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East Asia
Korean Media Report Sparks Outcry Over Abuse of Indonesian Crew Members on Chinese Fishing Ships
By Jenna Gibson
MBC's shocking report on inhumane working conditions sparked international outrage.
Restricting Chinese Journalist Visas Will Not Stop China’s Propaganda Campaigns
By Chauncey Jung
China’s state media have the resources to carry on. It’s the Chinese journalists affiliated with independent media who will suffer the most.
The Trouble With Linking COVID-19 to Japan’s Hikikomori
By Tadasu Takahashi
The mental health issue is already poorly understood; now its role in the public imagination is shifting again.
Mongolia: How Nalaikh’s Youth See Democracy
By Claire Casher, Samantha Coronel, Rasmus Dilling-Hansen, and Cassandra Jeffery
A Canadian research team shares their findings from a Mongolia youth engagement study.
Majority of Taiwanese View US Favorably, China Unfavorably
By Ankit Panda
Trends toward greater "Taiwanization" of national identity appear to continue.
China Makes Plans to Test All of Wuhan Amid Fears of Virus Comeback
By Associated Press
Local officials have received orders to plan for a massive testing campaign involving Wuhan’s 11 million people.
South Korean NGO’s Role in Supporting ‘Comfort Women’ Questioned
By Tae-jun Kang
Accusations from a former victim of pilfered donations have sparked controversy.
China’s Dual-Capable Missiles: A Dangerous Feature, Not a Bug
By Ankit Panda
The DF-26 IRBM’s ability to operate conventional and nuclear warheads creates dangerous inadvertent escalation risks.
Why China’s Technology Theft Poses a Bigger Challenge Than That of the Soviet Union
By Robert Farley
China can better incorporate what it takes to “catch up.”
Homophobia Threatens to Hamper South Korea’s COVID-19 Fight
By Associated Press
A COVID-19 cluster linked to nightclubs sparked a backlash against the LGBT community. Now some at-risk Koreans are reluctant to come forward for testing.
China Naval Modernization and the US Response
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Collin Koh Swee Lean
The Rise of Japan’s Governors: Central-Local Relations During a Pandemic
By Michio Ueda
While Japan’s central government moved slowly to respond to COVID-19, prefectural governors sprung into action. That could have lasting consequences.