Category: East Asia
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Clash of Titans: Rethinking the Sino-American Rivalry
Napoleon’s foresight that China’s awakening would “shake the world” has indeed materialized. Over the past…
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The Revival of Spirituality in Post-COVID China
Summer afternoons in Beijing can be monstrous: the heat, the air, and the traffic almost…
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How to Witness a Chinese Monkey on Social Media– Love, Hate, or Neither?
A monkey has become my recent hyperfixation. Xing Xing (meaning star in Mandarin Chinese) is…
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From Socialism to Stratification: The Unfinished Reform of China’s Hukou System
China’s hukou system was established in the 1950s to regulate population mobility and resource allocation…
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East Asia’s ‘Childless Future’: Can Japan’s Policies Turn the Tide?
Japan’s demographic crisis has become a cautionary tale for East Asia. With a fertility rate…
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The Great Leap Forward of China’s Private Space Industry
The First Decade: End of State Monopoly In the early 2000s, as billionaires like Elon…
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From Doraemon to Diplomacy: The Role of Manga and Anime in Japanese Soft Power
Anime (cartoons) and manga (comics), once considered marginalized, subcultures have transformed into a global phenomenon…
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Roadblocks: China’s One Belt One Road Initiative in the Era of Trump
In the few months since the second inauguration of US president Donald Trump, America’s foreign…
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Deepseek: the first challenge to US AI supremacy?
Despite the public release of its latest model being barely two months prior, Deepseek has…
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Japan-South Korea Relations: Partnership or Discord? Event Report
On November 22nd, 2024, the Asian Institute at the Munk School of Global Affairs and…
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