Do or Die for the United Nations
With US President Donald Trump blithely brushing aside the United Nations’ many achievements, it is worth revisiting the organization’s successes and failures over the years. Read More Here
Tag: Politics
What is China’s 5-year plan, and why is it so important?
The Communist Party’s Central Committee will discuss the next five-year plan – the country’s 15th – at a meeting next month. Read More Here
After Indonesia, Nepal — is the Philippines next to erupt?
Mass protest planned for Manila and nationwide has same incendiary mix of ingredients that just set Indonesia and Nepal aflame. Read More Here
China and India: love in the time of cholera
A ‘dragon-elephant tango’ may help lift the gloom of Trump’s tariffs, but will it cure the malady of Sino-Indian relations? Read More Here
Humiliation, vindication—and a giant test for India
Trump has triggered a trade and defence crisis: how should Modi respond? Read More Here
To Lam consolidating hard, fast and forceful rule in Vietnam
Vietnamese leader is making moves and appointments that some fear is already concentrating too much power in his hands. Read More Here
Kim Keon-hee’s arrest: how a lie about a diamond pendant put her behind bars
The downfall of South Korea’s former first lady hinged on a complex cover-up over a diamond-studded necklace worn to a Nato summit in 2022. Read More Here
Pakistan’s army chief is cosying up to Donald Trump
The field marshal is also tightening his grip on power at home. Read More Here
After Xi
The succession question obscuring China’s future—and unsettling its present. Read More Here
New Party rules hint China’s Xi Jinping is delegating more power
New rules on certain Communist Party organs suggest China’s ruling party is aiming to standardise its decision-making process and that President Xi Jinping might be delegating more of his power, according to observers. Read More Here
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