Coal Overcapacity in China: An Overview
Introduction If China plans to keep President Xi Jinping’s Two Carbon Promises (a carbon peak by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060), the end of the coal era will have to come soon. Given the […]
Op-eds
A Widening Trust Gap between China and the West: Unweaving a Story of Pandemic, Education, Power Dynamics, and Social Changes
Keywords: Trust, China, Society, Education The 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer suggested that residents in countries not of western-style liberal democracy, including China, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia, reported significant increases of overall trust […]
Conflicting Sino-Indian Truth Claims along the LAC
Keywords: India, China, Border, Galwan, Truth Conflicting understandings of truth, or at least claims of such, are not without consequence in international affairs. Almost two years have now passed since the events of 15 June […]
Downfall of Hong Kong Student Activism: Concerns on the Withdrawal of the Key Player in the Social Movement
In early October 2021, the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s (CUHK) student union disbanded after 50 years of service. The union stated that this decision was made primarily due to the university management’s dissociation from […]
Child (Un)friendly: Causes of Low Fertility Rates in East Asian Countries
There has been an established trend in the fertility rates of East Asian countries in the 21st century that has generated alarm for its continuous decline in each respective nation. With patterns of steep decline […]
Disputing COVID-19 as the Critical Juncture for the Treatment of Low-Wage Migrants
The socioeconomic precarity of low-wage migrants hired to do dirty, dangerous, and demeaning work[1] in Singapore is well-established; marginalized migrants are exploited by numerous industries that rely on cheap labour. In response, beleaguered civil society […]
India’s National Register of Citizens: A Tool for Muslim Disenfranchisement
Brisk, smokey, savory and rich. This, alongside its high caffeine content, makes Assam tea the drink of choice for many a morning tea drinker. Sold separately or blended to produce alternate flavors such as Earl […]
A Pandemic of Protest: COVID-19 and the Thai Democracy Movement
While 2020 marked an unprecedented transition into the COVID-19 pandemic, it also saw a resurgence of anti-government protests spearheaded by Thailand’s youth. Over the past ninety years, elected Thai governments have been recurringly supplanted by […]
Four Years of Sunshine: Examining South Korea’s Policy of Reconciliation toward North Korea under the Moon Administration
Since his election to the South Korean presidency in May of 2017, Moon Jae-in has steadfastly remained committed to a policy of engagement with North Korea. His administration’s emphasis on dialogue and reconciliation has evoked […]
One Way Road: An Investigation into the Development of Sino-Canadian Relations (1970-2015)
Abstract: Relations between Canada and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) have been and remain unique. This essay will argue that Canadian governments maintained relatively consistent approaches to relations with China between 1970 and 2006. […]