The Bangkok-based advocacy group Project88 documented 56 political arrests last year, the most in any year since 2018.

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A football tournament is China’s latest propaganda campaign to whitewash its abuses of Uyghur people – and deconstruct Uyghur ...

A decade on from one of the country’s highest-profile political killings, democracy remains a dream rather than reality.

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In the midst of an artificial intelligence space race, China’s cutting-edge data center buildout highlights a nation that’s preparing for market dominance. But what does it mean for the Asian ...

Scientists warn of a regional disaster if pollution from rare earth and gold mining in Myanmar continues to spread toxins ...

This week, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Vanuatu counterpart, Jotham Napat, signed the Nakamal Agreement, a new security relationship between the two countries. While this is the ...

The U.S. wants explicit alignment, but China’s more flexible approach to strategic competition resonates with Pacific Island ...

By adding legal backup to state control of Chinese private companies, Decree No. 837 affects any country receiving their ...