Made in China 2025, Explained
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The modification of the Izumos will upend nearly seven decades of defense thinking in Japan, and across East Asia.
Mining is one of the province’s most profitable industries – and the most deadly.
How are civil society organizations faring under the new Malaysian government?
China is punching well below its weight in the current round of North Korea diplomacy.
Chinese intellectuals are taking great risks to express rare and strong concerns for the future and call for genuine reform.
In Burkina Faso, peer pressure – not just checkbook diplomacy – helped motivate the switch from Taiwan.
Chinese state enterprises’ quiet investments in the U.S.
The leaders of China and Taiwan just presented starkly divergent paths to improving cross-strait relations.
Washington is actively helping other countries escape Chinese coercion. That’s why U.S. treatment of South Korea is so puzzling.
2019 is already shaping up to a be a tough year for Japan’s prime minister, both abroad and at home.
Relations between North Korea and China are complex… and strategic.
Live by the semiconductor, die by the semiconductor.
Japan made small improvements in the World Economic Forum’s gender equality ranking but remains alarmingly behind.
Bangladesh’s December 2018 elections have crystallized a new authoritarian age in the country.
The immediate political crisis is over, but the underlying fire is still smoldering.
Pakistan is building a wall along its border with Afghanistan. Will it actually make the country safer?
Emboldened by foreign support, the Taliban continue to refuse talks with the Afghan government.
While New Delhi continues to walk a fine balance, its ability to sustain this approach remains to be seen.
With two years ahead as a nonpermanent member of the UNSC, what’s on Jakarta’s agenda?
Beyond the May midterm elections, there are several other pressure points to watch this year.
Diplomatic failure leaves the Rohingya refugees trapped, stateless, and vulnerable.
One of Cambodia’s top international school systems has quietly changed hands amid the Gülen controversy.
While there are important markers to assess the evolution of regime transitions, they can oversimplify more complex developments.
In January, Kazakh authorities confirmed China would allow 2,000 ethnic Kazakhs to leave Xinjiang but details are thin.
Debate over a fine on spitting in public reveals the role of social media in developing civic participation.
A reported drive to register men under 50 for the army reserves hints at underlying concern about the border.
The facts of the initial fight, in which a young man was killed, have been entirely eclipsed by the politics of nationalism.
As the appeal of the Russian labor market has decreased, Turkey has become a more attractive option.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s trip to Fiji was designed to reinforce the message that Australia is (now) taking the Pacific seriously.
Is the long China-New Zealand honeymoon finally drawing to a close?
Australia has been slow to respond to these events, instead choosing to remain mostly aloof. Why?
In focusing efforts to promote its indigenous peoples and culture, Taiwan is making a political gambit in the Pacific as well.
Reassuring Asia requires an American leader that’s seen as reassuring.
Washington should take full advantage of Kim’s renewed focus on the economy.
The United States and India should reaffirm democracy as a driving consideration in the conduct of their foreign relations and choice of strategic partners.
What is behind Russia’s new purported nuclear-capable underwater weapon?
Those that desire a peaceful future in space should keep an eye on developments in the Antarctic.
A post-Brexit Britain will double down on the Asia-Pacific.
Vietnam is famous for the “Three Nos,” but Hanoi has been flexible in interpreting those in practice.
Will the 124th amendment of the Indian Constitution bring about more social justice?
A survey explores Taiwanese perceptions on immigration – especially from Southeast Asia.
Young Nepalis are discovering a new form of artistic self-expression.