Obama’s Hiroshima rhetoric obscures growing role for nuclear weapons
President Obama’s historic visit to Hiroshima was rich in symbolism, but light on substance. Echoing his landmark Prague speech in 2009, Obama recommitted the US… Read More
Region | China and Northeast Asia
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Can Obama kickstart Asia-Pacific reconciliation?
At the end of this month President Obama will become the first sitting US president to visit Hiroshima. The momentous visit is planned around Obama’s… Read More
How Chinese roller derby is empowering women
Roller derby is a booming new sport in Australia, the US, UK, Canada, New Zealand and parts of Europe. It’s fast, full-contact – and uniquely… Read More
Why isn’t the Japanese Yen more internationalised?
The fast growth of the foreign exchange reserves of the People’s Bank of China and Bank of Japan was a notable feature of the world… Read More
China’s crisis behavior: Political survival and foreign policy
The rise of China is one of the most dynamic political phenomena in world politics in the 21st century. As David Shambaugh, a prominent China… Read More
China and the Panama Papers
The recent massive leak of data from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca shows that greater China constitutes the single largest market for the secretive… Read More
China’s great big, very capable fighter force
PETER LAYTON | China’s rapid economic growth over the last two decades has allowed the country to significantly modernise its defence forces – and none… Read More
China Brief: Taiwan election 2016: A new era
At the 15th of March 2016 China Brief, Professor CL Chiou a veteran in Taiwanese politics shared his perspectives on the Taiwan election held earlier… Read More
From state predation to market extraction: The political economy of China’s rural finance, 1979–2012
Despite some progress in the past three decades, China’s rural economy still suffers from a lack of sound financial intermediation in terms of the coverage,… Read More
Japanese subs: A once-in-a-generation opportunity
MICHAEL HEAZLE | Hugh White’s piece in the Fairfax media last week on the strategic perils of Australia buying Japanese submarines is long… Read More
