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‘Anti-woke’ movement recruits teen boys across Asia

Anwar Ibrahim on navigating Malaysia through China-US tensions

Reality hits Communist Party planning, economic heavyweights candid about tariffs for Christmas, no fun at the Canton Fair

Deal or no deal, China’s record GDP slump and a return to ‘Made in Hong Kong’

How NBA, Xinjiang and Hong Kong are affecting US-China trade talks

California is ‘Ground Zero’ for US-China relations; Vietnam hurting Chinese-free trade zones

Behind China's cancelled midwest farm trip, Trump's UN trade tirade, and the changing mood of trade talks

China’s man in Washington, talk of ‘Cold War’ in Hong Kong, Pillsbury talks ‘consequences’ for no deal

Analysing Trump's anniversary gift, and how China’s food security drives its negotiations

The ‘struggle’ is real: analysing China's pork crisis, Xi's speech and new trade talks

Tit for tat tariffs, tweets and a phantom telephone call

Why Japan’s Harajuku is enjoying a surprising fashion revival

Unravelling China and India’s roles in the US fentanyl crisis

Will Japan give Oppenheimer a chance?

Why India’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is so controversial

Why Japan’s yakuza crime groups are on the verge of disappearing

Inside China: What if Trump wins?

Ageing and fertility: why Asian women are freezing their eggs

Why the Philippines’ Duterte-Marcos alliance is disintegrating

How Indonesia’s ‘TikTok general’ Prabowo won the presidential race

Taylor Swift, Coldplay spark concert tourism boom in Southeast Asia

Is North Korea preparing for war?

Coming soon: China and the Russia-Ukraine War, one year on

‘Wolf Warrior’ diplomacy defanged; Tokyo, Seoul join the US tech war; is China easing Australia sanctions?

Why Japan’s Harajuku is enjoying a surprising fashion revival

Analysing China’s ties with the US, EU, UK, and Philippines in 2023

Unravelling China and India’s roles in the US fentanyl crisis

Xi’s Arab-China summit; Biden’s TSMC pivot in Arizona and EU EV diplomacy

Will Japan give Oppenheimer a chance?

Europe juggles China-US relations amid rising anger over Biden’s policies; analysing Jiang Zemin’s legacy

Why India’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is so controversial

Xi at G20: the optics and politics of China post-Covid as Ukraine war rages

Why Japan’s yakuza crime groups are on the verge of disappearing

Asean preview: Myanmar crisis and US-China rivalry; China expands private security firms overseas

Inside China: What if Trump wins?

New US tech sanctions hit China, South Korea, Taiwan; Germany's port in a storm

Ageing and fertility: why Asian women are freezing their eggs

Is the US preparing for war over Taiwan? Why the historic Japan-Australia defence, energy deal matters

Why the Philippines’ Duterte-Marcos alliance is disintegrating

US names China ‘biggest threat’, announces global bans on tech; Philippines and US-China rivalry

China’s UN victory over Xinjiang report; US plans more tech sanctions; Taiwan’s new ‘red line’

China reacts to US Pacific deal; beyond US-China geopolitics binary logic

Analysing China at the UN: Ukraine, Xinjiang, climate change and a rules-based order

Frosty China-India relations at the UN and BRICS; how Russia is losing Central Asia to China

The politics of Xi meeting Putin; the EU targets China on forced labour, rare earths and influence

Xi and Putin's gas deal; Xi's multi-nation talks in Uzbekistan; Liz Truss and her China policy

UN vs China over Xinjiang report; drones over Taiwan; Japan wary of Russia’s Vostok exercise

Behind the US-Taiwan trade deal; the UK steps up its China policies amid a PM talent show

Taiwan tension: Beijing’s white paper, Washington’s new Act and Europe’s reactions

Pelosi, Taipei and Beijing: US, Europe, Asia respond; what’s next for Xi Jinping?