East Asia

Insights from Winston Ma.

Japan’s quest for an arms manufacturing industry is intimately linked with its self-perception as a “normal” power. How has it fared so far?

Amid energy shortages in Iran, Iranians are pointing the finger at Chinese-run bitcoin mining operations.

In both 1959 Tibet and 2019 Hong Kong, popular dissent became a flashpoint for the end of meaningful autonomy - just as Beijing had planned.

Taiwan’s political culture is the unexpected key to public compliance with COVID-19 digital surveillance.

Taiwan is working to contain a domestic outbreak and maintain its remarkable success in containing the coronavirus.

A government-sanctioned look back at the early fight against COVID-19 differs sharply from a documentary directed by artist and dissident Ai Weiwei.

The Trump administration in its waning hours took more aggressive measures against Beijing. Has it locked new President Biden into a needlessly hostile policy?

From a Mars mission to the beginnings of a new space station, this year will be full of milestones for China.

Liu Cigui’s promotion from Hainan party secretary effectively takes him out of the running for the ultimate prize: membership in the CCP Politburo.

In Hong Kong, the pandemic has fanned the flames of a more silent epidemic: systematic racism. 

Instability roils Mongolia’s political apparatus in the midst of a global pandemic.