Regional wrap
Thursday
10th October
2019
The past fortnight has been a witness to a few interesting events and developments. US President Donald Trump’s in…
Category Archive: Region | China and Northeast Asia
Regional wrap
Thursday
26th September
2019
Summit season is once again under way as world leaders converge in New York for the United Nations General…
Regional wrap
Thursday
29th August
2019
The past fortnight witnessed the unfolding of important events with deep significance for the region. Perhaps the most important…
How mateship made way for freedom, democracy and rule of law
Monday
8th July
2019
Australia’s diplomatic language has evolved during a period of instability and risk, but is practice following?…
Regional wrap
Thursday
4th July
2019
The past fortnight would be best described as surreal and bizarre; surreal because one witnessed leaders of countries seemingly hostile…
One small step for a President, one giant leap for Pyongyang
Thursday
4th July
2019
Trump’s unexpected gesture may have been the only way to get talks back on track. US President Donald Trump has…
“It’s not hard to become a political cartoonist from China, because there are only five or six of us”
Tuesday
18th June
2019
The most internationally famous of Australia’s 1.2 million people of Chinese ethnicity “came out” this week. He is the best-known…
Regional wrap
Thursday
20th June
2019
This fortnight, millions of Hong Kongers took to the streets to protest against a proposed bill that would allow…
Ghost of Tiananmen still haunts
Tuesday
4th June
2019
However high China’s skyscrapers soar, however huge the economy grows, however hurriedly the belt and road girdle the earth, the…
Japan: From Heisei to Reiwa
Monday
3rd June
2019
Last week, Bruce Miller AO, Australia’s former Ambassador to Japan delivered our Perspectives: Asia seminar reflecting on Japan’s recent imperial transition, and the significance…