The “Gen Z” protest movement that toppled Nepal’s government last week has sent shockwaves around the region. Fueled by longstanding grievances over government corruption and social inequality, Nepalese youth took to the streets...
The following censorship instructions, issued by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. (Black text boxes ██ indicate words that were intentionally blacked out in the leaked images.)...
Political turmoil in Bangladesh reached a climax this month as a student-led protest movement ousted Sheikh Hasina from her 15-year tenure as prime minister. The movement began with peaceful protests against a quota system for...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the coalition led by his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged on top in India’s general election earlier this month. Despite coming in first place, the BJP failed to secure an absolute majority...
Far-right parties across Europe made major gains in this weekend’s European Parliament elections. The gains were most pronounced in one of the E.U.’s most influential members, France, where Jordan Bardella and Marine Le Pen’s...
An antiquated Chinese political phrase enjoyed a brief revival when it was dusted off and used by some online commentators to describe the series of events known variously as the “Wagner Group...
There was little doubt about who would emerge ascendant from the 20th Party Congress. Nonetheless, the numerous profiles written on the man over the past week reinforce just how much power Xi Jinping has managed to accumulate as...
While China often voices suspicion that the U.S. is trying to undermine it, president Barack Obama...
Cultural challenges from the West will be among five threats targeted by Xi Jinping’s new...
The following article is from Xinhuanet.com. Translated by E. Shih. This is Part II. Part I is here. 如何把握群体性事件的处理分寸 黄豁：前几年，地方政府对群体性事件普遍表现出“不适应症”，判断失误、处置失当的例子比比皆是。但从近期的群体性事件来看，地方政府处置水平比过去有所提高，无论是处置思路、处置方式都有一定变化，体现了一定的“学习能力”。 How...
The following article is from Xinhuanet.com. Translated by E. Shih. This is Part I of II. Improving Our Ability to React to Mass Incidents 2009 will possibly be a year with an unusual concentration of mass incidents. Also...
Dan Harris, of the China Law Blog, talks about why the global economic downturn won’t spell political instability in China: I think that so long as the Chinese people believe Beijing is doing what it can to ameliorate the...
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