Asia Pacific

The e-RMB: China’s digital currency in the COVID-19 era 0
- Economics & Finance
- May 27, 2020
Beijing has launched a major trial of its state-run digital currency as it moves to lead in fintech.
COVID-19, ASEAN and the Sino-Vietnam maritime rivalry 0
- Southeast Asia, Asia Pacific
- May 14, 2020
Hanoi's effective pandemic response provides it with more strategic freedom than its neighbours.
Contact tracing: Australia’s call for a COVID-19 inquiry 0
- Asia Pacific
- May 11, 2020
Beijing worries that an international investigation would discredit its actions early in the outbreak.
COVID-19: Beijing’s political warfare operations 0
- China
- April 16, 2020
The Party's attempts to reshape the narrative to cast itself as a global saviour have had mixed results.
An independent Bougainville: dream or disaster?0
- Asia Pacific
- April 11, 2020
The threat of COVID-19 is just the latest factor to complicate the region's bid for independence.
Africa: the stage for the next US–Chinese economic clash?0
- Africa
- April 5, 2020
Investment strategies and national interests are colliding with development realities in the continent.

How Dr Li became a martyr and challenged China’s censors 0
- China
- March 14, 2020
Threatened by the spontaneous outburst prompted by Li’s death, the party has started to crack down.
Has the US conceded defeat in the ‘War on Terror’?0
- Security & Terrorism, Asia Pacific
- March 13, 2020
The US withdrawal from Afghanistan precedes the start of intra-Afghan talks and leaves Kabul isolated.
China (and the world) should brace for economic uncertainty 0
- China
- February 26, 2020
The rapid spread of COVID-19 threatens to disrupt China's economic growth and global supply chains.
Modern problems, Party solutions: 2019-nCoV in Xi’s China 0
- China
- February 12, 2020
Another mass migration, poor public sanitation and Party politics could see the coronavirus outbreak intensify.
Beijing suffers a setback in the political warfare domain 0
- China, Asia Pacific
- January 29, 2020
Taiwan – the only country that can vote on China's political system – again rejected Beijing's overtures.
Sri Lanka and the fallout from the Easter bombings 0
- South Asia
- January 25, 2020
The return of the Rajapaksa brothers marks a turning point in communal harmony for the island nation.