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Karishma VaswaniBloomberg |
Rockstar entrances are designed to demand attention, and that is precisely what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s did when he arrived at the...
“Who controls the past, controls the future: who controls the present controls the past,” George Orwell wrote in 1984, describing the slogan of a...
What’s the best way to protect yourself when options are running out? Take a leaf from Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s book, who had...
If you want to know what it’s like to live in China, go to Hong Kong. This week, some of the so-called Hong Kong 47, named for the number of...
It’s been a challenging start to Lai Ching-te’s presidency. Taiwan’s new leader was only sworn in on Monday, and he’s already dealing with the...
If there’s one thing Taiwan knows how to do, it’s throw a party. There was no weighty self-importance on display at Lai Ching-te’s presidential...
Turns out you can have too much of a good thing. Last week, Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin ordered a U-turn on the country’s...
A new era awaits Singapore on Wednesday: a changing of the guard that will see city-state inaugurate only its fourth prime minister since gaining...
China hasn’t missed a beat when it comes to the chaotic scenes at American universities, after some colleges called in local police to quell pro-...
From Washington to Tokyo to Manila and Brussels, distrust of Beijing is growing. President Xi Jinping’s charm offensive in Europe this week, aimed...
How should Japan and Australia, key US partners, manage the escalating tensions in the South China Sea? It’s a question that will be keeping...
When the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken touches down in Shanghai and Beijing this week, he will have two important goals in mind: First, ensure...
When Indonesia’s President-elect Prabowo Subianto chose to visit China months before his inauguration, it caused eyebrows to raise across the...
Xi Jinping has a favorite phrase: “The world today is undergoing major changes unseen in a century.” The Chinese leader has repeated it in...
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s decision to step down after 19 years and hand power to deputy Lawrence Wong on May 15 was expected —...
Every literature student will surely know this opening line from Leo Tolstoy’s famous opus, Anna Karenina: “All happy families are alike; each...
Where could the US and China find themselves in a direct confrontation? Taiwan is the obvious answer: President Xi Jinping has said the island will...
The global attention on Taiwan in the wake of its worst natural disaster in 25 years is unprecedented: Close to 90 countries have come forward with...
Taiwan’s devastating earthquake provides China with an opportunity to do something completely out of character: Step out of the way and not try to...
If you haven’t seen it yet — look away. The first scene in the new Netflix series 3-Body Problem opens with a shocking sequence. A prominent...
Losing one president in a year — unfortunate. Losing two? A worrying signal for foreign investors. Vietnam, the economic darling of Southeast Asia,...
There is a rising chorus of voices, mostly from the Global South, calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the urgent provision of aid to a...
Beijing is reaffirming its claims in the South China Sea through a combination of dangerous actions and assertive rhetoric. Despite all evidence to...
How difficult is it becoming to do business in Hong Kong? Foreign governments and businesses are deliberating what the city’s new security...
There are few things that can get both the American left and right as exercised as the idea that a foreign nation is perverting the minds of their...
The script at China’s National People’s Congress is pre-determined months before the event, but there had been speculation this week that Beijing...
It is a familiar path for an ambitious strongman — exerting so much control over a nation that he strangles it in the process. China’s President...
With China escalating “gray-zone activities” in the Taiwan Strait, it’s time for Taipei to abandon its cautious strategy and take fresh...
It is the elephant in the room we must talk about — the possibility of Donald Trump making it into the White House this November. Given the former...
In a closely watched contest, the unofficial quick count results are now out and strongly suggest a landslide victory for the man who is poised to be...
Indonesia’s election is as much about its past as it is about its future — and this vote is a test of how far the nation has come in its...
There is an assumption inherent in the world of international business that as long as you don’t break the law, life should be relatively...
Hong Kong was once one of the world’s most storied international centers. With the planned proposals for a new security law, the government is...
Millennials might know it as FWB: Friends With Benefits. Others would describe it as a “situationship.” Whatever the moniker, there is always one...
As deepfakes go, it’s not a great one. Even so, the viral video of Indonesia’s former president and dictator Suharto that was created using...
It is the classic mean-girl tactic — stealing a friend away at a vulnerable moment. This strategy is designed to humiliate, weaken and control. The...
From the shores of Kinmen Island, the skyscrapers towering above the horizon on the Chinese mainland are usually clearly visible. Situated just a few ...
If you want to learn how to throw a successful election, come to Taiwan. This island’s vibrant exercise in democracy culminated in a rock concert...
It is the thing every mother of a teenage girl dreads. Taylor Swift is coming to your city — and you don’t have tickets. I scoured high and low...
A record number of people are heading to the polls around the world this year, including in Asia. This is particularly significant for the region...
Fleeing Communist China on a boat at the age of 12, Jimmy Lai came to Hong Kong as a refugee. The city, then a thriving metropolis with a bustling...
The year of the dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac, is meant to bring about luck, good fortune, and prosperity. That’s likely what Chinese...
Vietnam has become the flavor of the year for the world’s geopolitical rivals. In September, US President Joe Biden visited the Southeast Asian...
Indonesians will get a chance to hear from their presidential and vice-presidential hopefuls in the first of five televised debates this week. The...
Even before it began, expectations that anything of significance would be achieved at the European Union’s summit with China were disappointingly...
When the blast ripped through the gymnasium of the Mindanao State University in Marawi, it was packed with worshippers, many of them students deep in...