Covid-19 remains a concern for some, even as many people spare no expense to celebrate while others mull cost-cutting measures for festivities. Retailers expect a boost as consumers snap up pre-Lunar New Year purchases even as some are caught between raising prices and absorbing them. Read More Here
Throughout the Cold War, the United States and Japan focused on the threat from the Soviet Union, but with tensions increasing around Taiwan, Tokyo has turned to its south, adopting principles that former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pushed for before his death. Read More Here
At last week’s election, the extraordinary, six-decade-long political journey of Mahathir Mohamad reached its quiet terminus. Read More Here.
China is using Buddhist narratives to promote its soft power in Sri Lanka – and bolster its image as a harmonious regional power. Read More Here
The country’s hedging strategy has proved quite successful in recent decades but is under pressure from the growing strategic tensions in the region. Read More Here
Strategic region on edge as China points to ‘stormy seas’ ahead and US fires more punitive economic measures at Beijing. Read More Here
Is the phrase, increasingly prominent in government communications, anything more than an update to a discredited policy of neutrality? Read More Here
The crisis triggered a wave of structural reforms that undoubtedly strengthened East Asian economies to the point where they were relatively unaffected by the Great Recession in 2008 and 2009 great financial recession. Read More Here
Former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo was assassinated on July 8 as he gave a stump speech for this Sunday’s Upper House election in the western city of Nara. The shocking act not only marked the death of a towering national figure but triggered new concerns about the state of Japan’s democracy. Read More Here
As China’s armed forces grow in strength, sophistication and confidence, U.S.-led military deterrence in the Indo-Pacific is losing its bite. Read More Here
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