Australia-China Relations: Finding the Elusive Balance
The relationship with China is of critical importance to Australia. It is also increasingly complex, being influenced by economics, domestic...
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20 of 165 episodesWhy is China Annoyed With Australia? (Australia-China Relations #2)
Australia has implemented a wide range of policies which, while not explicitly anti-China, are definitely interpreted that way. Other countr...
Can Australia Defend Itself in the Asian Century?
For decades in Australia we have assumed that America will prevent any serious emerging military threats to Australia, or defend us from the...
Unmaking the Himalaya: Geopolitics, Environment, Citizenship
In recent years, the Indian and Chinese states have become increasingly assertive in the Himalaya. Driven in part by their mutual enmity and...
A Chinese Scholar on China
When talking about Chinese international politics, the loudest voices are often western ones, and the Chinese perspective is limited to offi...
A Testing Friendship (Australia-China Relations #1)
For the most part, China has seen Australia as an especially agreeable and non-troubling partner, as a predictable American security ally bu...
Developing the Brahmaputra River
China and India share a 4000km long border, and it’s been a relationship that has had its tense moments. This situation is made all the more...
Defection From North Korea
For most defectors the decision to leave North Korea is never an easy one, and there are major difficulties in addressing the refugee crisis...
Ache Din
When Narendra Modi and the BJP won the 2014 election in India they did so under the slogan 'Achhe din aane waale hain' - Good days are comin...
What's Happening to the Uyghurs in China?
In the Chinese region of Xinjiang, tens of thousands of ethnic Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities have been detained inside enormous extraj...
A Land of Languages (India Rising #6)
There are 22 official languages in India, but more than 780 have been recognised. It can be a challenge to communicate across the country, a...
Religion and Caste (India Rising #5)
Religion and caste divides Indians in many ways - religion primarily between Hindu and Muslim, with Hindu further divided by a complex caste...
Waste of a Nation (India Rising #4)
With a fast-growing population and aspirations to join the throwaway prosperity of the developed world, India generates vast quantities of w...
Dynastic Leadership (India Rising #3)
The Indian National Congress party in India has mostly looked to the Nehru-Gandhi family for leadership, making them powerful figures in Ind...
Voting in the World’s Largest Democracy (India Rising #2)
India goes to the polls in 2019, and the popular incumbent Narendra Modi is currently favoured to retain his position. With close to a billi...
How Kawaii Invaded Downtown Tokyo
The vibrant fashion styles of Tokyo are notable for their colour and playfullness, and the shojo culture (girls) draw on anime, manga, liter...
A Post-Colonial Hangover (India Rising #1)
In 2017 India celebrated 70 years of independence from British rule. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the country, calling for the peo...
India's Statue of Unity
India will soon be unveiling the world’s tallest statue, the Statue of Unity. At 182m tall it towers over its nearest competitor by more tha...
A Walk Along The Bund, Shanghai
The Bund, or Wai Tan in Chinese, is a waterfront strip in central Shanghai. It is within the former Shanghai International Settlement, and s...
Is Asia on the Brink of War?
Asia is at a dangerous moment. China is rising fast, North Korea may be assembling more nuclear weapons, Japan is building up its military a...