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Author: Huw Slater, ICF In December and January, at the height of winter, central and eastern China undertook its most extensive power rationing in a decade. This came as a surprise to internatio...

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/03/03/power-rationing-in-china-is-unrelated-to-australian-coal-embargo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=power-rationing-in-china-is-unrelated-to-australian-coal-embargo

Author: Peter Hurley, Victoria University Over the past two decades, Australian universities have been lucky. Every time something has threatened their prosperity, a new opportunity has arisen. W...

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/03/02/future-asian-students-vital-to-the-health-of-australian-universities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=future-asian-students-vital-to-the-health-of-australian-universities

Author: John Ravenhill, University of Waterloo Australia’s Morrison government has welcomed the UK’s bid to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPT...

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/03/02/australias-asia-pacific-strategy-endangered-by-uk-cptpp-accession/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=australias-asia-pacific-strategy-endangered-by-uk-cptpp-accession

Author: Paul Schuler, University of Arizona Commentary on the Communist Party of Vietnam’s 13th Party Congress has mostly focussed on General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s selection for a thir...

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/03/01/pham-minh-chinhs-potential-to-shape-vietnams-political-system/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pham-minh-chinhs-potential-to-shape-vietnams-political-system

Author: Editorial Board, ANU The incentives for Asian governments are clear: vaccinate as many people as you can as fast as you can. Lives will be saved, healthcare systems will be spared, econom...

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/03/01/overcoming-the-economic-hurdles-in-the-race-to-vaccinate-asia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=overcoming-the-economic-hurdles-in-the-race-to-vaccinate-asia

Author: Jeremy Youde, University of Minnesota Duluth In less than a year since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic, there are already 10 different vaccines appr...

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/02/28/global-vaccination-is-still-a-jab-in-the-dark/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=global-vaccination-is-still-a-jab-in-the-dark

Author: Alexander L Vuving, APCSS Events over the past year have brought major long-term trends in Vietnam’s domestic and foreign policy to the surface. The country will be less aligned with Ch...

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/02/27/where-to-now-for-vietnam-after-trong/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=where-to-now-for-vietnam-after-trong

Author: Björn Dressel, ANU On 19 February 2021, Malaysia’s Federal Court found respected news outlet Malaysiakini guilty of contempt of court for five comments by readers deemed critical of th...

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/02/26/volatile-politics-risks-undermining-malaysias-top-courts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=volatile-politics-risks-undermining-malaysias-top-courts

Author: Cui Lei, China Institute of International Studies The situation across the Taiwan Strait has seemed to be on the brink of crisis since 2018. Beijing has sent numerous sorties of military ...

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/02/26/mainland-china-is-in-no-position-to-take-taiwan-by-force/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mainland-china-is-in-no-position-to-take-taiwan-by-force

Author: Hung Nguyen, George Mason University The 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) concluded on 1 February in Hanoi. Four notable developments emerged that will play ...

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/02/25/vietnams-unresolved-leadership-question/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vietnams-unresolved-leadership-question