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Sexist Dress Codes in Japan
In the latest headline to provoke discussion over sexism in Japan, it has been discovered that some Japanese companies are not allowing...


Hong Kong's Local Elections - Moving the Needle?
What happens when an unmovable object is met with a seemingly unstoppable force? The intractable conflict between Hong Kong’s...


China’s Dollar Diplomacy: Ending Taiwan’s International Presence?
Despite nearly a decade of ‘flourishing’ ties between Taiwan and China under the presidency of Ma Jing-yeou, relations have taken a turn...


China's Uyghur 'educational' camps are a disgrace, not a success
Reports of prison camps holding up to a million people, persecuted on the basis of their religious and ethnic identity, held in horrific...


Friendly foes - Explaining the rift between South Korea and Japan
If the world were governed by rationality, Japan and South Korea would be the closest of allies. Both face security risks from the...


Amazon - Forever Sheathed in Scandal?
Well, it looks like Amazon is back in the hot seat - that’s if it has ever got off of it. Their latest scandal involves their supplier,...


Putin is right about liberalism - But he doesn't have to be
Vladimir Putin has fired his latest broadside against Western political ideas, by claiming that liberalism has become ‘obsolete’. The...


Hong Kong: Teetering towards totalitarianism?
“One country, two systems”- The modus operandi formulated by Deng Xiaoping in the early 1980s has ever since served as the blueprint for...


Modi's Re-election: A win for identity politics
Going into the new year, there was a near-consensus among political punditry that, while not suffering an overall loss, the Indian Prime...


Russia and North Korea talks are just a diplomatic spectacle
On the 25th of April, North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un met with Russian President, Vladimir Putin for talks focused on efforts to...
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