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Lithuania’s courtship of Taiwan rubs China the wrong way

Lithuanians now living in Taiwan are suddenly in vogue among the island’s residents

COVID test scandal topples two Vietnam Communist Party high officials

This was no run of the mill corruption scandal involving payments to regulators or misuse of public funds.

A reporter looks back: Better times in Shanghai

The lockdown contrasts with more freewheeling times in China's biggest city.

Only a few thousand tigers survive in Asia in 2022

Rampant poaching and unchecked habitat destruction have shrunk the tigers’ range by more than 95 percent.

The US has declared a Rohingya genocide. Does it matter?

The determination has no immediate legal impact, but it has important implications, Zachary Abuza says.

Shades of Kharkiv: Parallels between the conflicts in Myanmar and Ukraine

Both Russia and Myanmar intentionally target civilians, apartments, and hospitals and block humanitarian convoys.

Vietnam’s crackdown target: citizens who can inspire others

While the number of political prisoners keeps rising with no sign of a let-up, it’s not a blunt tactic.

After Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, eyes on Xi Jinping and Taiwan

Beijing might maintain high tension in the Taiwan Strait to test the U.S. and allies.

On Ukraine, the world acts; on Myanmar, it waits

Russia has invaded a sovereign state, while Myanmar had a violent overthrow of a democratic government.

ASEAN response to Ukraine crisis a show of 'diplomatic cowardice'

The bloc's bland statement is baffling, analyst Zachary Abuza says.

What Russian aggression in Ukraine means for Southeast Asia

Southeast Asian countries are keeping quiet as Moscow junks the concept that all nations are equally sovereign.

Analysis: The purchase and abuse of daughters-in-law is a local custom

U.S.-based economist He Qinglian surveys the trafficking of women in and around Jiangsu's Xuzhou city.

Harbinger of a hellish future

Myanmar’s military plans for long-term political control

2021: Myanmar’s post-coup bloodshed eclipsed other conflicts in Southeast Asia