Josh Rudolph finished an MA in Asia Pacific Policy Studies at UBC's Institute of Asian Research in 2013. He currently lives in British Columbia.
On March 28, Phayul.com reported that the Tibetan Government in Exile’s confirmation of two Tibetan self-immolations from April of last year: Forty-five-year-old Thupten Nyendak of Dragkar Monastery in Lhagang in Kham,...
Read MoreWhile the U.S. is set to withdraw 34,000 troops from Afghanistan by next year, some Chinese foreign policy wonks have been pushing for China to “march west” to fill the void that the U.S.’s “pivot to...
Read MoreAccording to the “2012 Government Microblog Evaluation Report” [zh], the Chinese state drastically increased its use of microblogging platforms to interact with the public last year. Caixin summarizes the government...
Read MorePollution in China has reached heights forcing officials to acknowledge “ecological progress” as essential for both the nation’s well-being and their own political legitimacy. While forming policy to help clean...
Read MoreAs a long wave of protest by self-immolation in Tibet rages on, Beijing has been taking special measures to crackdown in the region. In addition to detaining Tibetans accused of “inciting self-immolation,” plans to...
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