The social credit system as method
Author: Haiqing Yu, RMIT University China’s social credit system is widely viewed in the West as a digital surveillance system…
Indonesia’s digital banking sector needs coordinated support and data integration
Authors: Suryaputra Wijaksana, Bank Central Asia and Juan Tarigan Tetangena, Jakarta Indonesia’s digital banking or ‘neo-bank’ boom has slowed. Investors…
A ‘protectionist’ United States still key to East Asia’s economy
Author: Tamas Meszaros, Keio University Protectionist trade policies and the lack of an economic agenda for East and Southeast Asia…
Japan’s updated defence strategy leaves crucial details to be determined
Author: Shin Kawashima, University of Tokyo In December 2022, the Japanese government released three major security papers — the National…
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…
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…
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…