoming leader of the…
Social movements Relational Repression in China March 31, 2015 0 Written by Yanhua Deng. Relational repression is a social control of protest in China. It amounts to relying on relatives, friends, and native-place connections to…
Social movements The Reawakening Rebelliousness of Chinese Youth March 30, 2015 0 Written by Eric Fish. The last time China saw a major social movement, it came to an abrupt halt and ended an era. The youth-led…
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…
Taiwan Active Citizens and Citizen Activism: testing the limits of democratic participation in Taiwan May 6, 2014 0 Written by Ben Goren. “There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't…
Hong Kong Framing the Radicals: Panic on Canton Road (II) February 26, 2014 3 Written by Daniel Garrett. Part Two Introduction: In the first section, notions of hegemonic framing and deployment of moral panic in Hong Kong (HK) by…
Hong Kong Framing the Radicals: Panic on Canton Road (I) February 26, 2014 2 Written by Daniel Garrett. The framing by Hong Kong (HK) mainstream media (MSM), Chinese state media, and the Special Administrative Region (SAR) and Chinese governments…
