What are Hong Kong’s next best steps after ‘two sessions’ in Beijing?
Hong Kong should move beyond a “city-centred” approach that merely seeks Beijing’s policy support and instead take steps to align with national priorities by...
Swing and a miss? Taiwan’s premier under fire over baseball trip to Tokyo
Taiwanese Premier Cho Jung-tai has come under fire over what he said was a private visit to Japan to support the island’s team at...
Myanmar’s junta staged an election. It couldn’t stage legitimacy
Myanmar’s new parliament will convene next week, following an election tightly stage-managed by the junta. The Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) will enjoy...
Top Chinese entrepreneurs commit to Middle East expansion despite Iran war
Two prominent Chinese business leaders have pledged to double down on outbound investment – including in the Middle East and Latin America – even...
Strikes on Iraqi capital kill 2 Iran-linked Kataeb Hezbollah members
Explosions rocked Iraq’s capital Baghdad on Saturday after two strikes targeted the powerful Iran-backed group Kataeb Hezbollah, killing two members including a “key figure”,...
Judge Orders Veterans Affairs to Reinstate Collective Bargaining Agreement
A federal judge on March 13 ordered the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to honor its collective bargaining agreement with a union while...
Graft and gridlock: in Anwar’s Malaysia, reformist cracks widen
Two votes. That was the margin by which Malaysia’s prime minister, a man with a supermajority in the 222-seat lower house, failed to pass...
Acid attack on Indonesian activist raises fears for democracy under Prabowo
Two men on a motorbike threw acid in the face of an Indonesian rights activist, leaving him badly hurt and prompting calls on Friday...
Which Chinese stocks can help investors withstand Middle East war shocks?
Chinese companies in several sectors – including energy, petrochemicals and agriculture – stand to benefit from surging oil prices and the yuan’s easing deflation,...