Friend-shoring no ready-made answer to Asian supply chain resilience
Authors: Samuel Hardwick and Adam Triggs In 2018, the United States put Russian aluminium giant Rusal on a blacklist to…
Bhutan’s foreign policy balancing act
Author: Nitasha Kaul, University of Westminster Throughout its history, Bhutan has often found itself caught between various imperial forces. It…
Thai tour group to Hong Kong deserves ‘Tourist of the Year’ medals after eating meal boxes for 3 days
The restrictions deprived these Thai visitors of the full Hong Kong experience. Members of the tour group from Thailand eat…
Papua New Guinea can feed Japan’s energy appetite
Author: Meg Keen, Lowy Institute Japan faces significant energy security hurdles over the next few decades. Energy shortfalls loom with…
Is China abandoning its Iran–Saudi balancing act?
Author: Mohmad Waseem Malla, MP-IDSA Amid news of US intelligence agencies alleging that China is actively assisting Saudi Arabia’s ballistic…
Fresh Covid questions over Chinese Covid lockdowns after 10 killed in fire at Xinjiang residential block
State media reports that residents were free to leave the building prompt scepticism online and claims the area was still…
Why Chinese solar giant Longi’s world-record breaking panels will take years to bring down electricity bills
The Heterojunction technology (HJT) behind the groundbreaking efficiency needs to be cost competitive against the dominant passivated emitter and rear…
Japan’s uneven teleworking revolution
Authors: Machiko Osawa, Japan Women’s University and Jeff Kingston, Temple University Telework is not a panacea for what ails the…
India’s openness to a new Indo-Pacific order
Author: Swagato Ganguly, Centre for Advanced Studies in India As India celebrates 75 years of independence, the integrated dynamics of…
Hong Kong court rejects coroner’s inquest bid into 2012 Lamma ferry crash that killed 39 people
Families of loved ones who died in disaster express disappointment over the ruling.