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People-to-people connections key to improving Australia–Indonesia understanding
A new survey offers insights into bridging the gap between Australian and Indonesian perceptions of each other An extensive new survey of Australian and Indonesian
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The real meaning of Thailand’s constitutional referendum
If history is a guide, Thailand’s latest constitution will be shortlived Many observers of Thailand’s ongoing debilitating political crisis have been scratching their heads trying
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Will Japan’s lowered voting age reverse decreasing voter turnouts?
Japan’s recent Upper House elections had special significance—it was the first time 18 and 19-year-olds were allowed to vote For the first time in a
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Time for leadership and engagement in Malaysian Studies in Australia
Australia needs to look beyond Malaysia’s current political impasse and engage more widely with an important neighbour For some time now, Malaysia watchers in Australia
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China turns to ecology in search of ‘civilisation’
From obscure origins, China’s ecological civilisation model has grown into an international movement In 2007, then Premier Hu Jintao announced that China would become an
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Navigating China’s archives
Restricted access to the Chinese Foreign Ministry archive is a great loss for China scholars This June I published my first book, China–Japan Relations after
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Filipinos remain wary of constitutional change
Can Rodrigo Duterte achieve constitutional reform where three previous presidents have failed? Having won the recent election on a platform that included giving serious consideration
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Misogyny on the rise in South Korea’s ‘gender war’
A shocking murder puts renewed focus on gender politics in South Korea On 17 May this year a 23-year-old woman was stabbed to death by
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Television dating shows—China’s new matchmakers
Love and marriage in today’s China are increasingly being conducted in the spotlight If not bread and butter, television dating shows have become an important
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Japan’s food education campaign takes on a nationalistic flavour
Mothers under pressure as Japan pushes return to a traditional diet The Japanese government’s shokuiku (food education) campaign entered a new phase recently that again
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