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Japan

Central bank digital currency cast aside in Japan

by Sayuri Shirai July 20, 2022July 22, 2022

Japan

Japan flirts with techno-nationalism

by Brad Glosserman July 20, 2022July 23, 2022

A man cooks a traditional Uyghur rice dish on the Chinese side of the China-Kazakhstan Horgos International Border Cooperation Center (ICBC), in Horgos, China May 19, 2017. REUTERS/Sue-Lin Wong

AT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, Middle East, Oceania, Pakistan, South Asia

China’s dangerous ethnic policies in Xinjiang

by Ben Hillman June 13, 2017February 18, 2020

Australia, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, World

Is a Chinese sovereign debt default likely?

by Yiping Huang May 29, 2017February 18, 2020

Global repercussions? Diplomats are warning the US not to pull out of the Paris Agreement. Photo: Reuters/Alessandro Bianchi

World

Reenergizing the multilateral trading system

by Roberto Azevêdo May 24, 2017February 18, 2020

Papua New Guinea elections. Photo: iStock

Australia, Oceania

Elections in Papua New Guinea’s dysfunctional democracy

by Bill Standish May 23, 2017February 18, 2020

Where's next? Photo: Jason Lee/Reuters

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Guangzhou, Oceania, Shanghai, South Asia, World

China going nowhere on hukou reform

by Bingqin Li May 19, 2017February 18, 2020

Moon Jae-in on the campaign trail earlier in 2017. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

A new Moon rising in South Korea’s election

by East Asia Forum May 8, 2017February 18, 2020

Guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur is seen in the South China Sea, where the US and allies have been conducting freedom of navigation exercises after China's controversial occupation of many disputed islets. Photo: US Navy via Reuters.

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Misconstruing China’s threat to the South China Sea

by Mark J. Valencia May 7, 2017February 18, 2020

A frayed EU flag flutters atop the Greek Ministry of Finance in central Athens, Greece. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Why the EU must engage with the AIIB

by Silvia Menegazzi May 6, 2017February 18, 2020

Japan and China may be changing their tune on policy in the Middle East. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Are Japan and China bringing their rivalry to the Middle East?

by Yoram Evron May 1, 2017February 18, 2020

China's two-child policy a year on has its limitations. Photo: iStock

China’s two-child policy one year on

by Liu Lili April 19, 2017February 18, 2020

Devotees pull the chariot of God Bhairab during the Biska Festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, April 10, 2017. Photo: Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters

Beijing, China, India, Nepal, South Asia

Local elections offer a lifeline for Nepal

by Sujeev Shakya April 17, 2017February 18, 2020

Presidents Xi Jinping of China and Donald Trump of the US will meet next week at Trump's Florida compound to discuss relations between the two economic superpowers. Photos: AFP/Fabrice Coffrini and Mandel Ngan

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Germany, South Asia, World

The Trump test and the yuan

by Yu Yongding April 13, 2017February 18, 2020

A worker installs rubber onto the windows of the doors along a production line at a truck factory of Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Co. Ltd (JAC Motors) in Hefei, Anhui province May 5, 2014. Photo: Reuters/Stringer

AT Finance, Australia, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, World

Evolution of the Asia-Pacific region’s production networks

by Hubert Escaith, Satoshi Inomata and Sébastien Miroudot April 9, 2017February 18, 2020

Xi Jinping's China is casting a keen eye on Tibet and its spiritual leader Dalai Lama. Photo: Reuters and Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, Taiwan, Vietnam

When religion and politics mix: the Dalai Lama and India-China ties

by Jabin T. Jacob April 5, 2017February 18, 2020

Hambantota port in Sri Lanka has been taken over by China for 99 years. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Shanghai, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, World

Cambodia, Sri Lanka and the China debt trap

by Veasna Var and Sovinda Po March 27, 2017February 18, 2020

Xi Jinping delivers a speech in the Assembly Hall at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva. Photo: Reuters/Denis Balibouse

Australia, Beijing, China, Macau, Middle East, Oceania, Russia, World

How will Xi Jinping shake up the CPC?

by Dong Dong Zhang March 1, 2017February 18, 2020

A man walks past a display of global stock indices (green for losses) in Tokyo. Photo: Kazuhiro Nogi/ AFP

AT Finance, Australia, Cambodia, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, World

RCEP talks now the most important initiative in global trade

by Shiro Armstrong and Amy King February 21, 2017February 18, 2020

Central library of Waseda university. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Japan, Northeast Asia

‘Descent from Heaven’ scandal rocks Japan’s Ministry of Education

by Jeff Kingston February 19, 2017February 18, 2020

Protesters gather on downtown Seoul demanding President Park's resignation. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

South Korea’s candlelight protests a peaceful force

by Sun-Chul Kim February 12, 2017February 18, 2020

A hopeful year ahead? Photo: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Sri Lanka still paying past bills as it plans for the future

by David Brewster January 24, 2017February 18, 2020

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