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The Covid-19 Dichotomy: The stark differences between the East and the West
By FEE MERALI Across South-Asia, people are returning to life as usual. Pubs and restaurants are open for business, non-essential shops...


Reflections on Abe Shinzo's Japanese rule
BY ARJUN KAMATH It is fast approaching a month since Abe Shinzo, the longest serving uninterrupted Prime Minister in Japanese history,...


The plight of China's Uyghur Muslims
By ROBERTO WHITE On July 19th 2020, Liu Xiaoming, Chinese Ambassador to the UK, appeared on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show. During the...


Michael Palin's North Korea Journal is a real page turner
In the new normal we find ourselves in, it's natural to procrastinate. Which usually leads to binging Netflix. In an effort to correct...


Anniversaries of Tiananmen Square and a rethinking of China's global image
On the 4th of June, the world remembered an infamous day in Chinese history, known universally as the Tiananmen Square Protests. This day...


Lessons from the pandemic: our future relationship with China
In the early stages of the COVID-19 global pandemic, media in the UK focused mainly on China. How they were handling the virus and how it...


Moon Jae-in's Success - Democracy during a crisis
South Korea is one of the world’s youngest democracies, and the first country to hold a national election during the Covid-19 pandemic....


Concerns over China's Coronavirus Cover-Up
In the middle of one of the worst pandemics in recent memory, US intelligence agencies have issued a stark warning; China may have...


Nth Room - A case of silent sex crimes in South Korea
Nth room was the major case that rocked South Korea in 2020, where the sale of sexual exploitation videos occurred in Telegram chat...


The Istanbul Canal: a “Dream Project” for Erdogan, a "Nightmare Project” for Turkey
The Istanbul Canal was first brought to the world’s attention by Erdogan around the year 2011. Although its plan dates to the pre-Erdogan...
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