Author: Fredrik Fällman, University of Gothenburg 2020 ended on a sad note for China–Vatican relations. News emerged on 30 December that two nuns from the unofficial...
Author: James Lee, UC San Diego Tensions are rising in the Taiwan Strait. Chinese warplanes have been entering Taiwan’s air defence identification zone on an almost...
Author: Gorana Grgic, University of Sydney In the flurry of analyses of Joe Biden’s early policy moves, there is a common thread that depicts the 46th...
Author: Hironori Sasada, Hokkaido University The Suga administration recently submitted a bill to revise Japan’s Act on Special Measures to Facilitate Investment in Agricultural Corporations. The...
Author: Yuhan Zhang, UC Berkeley In November 2020, 15 countries signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) amid a backdrop of deglobalisation and trade protectionism. While...
Author: Zhiqun Zhu, Bucknell University On 4 February 2021, the Taiwanese government announced the establishment of a ‘Taiwan Office’ in Guyana. Within 24 hours, Guyana’s Ministry...
Author: Sandra Seno-Alday, University of Sydney Laos is one of the fastest growing economies in Southeast Asia. From 2010 to 2018, it realised the second highest...
Author: Huw Slater, ICF In December and January, at the height of winter, central and eastern China undertook its most extensive power rationing in a decade....
Author: Ken Heydon, LSE The United Kingdom’s trading aspirations in Asia will not negate its dependence on the European Union, nor will they unwind the dominant...