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East Asia
North Korea Beefs Up Measures to Prevent Coronavirus Outbreak
By Tae-jun Kang
North Korea is undertaking unusually public efforts to combat the new disease.
Will India Now Finally Invite Australia to the Malabar Exercise?
By Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
New reports have surfaced regarding a previously headline-grabbing, controversial development.
The Geopolitical Consequences of the Coronavirus Outbreak
By Ridvan Bari Urcosta
Will China be forced into “hibernation” amid the epidemic?
The Face of the Coronavirus: Face Masks
By Layne Vandenberg
Exclusively associating face masks with the coronavirus vilifies Chinese culture and fashion.
Wuhan Coronavirus and the Tacitus Trap
By Fu Yu
The outbreak revealed long-standing deficiencies inside China’s local administrations, which may pose a threat to the credibility of local governments across the PRC.
Threat of Furloughs Looms Over Continuing US-Korea Burden-Sharing Talks
By Jenna Gibson
If Washington and Seoul can’t narrow the gap on their cost-sharing talks thousands of Koreans could start missing paychecks.
German Court Rules Against Berlin Hostel at North Korean Embassy
By Associated Press
Judges said city authorities had no choice but to close the hostel as North Korea “represents a threat to world peace.”
5G and Risk Mitigation: Asia’s Huawei Conundrum
By Ankit Panda
Can U.S. efforts to keep Huawei at bay succeed?
Japan Begins Evacuating Citizens From Outbreak-Hit Wuhan
By Mina Pollmann
Japan's government used a charter flight to bring home some of the Japanese citizens caught up in the quarantine zone in China.
Is This the End of the 1992 Consensus?
By Zihao Liu
The 1992 Consensus is being challenged by each of the three major forces shaping cross-strait relations: the DPP, the KMT, and Beijing.
China’s Clean Energy Decline: Impact on the EU and US
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Frank Haugwitz
Harvard Researcher Charged Over Undisclosed China Links
By Ankit Panda
Charles Lieber, a prominent Harvard University nanoscience researcher, was arrested and charged on Tuesday.