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Covid-19

Pandemic Paralysis: China and Hong Kong Remain Stymied by Covid

Thursday 27th October 2022

Hong Kong should end its piecemeal approach to exiting zero Covid and abandon remaining restrictions, while the mainland China should use the city as a model.

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Politics

Without Irony, India Rejoices at Rishi Sunak’s Rise

Wednesday 26th October 2022

Vasuki Shastry of Chatham House examines the unappreciated irony of Sunak’s achievement, given the politics and society of India today.

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Population & Society

Lessons for Social Innovation from Post-Soviet Countries

Thursday 20th October 2022

From his research, 2022 AsiaGlobal Fellow Bakhrom Radjabov draws lessons for creating the supportive environment needed for effective social innovation

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Politics

Nationalism and (False) Eurasianism in Today’s Russia

Thursday 20th October 2022

To explain the context of Russian nationalism today, Dmitry Shlapentokh documents how Eurasianism has shifted from ideology and national ideal to geopolitical claim

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Politics

Controlling the Narrative: Historical Distortion and the Case of the Philippines

Thursday 13th October 2022

University of Hong Kong historian Nicolo Ludovice examines the practice of historical distortion, focusing on the case of the Philippines

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Economy

As Food Prices Rocket, India’s Social Safety Nets are Strained

Thursday 13th October 2022

Inflation is threatening food security in India and placing strains on key social safety nets such as ration schemes and subsidy programs

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Economy

Rebooting Hong Kong as an International Financial Center

Thursday 6th October 2022

What does Hong Kong need to do to overcome the challenges ahead?

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Environment

Flooded Nation: Indonesia Builds a Disaster-Ready Culture

Thursday 6th October 2022

An outline of efforts to address the environmental disaster and mitigate the risks.

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Economy

No Easy Path: Reinvigorating Hong Kong for the Greater Bay Area Initiative

Thursday 29th September 2022

Hong Kong must implement its Northern Metropolis Development Strategy to dovetail with the mainland’s Greater Bay Area initiative.

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Health

How to Develop Hong Kong into a Biomedical Hub with Systems Thinking

Wednesday 28th September 2022

China’s National 14th Five-Year Plan positions Hong Kong as a global innotech hub, with biotechnology identified as one of the city’s most promising sectors.

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Geopolitics

China’s Outreach into the Pacific Prompts the US and its Partners to Step Up

Thursday 22nd September 2022

China’s presence in the Pacific has taken new forms. What was once purely economic is now much deeper.

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Money

Do Carbon Risks Matter for Hong Kong Equity Prices?

Thursday 22nd September 2022

Investors are much less willing to pay a premium for shares of firms with low carbon risk.

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Population & Society

Protection – or Bureaucratic Burden?: Behind the Philippines’ Regulation of Overseas Contract Workers

Thursday 15th September 2022

A review of the regulatory framework that the Philippines enforces to manage the recruitment and deployment of overseas Filipino workers.

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Technology

Denial of Service: The Implications of Indonesia’s Digital Platform Shutdowns

Thursday 15th September 2022

The action at the end of July 2022 mobilized digital natives to fend for the freedom to access technology, their livelihoods and the nation’s future.

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Economy

The Global Economy and Great Power Competition in the New Era of Stagflation

Thursday 8th September 2022

Key economies must focus on regional integration and promoting greater collaboration in the necessary governance to address pressing global challenges.

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Technology

Data Free Flow with Trust – and How That Trust Should be Built

Thursday 8th September 2022

The prospect for building a global architecture for cross-border data flows anytime soon is very limited.

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Population & Society

Fallout from Fukushima: The Unprecedented Activation of Japanese Civil Society

Thursday 1st September 2022

The debate in Japan over nuclear power has heated up.

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Technology

The Metaverse in a Fragmented World

Thursday 1st September 2022

What would the metaverse – an interconnected network of virtual spaces – look like in a geopolitically fragmented world?

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