China Tightens Censorship As Trump Takes Office
January 26, 2017 3 min. read

News outlets in China were ordered to “downplay” the U.S. inauguration, and to publish only reports from central state media.

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Pro-China Groups Protest Taiwan President’s U.S. Visit
January 17, 2017 3 min. read

The protest received little attention in the U.S. but was widely reported in China as evidence of “overseas Chinese” support for Beijing’s “one-China” policy.

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Taiwan’s President and Pro-China Opposition Leader both Plan U.S. Visits
January 6, 2017 5 min. read

Tensions between Taiwan and mainland China will come to the U.S. this month, just in time for Trump’s inauguration as President of the United States.

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Japan’s Defense Minister Visits ‘War Crimes Shrine’ Following Pearl Harbor Trip
December 30, 2016 4 min. read

The visit sparked anger among the country’s neighbors—particularly China and South Korea—that suffered under Japanese occupation during World War II.

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‘Eastward Ho’ for India-led South Asia?
December 30, 2016 6 min. read

Trade blocs are often instruments of geopolitics. India’s cooperation with the South Asian nations east of Pakistan plays witness to this age-old truism.

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Beijing’s ‘One-China Policy’ is an Authoritarian Absurdity
December 28, 2016 4 min. read

Let’s get real: Taiwan has never been a part of the People’s Republic of China. Nor do most of its citizens have any interest in being part of the PRC.

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Chinese Censorship Comes to Miss World Pageant
December 20, 2016 4 min. read

Lin was banned from participating in the 2015 pageant held in China and has now been barred from speaking on human rights at this year’s contest in the U.S.

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Mad Dog Mattis on China
December 19, 2016 3 min. read

Many are wondering how the nomination of General James “Mad Dog” Mattis as the new Secretary of Defense will influence future U.S.-China relations.

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Junaid Jamshed: Pakistan’s Bridge
December 12, 2016 4 min. read

Junaid Jamshed was simultaneously a modern 20-something, bringing music to the youth in Pakistan, and a preacher speaking to the religiously fervent.

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Crazy, or Crazy Enough to Work? India’s Financial Shakeup
November 30, 2016 5 min. read

Narendra Modi turned his country’s economy upside down by banning its two most common bank notes in an effort to combat the proliferation of “black money”.

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