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Religious apartheid in Myanmar
The Myanmar government could find itself in breach of international law over plans to offer minority Rohingya Muslims citizenship if they volunteer to change their
An unofficial history of China’s Cultural Revolution
The diaries of people who lived through the Cultural Revolution may show the ‘10-year catastrophe’ in a new light, writes SHAN WINDSCRIPT. When I first
Has Myanmar’s reform process stalled?
The pace of reform in Myanmar has slowed, notes TREVOR WILSON—but the reasons for this call for a considered assessment, not just a politically oriented
Becoming Asian in Australia
The way Asian Australians are perceived visually has a considerable impact on their sense of belonging to Australian society, says ANDRZEJ GWIZDALSKI. One afternoon my
Indonesia promises to address forest destruction
Indonesia’s new president sets himself a major challenge to clean-up bribery and corruption in the forestry industry, writes PATRICK ANDERSON. In late November, after a
Social anthropologist wins inaugural ASAA fellowship
A social anthropologist with a special interest in the relationship between medicine and sociopolitical change, especially in Indonesia, has been awarded the inaugural ASAA Postdoctoral
Remembering Munir
A new museum commemorates the life of one of Indonesia’s most famous human rights activists. VANNESSA HEARMAN reports. Indonesian human rights activist Munir Said Thalib
Between a crocodile and a tiger: Australia’s refugee deal with Cambodia
MELISSA CURLEY believes Australia’s much-criticised deal to resettle refugees in Cambodia could help raise awareness of international norms relating to refugee protection in a country
The democratic deficit of collective self-defence in Japan
The manner in which Shinzo Abe’s cabinet has reinterpreted the pacifist clause of Japan’s constitution invokes unsettling shadows from former, darker days, writes RIKKI KERSTEN.
Xi walks tightrope on Xinjiang policy
Beijing signals a change in tack in dealing with its intractable western province, writes BRETT ELMER. Eid al-Fitr—the festival where Muslims celebrate the end of
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