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To meet China halfway, the US will need to cover more ground than its rival
To give peace a chance, Kevin Rudd's upcoming book should be read in both Beijing and Washington
Behind every Booker Prize nomination is a person you've never heard of
When one considers the role they play, translators are not just terribly underpaid, the are truly undersung
Hong Kong is becoming 'just another Chinese city'. That's not such a bad thing
Its ongoing transition from British colonial outpost to Chinese metropolis is only natural
A call for clarity on the global stage
Gaffes are not to be taken lightly. Even when 'clarified' afterwards, the words cannot be taken back
A post-pandemic Ramadan in a changed world
Ceremonies and rituals that signpost our lives had disappeared in the past 2 years
Why China needs peace in Ukraine
From trade to values, it is in Beijing's interest to be a neutral mediator
Russian arts and literature don't warrant the cancel treatment
Not even during the Cold War did anyone try to boycott all things Russian
Taiwan is not another Ukraine, unless the West chooses to make it one
For now, strong parallels between Eastern Europe and East Asia are unwarranted
Why has Nauru locked up a hundred migrants on Australia's behalf?
Australia undoubtedly does take in refugees, but its off-shore detention system is condemnable
The man who could tame Myanmar's notoriously stubborn junta
Cambodian leader Hun Sen will rely on his diplomatic chops to help resolve the year-long crisis. Will he succeed?
Why Britain shouldn't replace the salad bowl with a melting pot
The UK's leaders wrongly believe its multiculturalism project, based on integration, is a failure
The West's role in the 1960s massacre of Indonesian communists
The US, UK and Australia cannot lecture the world about human rights until they come clean about the purge
Which countries exert a sphere of influence, anyway?
Great powers exerting regional dominance is 'a fact of international life'
Kazakhstan differs from Singapore and Malaysia in crucial ways
Both South-East Asian countries had strong leaders, but neither man was for personality cults
Why history books are often biased
Those who get to write it shape a narrative that is often accepted for years but may, in fact, be highly partial
