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A young man sits in a court room with his head against the wall. There is a security office just visible in the background.

13 Oct 2022 3 minute read

Commemorating Hong Kong’s lost youth

Husna Ara finds Blue Island a confused documentary, bogged down by form and lacking in political...

A shopkeeper in Dushanbe with his collection of Soviet paraphernalia for sale.

11 Jun 2022 7 minute read

The dragon and the bear on the roof of the world

Cash-strapped but strategically important, Tajikistan is undergoing rapid change with its future increasingly being shaped...

22 Jul 2021 5 minute read

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The interview: Sayragul Sauytbay

Sayragul Sauytbay on being forced to teach propaganda in a concentration camp for Uyghur...

21 Dec 2020 3 minute read

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Hall of infamy: Carrie Lam

Big Momma Carrie Lam is on a mission in Hong Kong.

27 Nov 2020 4 minute read

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Uyghur poet Abduweli Ayup: ‘I had no choice but to flee’

Uyghur poet and teacher Abduweli Ayup talks to Jan-Peter Westad about language, cultural...

A still from the music video 'Room Service', via the record label 88rising, by hip hop sensation Higher Brothers.

4 Dec 2019 5 minute read

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(Don’t) fight the power

Amy Hawkins surveys the cultural landscape in the world’s second-largest economy, China.

A guard at the Mombasa terminus of the Chinese-financed SGR railway. Saturday is one of the busiest times on the line, as Kenyans travel from Nairobi to the coast to visit family.

25 Nov 2019 6 minute read

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The Beijing connection

Christine Mungai reflects on the past, present and future of the relationship between China and the African...

Uyghur men in Xinjiang pray during the Corban festival (Eid) in 2016. Public displays of religiosity are now considered signs of extremism. Credit: Kevin Frayers/Getty

18 Nov 2019 11 minute read

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Xinjiang: living in a ghost world

Yohann Koshy speaks to anthropologist Darren Byler to find out what is going on in China’s...

11 Nov 2019 6 minute read

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How green is China?

Ma Tianjie examines the limits of China’s ‘ecological nationalism’.

29 Oct 2019 14 minute read

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China in charge

Yohann Koshy on the ironies and contradictions of what one day might be called the Chinese century.

24 Oct 2019 5 minute read

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Don’t call the Essex 39 a ‘tragedy’

The British state is complicit in their deaths, argues Jun Pang.

24 Sep 2019 4 minute read

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Who is militarizing the South China Sea?

Mark J Valencia makes sense of the cauldron for conflict between China and its neighbours.

10 Sep 2019 5 minute read

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It’s lonely on the Left in Hong Kong

Bennett Murray speaks to Avery Ng, the leader of Hong Kong’s most leftwing party within...

11 Mar 2019 4 minute read

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‘Little Africa’ in China

Guangzhou is home to Asia’s largest African migrant population, who come to China chasing business opportunities, reputable...

7 Jan 2019 7 minute read

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A rustbelt romance

Enter the ‘new protectionism’ – and Trump’s trade wars.

7 Jan 2019 6 minute read

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Open China?

China is making promises, but keeping them may be hard…

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