Region | China and Northeast Asia

Map of Northeast Asia including China, Japan, Republic of Korea, North Korea, Mongolia and Hong Kong.

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View our expert commentary and informed analysis on the latest developments in Northeast Asia, including China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, North Korea, Mongolia and Hong Kong.

China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Investment Report 2025 H1

CHRISTOPH NEDOPIL  | Download PDF Key findings 2025 H1 saw the highest BRI engagement ever for any 6-month period, with USD… Read More

Green independent power producers (IPPs) in Asia: A practical guide for negotiations and agreements between Chinese and international partners

CHRISTOPH NEDOPIL, FABBY TUMIWA, MUSTAFA SAYED, MUHAMMAD AULIA ANIS, RIKA ISNARTI AND UMAR FAROOQ | 20-MINUTE READ | Download PDF… Read More

From concept to impact: Shifting debt-for-nature swaps from exploratory ideas to empirical insight

CHRISTOPH NEDOPIL AND TIANSHU SUN  |  Debt-for-Nature Swaps (DNS) have re-emerged as a tool to address the dual crisis of sovereign debt in emerging economies and… Read More

No time to waste–transforming challenges into opportunities for sustainable leadership

CHRISTOPH NEDOPIL, GLORIA GE AND DIAN TJONDRONEGORO  |  There is no time to waste. As we finalised the Griffith Asia Pacific… Read More

Green growth and carbon neutrality: Lessons from the world’s top emitters

SAMIA ZAHRA,  SELVA SELVANATHAN, RAKESH GUPTA  AND MANEKA JAYASINGHE, |  As climate change accelerates, the pressure on countries to transition to a greener… Read More

Time to develop an Asia-Pacific Green Development Agenda

CHRISTOPH NEDOPIL, DHRUBA PURKAYASTHA, HEMANT MALLYA, KAVITA VIJ, NITIN BASSI AND SHUVA RAHA | 50 MINUTE READ | Download PDF Introduction The… Read More

China’s stock markets under the lens: Transparency, regulation, and synchronicity

SHIJUN GUO AND FANG HU  |  Transparency in financial markets is a cornerstone of investor confidence and market efficiency. The assumption that investors… Read More

China green finance status and trends 2024-2025

MENGDI YUE AND CHRISTOPH NEDOPIL | 40 MINUTE READ | Download PDF 1. Introduction In 2024, green finance in China… Read More

Barriers at the gate: Security vetting and its impact on regional diplomacy

SUSAN HARRIS RIMMER AND ELISE STEPHENSON  |  In the Asia-Pacific, where rapid social and political changes intersect with longstanding traditions, diplomacy plays a… Read More

Reimagining disability: Is inclusion a macroforce that will shape Asia and the Pacific for the next 20 years?

DIAN TJONDRONEGORO, ELIZABETH KENDALL, SHAWN HUNTER, AND ELENA MAYER-BESTING | 30 MINUTE READ | Download PDF Introduction Disability inclusion is… Read More