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Society
China Gives Suspended Death Sentence to Chinese Australian Democracy Blogger
By Ken Moritsugu and Keiran Smith
Yang Hengjun has been in detention for over five years, despite frequent complaints from the Australian government. Now he's been found guilty of espionage.
China-US Relations: Ping-Pong Diplomacy 2.0
By Shannon Tiezzi
As Beijing and Washington look to resurrect people-to-people diplomacy, a group of 12 American college students headed to China to play ping-pong.
Where Are the Women in Bodoland’s Peace Process?
By Amrita Saikia
As is too often the case, women in Bodoland, Assam, have been relegated to the periphery of formal peacebuilding.
Breast Cancer Can Bring Financial Ruin in India
By Sanjay K. Mohanty, Tabassum Wadasadawala, Suraj Maiti, and Soumendu Sen
Lowering the screening age, increasing health awareness, and improving access to screening services can improve breast cancer outcomes for poor women in India.
Ping-Pong Diplomacy Makes a Comeback in China-US Relations
By Shannon Tiezzi
Stephen Mull, vice provost for global affairs at UVA, discusses the university's version of ping-pong diplomacy, and the state of China-U.S. people-to-people exchanges.
Major Automakers May Be Using Chinese Aluminum Produced With Uyghur Forced Labor
By Simina Mistreanu
A new report from Human Rights Watch links some of the world's largest car manufacturers to aluminum allegedly produced with forced labor by Uyghurs.
The Unexonerated Speak: A New Documentary Sheds Light on Uzbekistan’s Dark Past
By Catherine Putz
Thousands were imprisoned under the regime of Islam Karimov, unjustly convicted on religious extremism and other charges. Many have been freed, but they remain unexonerated.
Indian-Chinese Couples: Rebels or Bridge Builders?
By Shannon Tiezzi
Authors Shivaji Das and Yolanda Yu explore the “love and turmoil” faced by Indian-Chinese interracial relationships.
Aren’t Cambodia’s Journalists Tired Of Being Spoken Down To?
By David Hutt
The country's government views the press as an adjunct of power.
Finding Australia in K-Pop
By Grant Wyeth
Soft power circulates, with South Korea’s K-Pop influencing Australia at the same time Australia's self-image as an Asian country continues to evolve.
AI-Generated Content Poses a Looming Threat to Women in India and Pakistan
By Zohaib Altaf and Nimra Javed
Socially conservative and patriarchal values make the threat of sexually-themed deepfakes a dire concern for the countries' girls and women.
How Aceh’s About-face on Rohingya Refugees Echoes in India
By Angshuman Choudhury
Right-wing disinformation networks in India are using events in Indonesia to revive fake news and hate speech campaigns targeting the Muslim minority group.