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Published in: HomeChina's party, Bo Xilai's legacyThe efforts of China's ruling elite to cope with the scandal that consumed a leading comrade mark a political...
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Published in: HomeDoubting North Korea’s ‘collapsists’
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The by-election victory of Aung San Suu Kyi’s party in Burma (Myanmar) raises the question of whether the country is...
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Published in: openSecurityTrial by media: Bangladesh's 'International' Crimes Tribunal
Phone tapping, court orders and vitriolic condemnations of the accused point to a disconcerting unity between the...
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Published in: HomeJapan, the earthquake and the mediaThe worst disaster in Japan since the second world war hit the country's north-east coastal region on 11 March 2011....
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Published in: HomeChina's elite: a language deficit
Beijing is concerned by Washington's more assertive regional policy in Asia. But here as elsewhere the Chinese...
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Taiwan's presidential election saw the incumbent Ma Ying-jeou win another four-year term in office over his opponent...
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The aftermath of the death of Kim Jong-Il highlights the obstacles in the way of a clear assessment of North Korea's...
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The tsunami and nuclear accident made 2011 an especially hard year for Japan. But the questions raised by the...
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North Korea's leader of almost two decades has died. What happens next will determine Kim Jong-Il's place in the...
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After Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, the US has now turned its belligerent attention towards Pakistan. But opening...
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Published in: HomeBangladesh: A road map for political disaster
Far from being reconciliatory, the government's International War Crimes Tribunal is tantamount to a witch hunt of...
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Published in: HomeDecember 1, 1961: Fly the flag of independence - West Papua and the Indonesian Empire
Life in the furthest recesses of New Guinea has not only been transformed but devastated by forces that originate at...
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The return to democracy in Nepal after the decade-long civil war has been bumpy. The question of amnesty for crimes...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPoliticians aren't scared of Murdoch; they're scared of a world without himPeople assume that politicians are simply terrified of Rupert Murdoch. But chiefly they have allowed and encouraged...
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Published in: HomeBersih 2.0: Malaysia's democracy movement is not just a copy of the Arab Spring movements
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Published in: openSecurityDomestic politics fuel maritime disputes in East Asia
The recent intensification of the dispute between China and Vietnam has highlighted the volatile and unpredictable...
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The electoral victory of Pheu Thai, the party led by Thaksin Shinawatra's sister, opens a dramatic new phase in...
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