Hong Kong's Local Elections - Moving the Needle?
What happens when an unmovable object is met with a seemingly unstoppable force? The intractable conflict between Hong Kong’s...
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China’s Dollar Diplomacy: Ending Taiwan’s International Presence?
Despite nearly a decade of ‘flourishing’ ties between Taiwan and China under the presidency of Ma Jing-yeou, relations have taken a turn...
China's Uyghur 'educational' camps are a disgrace, not a success
Reports of prison camps holding up to a million people, persecuted on the basis of their religious and ethnic identity, held in horrific...
The horse that tames the dragon? EU Struggles For a United Policy On China
“Cooperation is better than confrontation, and we have more to gain from opening than from being closed.” Such statements are routine...
Two is company, three’s a crowd: North Korea, China and the United States
North Korea, also known as the ‘Hermit Kingdom’, is a country that for the better half of a century has faced diplomatic and economic...
Dr John Hemmings on Chinese Investment and National Security
Dr John Hemmings is the Director of the Asia Studies Centre at the Henry Jackson Society. Last week, he spoke to Warwick Politics Society...
Facial recognition technology needs to be effectively regulated to protect minorities
Does the implementation of facial recognition (FR) software by the Metropolitan Police signal the rise of the surveillance state? Or is...
The Implications of the Philippines’ Eastward Pivot
International politics is not quite the game it used to be; in an age characterised by populist upheaval, declining faith in...
A fight from custody: Hong Kong’s rebellion against China
New HKD1,000 banknotes released by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) have on them a panoramic view of the city’s financial centre -...
China's Relationship with Zimbabwe: Is it Fair?
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa is seeking to rebuild the country following the November 2017 coup d’état that ousted Robert...
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