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East Asia
International
The call of history
Antonia Finnane
8 January 2024
Could Taiwan’s 13 January election trigger a war with China?
Correspondents
Taiwan’s cat warrior to the rescue?
Antonia Finnane
24 November 2023
Hsiao Bi-khim’s impressive record might help save Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party from electoral defeat
Correspondents
Rodrigo Duterte’s legacy
Margaret Simons
1 November 2023
Continued killings suggest that the violence unleashed by the former Philippines president has become endemic
Correspondents
Taiwan’s double jeopardy
Antonia Finnane
12 October 2023
In Taipei, National Day tests the temperature of nationalist sentiment
National affairs
Quad erat demonstrandum?
Hamish McDonald
31 July 2023
A group of Japanese foreign policy experts has a message for the Australian government
International
The Netflix series changing Taiwanese politics
Antonia Finnane
10 July 2023
Life follows art in the streaming service’s new political series
National affairs
Why an invasion of Taiwan would fail
John Quiggin
14 September 2022
Russia’s disastrous miscalculations in Ukraine show why an invasion of Taiwan would be a grave mistake
International
Retro-nationalism’s vanquisher?
Hamish McDonald
15 September 2021
Japan’s Liberal Democrats face a choice between the past and the future
International
Sabres rattling in Beijing
Hamish McDonald
27 October 2020
With the Taiwan dilemma deepening, Australia might be forced to take a stand
International
Borrowed place, borrowed time?
Hamish McDonald
13 May 2020
Hong Kong seems to be heading into a long summer of trials, protests and electoral disqualifications
International
A failure of execution
Paul Hutchcroft & Ronald D. Holmes
4 April 2020
Despite lacking a coherent pandemic strategy, Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte is tightening his grip
Correspondents
Tokyo 2020 vs Covid-19
David Hayes
26 February 2020
Japan approaches its Olympics across a tightrope of risk
Correspondents
Losing hearts and minds
Rowan Callick
13 January 2020
Taiwanese voters add their voice to opponents of Xi Jinping’s ambitions
International
Japan’s post-populist democracy
Tobias Harris
15 July 2019
A quiet campaign for the upper house suggests that Japanese politics is well and truly back to normal
International
Where does North Korea go from here?
Justin Hastings
5 March 2019
The Hanoi summit might have failed to reach an agreement, but it highlighted the dilemmas facing the regime
Correspondents
“Here we are, living it again, as though we didn’t learn our lesson”
Margaret Simons
4 July 2018
Profile
| Filipino senator Risa Hontiveros faces jail for protecting witnesses to a brutal state-sponsored killing. Has the country’s politics come full circle?
International
Is North Korea behaving differently this time?
Justin Hastings
19 June 2018
With an economy in transition, the regime is under greater pressure to reach a deal
Books & arts
Asia’s rise: the rules and the rulers
Graeme Dobell
15 February 2018
Review essay
| As the regional balance continues to shift, resolving the tension between history and geography is becoming more urgent for Australia
International
Wintry thaw on the Korean Peninsula
Jingdong Yuan
29 January 2018
Can the major powers capitalise on the shift in North–South relations?
National affairs
Sam Dastyari and the thousands of years of Chinese history
Antonia Finnane
4 December 2017
The historical record doesn’t support the claims repeated by the senator from New South Wales
International
Nothing happened
Walter Hamilton
23 October 2017
Bad weather and new parties weren’t enough to loosen Shinzo Abe’s grip on Japanese politics. But a low turnout suggests widespread dissatisfaction
International
Japan’s unhopeful choice
Walter Hamilton
15 October 2017
Despite a high-profile new party, Japanese voters still don’t have a real alternative, writes a former ABC correspondent
International
Managing the Hermit Kingdom
Jingdong Yuan
7 September 2017
Beijing’s response to North Korea is constrained by its own security concerns
International
A costly bluffing game
Hugh White
31 July 2017
Empty threats by the Trump administration are serving Beijing’s interests
Correspondents
Korean wave runs aground on China’s rocky shore
Duncan Hewitt
18 May 2017
The THAAD missile controversy has provoked anger in Beijing and consternation in Korea, and has even dented China’s love affair with Korean TV dramas
International
“Offensive, defensive, everything”
Andy Butfoy
9 March 2017
Character and content can be hard to disentangle in assessing Donald Trump’s international security policies
Correspondents
Healing Hong Kong’s political divisions – not as easy as ABC?
Duncan Hewitt
21 February 2017
Updated 28 February
| Candidates for next month’s election of a new chief executive are coming up against a more radical generation
International
The stratifying internet
Julian Thomas
18 November 2016
Internet connections have surged in the region, but cost has re-emerged as a constraint for many users
Correspondents
Philippines re-enacts the old electoral ritual
Ronald D. Holmes
5 May 2016
Next week’s elections will determine whether the gains made under president Benigno Aquino are consolidated or eroded, writes
Ronald D. Holmes
in Manila
International
Reclaiming Japan’s peace narrative
Carolyn S. Stevens and Tessa Morris-Suzuki
13 August 2015
If “normalisation” becomes Japan’s new national narrative, it will undermine the hopeful story that has been told since 1945, write
Carolyn S. Stevens
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