COVID-19

Plans for a travel bubble between Hong Kong and Indonesia have been put on hold, disappointing couples who have been left separated by closed borders.

What does the coronavirus response say about the government’s ability to deliver on its ambitious reform program? 

The pandemic and the ensuing need to quarantine, often with conservative family, poses unique issues for young LGBTQ+ Chinese.

How much should we read into the fact that the region’s most robust democracies have fared the worst from the coronavirus? Probably not a lot.

By bringing the military in as a stakeholder as well as advocating a smart lockdown, Khan’s COVID-19 response has consolidated his hold on power.

After almost three decades of uninterrupted economic growth, Australia’s luck has run out thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Working together for the greater good is how the world will defeat COVID-19,” Taiwan’s foreign minister writes – and Taiwan must be a part of that effort.

Unlike countries like Vietnam and New Zealand, Taiwan has managed to keep its five-month streak of no local COVID-19 transmissions alive.

Anti-migrant -- and especially anti-Rohingya and anti-Rakhine -- sentiments are undermining efforts to control the pandemic.

COVID-19 is increasing India’s economic inequality – which was very high even before the pandemic.

The virus is likely to have unpredictable impacts on the poll, Myanmar's second free election since its transition from military rule.