China The Long Read: Book review of ‘The Intellectual in Modern Chinese History’ April 1, 2020 0 Image credit: National Library of China - Beijing by IQRemix/Flickr; licence CC BY-SA 2.0. Written by Zhidong Hao. The Intellectual in Modern Chinese History is…
China Puncturing the picture of poverty elimination in China July 12, 2019 0 Written by Dorothy J. Solinger. Image Credit: Keep in Touch by Gauthier DELECROIX - 郭天/Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. China’s success in ‘lifting millions out of poverty’…
China China’s banks are struggling – but don’t blame just them April 19, 2019 0 Written by Sara Hsu. China’s banks are facing strong headwinds as the authorities attempt to keep their risks down and liquidity up. The crackdown on shadow…
China The myth of a kinder, gentler Xi Jinping April 23, 2018 0 This article was first published in The Atlantic and has been republished with the permission of the author. Written by Isaac Stone Fish. In January…
Philippines Security Reform in the Philippines for 2018 January 29, 2018 0 Written by Jennifer Santiago Oreta. The Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) efforts to reform after 1986 were largely fuelled by fear of political adventurism…
East Timor Agricultural reform and indigenous agency in highland Timor January 18, 2018 0 Written by Michael Rose In 2017 the Global Hunger Index ranked Timor-Leste as 110 out of the 119 on its list of adequately fed countries…
China What does the 19th Party Congress mean for the PLA? October 18, 2017 0 Written by Timothy R. Heath. As the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has a lot at stake…
Taiwan Pension Reform Made in Taiwan July 28, 2017 0 Written by Gunter Schubert. On June 27th, Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan passed a package of pension reforms which are, arguably, doing away with decades of privileged…
China Policing in Hong Kong Post 1997 July 21, 2017 0 Written by Kam C. Wong. To date, most Hong Kong Police (HKP) Officers feel that a once well-ordered society is fast eclipsing, post 1997, as…
China Dividing the Third Pole June 21, 2017 1 Written by Martin Mills. Over the last decade, the Tibetan Plateau has changed beyond recognition. In the place of the organic huddles of mud-brick villages…
