India in a world of asymmetrical multipolarity
Author: Jagannath Panda, Institute for Security and Development Policy In the past decade, global geopolitical transitions have gathered momentum. This…
China is ageing gracefully, for now
Author: Editorial Board, ANU China has a new Premier. Former Shanghai Party Secretary Li Qiang has taken the number two…
Demography poses no imminent threat to China’s economic modernisation
Author: Peter McDonald, ANU China’s population fell in 2022 and will continue to do so throughout the 21st century, according…
Laissez-faire no more: Hong Kong’s aggressive tech hub plans come not a moment too soon
Government ministers of key bureaus, including the Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong (far left), meet the press…
Hong Kong sees signs of life amid political stasis
Author: Joseph Yu-shek Cheng, Institute for Security and Development Policy At the beginning of 2023 Hong Kong followed mainland China…
Signs of life amid political stasis
Author: Joseph Yu-shek Cheng, Institute for Security and Development Policy At the beginning of 2023 Hong Kong followed mainland China…
‘My boss’ name is Baby’: daily grind made worse for Hong Kong worker grossed out by cringey English name of his manager
The post, published in mid-January this year, attracted dozens of comments from curious online observers, most of them found the…
Reopening a fillip to global economic recovery
Author: Zhongmei Wang, Shanghai Institute for International Studies According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics of China, China’s…
Banking shock after SVB collapse complicates Federal Reserve’s inflation fight
The pace of inflation is easing as many of the supply-induced pressures have faded and consumer demand and spending habits…
A strong middle class is the backbone of Indonesia’s economy
Authors: Dwinanda Ardhi Swasono, KCL and Nopriyanto Hady Suhanda, University of Bristol The Indonesian Finance Minister, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, believes…