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East Asia
China’s Virus Pandemic Epicenter Wuhan Ends 76-Day Lockdown
By Associated Press
The central Chinese city is cautiously reopening, with hope that the epidemic won’t return.
China Appointed to Influential UN Human Rights Council Panel
By Eleanor Albert
Given China's own rights record, the appointment has sparked concern about the future of the UN's human rights agenda.
The Investment War With China: US Investment in China
By Jean-Marc F. Blanchard
Part three of this series looks at American pressure on U.S. foreign direct investment in China
South Korea’s Army Plans to Upgrade K1A2 Main Battle Tank
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Upgrade work will reportedly include enhancing the K1A2s situational awareness and protection against enemy anti-tank missiles.
Engaging China in 17+1: Time for the ACT Strategy
By Ivana Karásková
China has managed to build a system of interconnected relations in Central and Eastern Europe. How should the region respond?
Precision Politics: China’s Answer to GPS Comes Online
By Heath Sloane
With the BeiDou system set to be completed in May, China is stepping up efforts to sell other countries on its global satellite navigation system.
China Takes Aim at Calls for Taiwanese Membership of WHO in India
By Ankit Panda
The contrasts between China and Taiwan are becoming more apparent during this pandemic.
US Sees Coronavirus Window to Push Taiwan’s Global Status
By Associated Press
Taiwan’s success in managing COVID–19 presents an opportunity.
How Can China Fulfill Its Rising Meat Demand?
By Layne Vandenberg
Cultivated meat could be a possible solution to satisfy China’s heightened demand.
China’s Hidden Epidemic: Domestic Violence
By Sophie Mak
The surge of domestic violence in China amid COVID-19 lockdowns points to the ineffectiveness of its Anti-Domestic Violence Law.
Mongolia Finds a Silver Living in the COVID-19 Crisis
By Anandsaikhan Nyamdavaa
Mongolia has yet to be hit hard by the pandemic, but the precautions taken have substantially decreased other incidences of disease.
What Tokyo’s Lockdown Debate Is Missing
By Kentaro Iwata, tr. Paul Kreitman
Whether to lockdown is not a binary question. We need to ask, under what conditions should we do it?