Where are the women in Chinese politics?
Author: Minglu Chen, University of Sydney The 20th Chinese Communist Party (CCP) National Congress, held in October 2022, caught the…
Chinese tech dominance more myth than reality
Author: Marina Yue Zhang, UTS The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) recently released a report asserting China’s dominance in ‘critical…
South Korea should not go nuclear
Author: Chung-in Moon, Global Asia The North Korean nuclear predicament has haunted South Koreans for more than 30 years —…
Insufficient preschool education in China needs reform
Author: Bingqin Li, UNSW Preschool education in China needs to improve in quality and shift away from quantitative growth. While…
Protecting domestic workers in Indonesia
Author: Dian Maya Safitri, Economy of Francesco In December 2022, in West Java, Indonesia, news that a domestic worker had…
Another blow to Hong Kong’s fading rule of law
Author: Brendan Clift, University of Melbourne Hong Kong’s latest legal development has clear parallels with the first post-handover constitutional crisis…
Beijing’s BRI influence over the UN Human Rights Council
Author: Anna Hayes, JCU As a United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) member state, China has a responsibility to promote…
Chinese illicit influence scandals in Thailand
Author: Greg Raymond, ANU Two scandals converged in November 2022 in Thailand, forming a perfect storm that threatens the government…
Migrant workers needed to fill critical skill gaps in Indonesia
Authors: Wayne Palmer, Bielefeld University and Nicola Piper, Queen Mary University of London In August 2022, there were 104,230 foreign…
Malaysia’s new tobacco control fits the bill
Authors: Mary Assunta and Tan Yen Lian, SEATCA Malaysia’s proposed Control of Tobacco Products and Smoking Bill 2022, an omnibus…