East Asia
Through interviews and analysis, this section focuses on stories from East and Southeast Asia.
We write on the oppression and violence inflicted on Uyghur people in China and reflect on Fukushima following the nuclear disaster. Here, you will also find discussion of the region’s changing relationships internationally, including China’s growing influence in Africa and the power struggles over the South China sea.
Cory's cop-out
Land reform - or revolution? Walden Bello and Joe Collins look into a social volcano in the Philippines.
I Was A Teenage Red Guard
Conflicting images of the Red Guards summed up Western confusion about Mao's China. Mo Bo remembers what it was really like to be a Red Guard.
Land Reform - success and failure
What makes a land reform work? *ROY LAISHLEY* looks at the factors that have led to success in South Korea and *DAVID WILSON* examines the relative failure in Peru.