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While outright censorship is still rare, subtler forms of control and coercion have severely restricted academic freedom in Hong Kong.

The Durand Line continues to bedevil Af-Pak relations. One doesn’t recognize it; the other ignores it when convenient.

Two years after a 6-year-old discovered a plea for help in a package of Christmas cards, newly released prisoners detail their accusations – and the prison’s cover up when the scandal broke.

Geologists from all over the world have been visiting the Guryul Ravine for research, but commercial activity has jeopardized the fossil site's preservation.

Spymasters in the U.K. and other countries are going public in their push against CCP influence.

Draft revisions to China’s women’s rights law are a step in the right direction, but are likely to have limited impact.

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One year into the Biden administration, what should we make of its policy toward Asia and the Indo-Pacific?

Beijing and New Delhi's jostling for influence in Maldives cannot be separated from the island nation's domestic political wrangling.

Despite its economic clout in Kazakhstan, Beijing has had far less political leverage than Moscow.

Iran may be forced to “Look East” in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from the JCPOA, but the Chinese government continues to look in many directions at once.