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Indonesia

Correspondence: Indonesia’s democratic moments

The smartphone election Joko Widodo’s (Jokowi’s) inauguration as Indonesia’s seventh president this month, after trouncing the swaggering former Kopassus (Special Forces) commander Prabowo Subianto by

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Japan

Japan’s environmental nuggets

Despite a bad environmental reputation, writes SIMON AVENELL, Japan has also been a pioneer in global environmental protection and justice. Japan’s environmental record over the

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Japan

Life in a Fukushima world

The focus of sovereign intervention in response to the nuclear meltdowns since 3/11 risks long-term consequences for short-term gains, writes Adam Broinowski. The meltdowns of

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China

Tiananmen, 25 years on

Twenty-five years after the events of Tiananmen Square, the issue is still far from settled, writes RICHARD RIGBY On the night of 3–4 June 1989,

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Australia - Asia relations

Breaking the bamboo ceiling

People of Asian background have had a strong cultural influence on Australia since the 1970s, writes TIM SOUTPHOMMASANE, but they remain far from proportionately represented

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