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Beijing Anger-ometer, Mid-December 2023: Debt, Discord and Diplomatic Destitution
The lack of gratitude is astounding. Having organized one’s own welcoming committees, postponed one’s purges for a brief few days, traipsed across 16
COP28: China, the Climate North Korea, Has Its Finger on the Weather Bomb
As the petrostate-presided United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) quarrels its way to a close for
2024 Taiwan Presidential Election Polls: Friday, December 8
The DPP opened its national campaign headquarters for Taiwan’s 2024 presidential election on December 3. Prominent DPP figures including Taiwan’s
Countries Around Taiwan Are Lining Up Against China. But It’s Not Altruism or Love of Democracy That’s Driving It
At the end of November, the United States Coast Guard began conducting a course in vessel boarding with experts from the Philippines, Malaysia and
Contagious Concerns: New China Outbreak Proves Hong Kong and Taiwan’s Crucial Health Role
Since at least the 1960s, when Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao alerted of deadly flu cases in Guangdong Province, a pattern has emerged: News of a
Taiwan Election Interview: These Two YouTubers Have Interviewed More People Than Anyone Else About Taiwan’s Election
In a blogpost last month, Taiwan election analyst Nathan Batto pointed out that straightforward voting intentions aren’t the only important kind of
India Can Chart Its Own Course, Separate to U.S. and China. But It’s Not Neutral
In the last year, India has become the world’s most populous nation. It has held the G20 presidency. It has nurtured the fastest-growing major economy
Human Rights & China, November End, 2023: U.S. CEOs Applaud as a Dissident Dies
In the land where somebody else doxing the president’s daughter can cost you 14 years of freedom, the use of your fingers and your sanity, a mother
2024 Taiwan Presidential Election Polls: Friday, December 1
After last Friday’s registration deadline passed and independent candidate Terry Guo (郭台銘) dropped out, there is now a three-way race in the 2024
Hong Kong & Human Rights, November 2023: Creepy Cops and State Vigilantism
“If you see the police on the bus, absolutely do not think it is weird,” insisted the Mong Kok District police division in a Facebook post on November
Semiconductor Sanctions: What Does the U.S. Mean by ‘National Security Risks’?
When the U.S. updated its export controls on semiconductors at the end of October, the Bureau of Industry and Security document contained the phrase