ASIA

‘The new Criminal Code spells danger for civil society’

China: pandemic protests force a rare retreat

Authoritarian state gives into protest pressure by dropping its ‘zero covid’ policy

A ‘New Kazakhstan’, or more of the same?

President positions as a reformer – but his latest implausible landslide election win is straight out of the old playbook

Malaysia: will new government bring real change?

Challenger promising to improve civic space comes to power – but political volatility is likely to continue

‘Young voters could be Malaysia’s kingmakers’

‘China will do to us what it did to Hong Kong, and what it has long done to Tibetans and Uighurs’

Taiwan in the firing line

China talks tough – but Taiwan’s people want to choose their own path

CONFLICT | CRISIS

‘Communities have the right to have their opinions heard and considered’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

‘Many women escape North Korea to experience the freedoms they are denied’

China’s Xi Jinping at the pinnacle of power

Re-elected party chairman set to become China’s longest-ruling strongman since Mao