In 2023, China’s population shrank by 2.08 million.[1] The reason was unambiguous: its total fertility rate is approaching 1 child per woman,[2] whereas 2.1 children per woman are needed to maintain a stable population.[3] For […]
Introduction The examinational hall has long been an arena for the struggle over who has access to the opportunity to gain knowledges and develop skills that enable financial success and social respect in East Asia. […]
The candidate from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won the 2024 Presidential election of the Republic of China (Taiwan) after fierce competition with its old rival, the Kuomintang (KMT), and the newly rising Taiwan People’s […]
On March 5th from 12- 130 pm EST, Professor Minxin Pei, a Chinese politics scholar at Claremont McKenna College, delivered a presentation on his new book The Sentinel State: Surveillance & the Survival of Dictatorship […]
On February 23, the Asian Institute at the Munk School of Global Affairs hosted an event titled “The Ripple Effect: China’s Complex Presence in Southeast Asia”. The speaker of the event was Enze Han, who […]
On February 2, a panel discussion “The Future of Democracy in Asia: Taiwan’s 2024 Elections and Their Implications Across Asia” was held at the Munk School of Global Affairs and was co-sponsored by the Asian […]
Abstract: Over the past decades, Chinese parents have come to view private tutoring as a crucial tool to help their children succeed in an increasingly competitive educational and job market. The rapid growth of the private tutoring […]
Abstract: The rise of meritocratic rhetoric insists to Chinese youth that they are responsible for their own economic outcomes by putting effort in achieving high educational attainment. However, policy restrictions limit migrants’ access to social […]
The 2002 World Cup, jointly hosted by South Korea and Japan, was the first World Cup ever held in Asia. With this fact came extensive media attention from abroad and internal intrigue from domestic Korean […]
On March 4, 2022, the Asian Institute at the Munk School of Global Affairs hosted an event titled “China’s Growing Digital Reach.” The event was moderated by Lokman Tsui, a research fellow at Citizen Lab […]
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