Asian studies
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Red China: Why Beijing Can’t Shake Its Risky Debt Habit
In March 2021, analysts projected that revenues at Evergrande Group, China’s second-largest real estate developer, would grow by 70 percent…
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For Once, Japan’s Foreign Minister Is Actually Qualified
Fresh from a surprisingly strong showing at recent parliamentary elections, Japan’s new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has moved to put his imprint…
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The Laws of War Don’t Apply to the Kabul Drone Strike
Last week, the U.S. Department of Defense released a one-page summary of its findings from an investigation into a drone…
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Australia Shows the World What Decoupling From China Looks Like
When Australia had the temerity to call for an independent inquiry into the origins of COVID-19 last year, China was…
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China attempts to clean up its sleaziest regional banks
IT’S BEEN A bad year to be a big cheese in China. Billionaire entrepreneurs have been hounded.
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Central Asia Is Turning Back to Moscow
n the sleeper train from Tashkent to Nukus, a drunk Uzbek army officer wants to know where we’re from. “England”…
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Australia’s ‘Super’ Pension Funds Can Power Global Democracy
After the United States transferred one of its most tightly held technologies, nuclear submarines, to Australia as part of the…
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America, China, and the Tragedy of Great-Power Politics
It was a momentous choice. Three decades ago, the Cold War ended, and the United States had won.
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The Two Koreas’ Recent Arms Displays Are Sending Very Different Messages
North Korea has announced that it successfully tested a new, smaller submarine-launched ballistic missile, or SLBM, on Tuesday.
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China Isn’t the Only One Arming Up in Asia
In July, an obscure but important body called the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology announced the 77th launch of…
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