What started as an ordinary game night for young employees of a rising media company turned into a shocking police raid – sparking a nationwide outcry for press freedom in Mongolia. On the night of March 17, eight employees of Noorog Creative Studio, a digital media outlet known for itsContinue Reading
China’s coercive campaign against Taiwan has escalated in recent years. Beijing’s approach has evolved from putting political and economic pressure on the island’s leadership and now includes expansive military exercises considered by many to be rehearsals for forced unification. It has sparked debate amongst political and military experts about whatContinue Reading
The recently concluded “Two Sessions” – an annual gathering of China’s top political bodies – highlighted the country’s challenge of balancing slowing economic growth with ambitious technological progress. A key takeaway from the Two Sessions is Beijing’s commitment to integrating private tech firms into national policy decisions on innovation. LeadingContinue Reading
As President Yook Suk-yeol waits for the Constitutional Court to decide on his impeachment, polling shows broad disapproval of his presidency. What does this mean going forward? Yoon narrowly won the presidency in 2022 against Lee Jae-Myung of the the Democratic Party (DP). In what was dubbed an “unlikeable election,”Continue Reading
Japan’s recent decision to halt funding for the United Nations’ Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) has drawn significant attention. The move comes in response to CEDAW’s recommendation that Japan amend its male-only imperial succession law to “guarantee the equality of women and menContinue Reading
China’s marriage rate is in steep decline. There were 6.1 million marriage registrations nationwide in 2024, down from 7.7 million the previous year. This decline has prompted Chen Songxi, a Chinese national political adviser, to propose lowering the legal marriage age from 22 to 18. The drop in China’s marriageContinue Reading
On March 13, Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te held a surprise national press conference to announce new measures to curb Beijing’s infiltration and influence. Lai particularly mentioned the military, press, businesspeople, influencers, religious groups, politicians, and entertainers as groups China had sought to co-opt or recruit. Taiwan frequently sees cases involvingContinue Reading
U.S. President Donald Trump has signaled that Taiwan should shoulder a greater share of its own defense costs, while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stressed that the United States should no longer be responsible for fully subsidizing the protection of its allies abroad. Moreover, Elbridge Colby, the nominee for undersecretary ofContinue Reading
Quantum computers are beginning to move from the fringe of what was only once theoretically possible to the center of a new technological frontier of geopolitical competition. Silicon Valley has unveiled groundbreaking progress in recent months, with Microsoft, Amazon Web Services and Google all announcing new quantum computing chips. DespiteContinue Reading
Language has a strange place in the intangible cultural heritage safeguarding efforts of Chinese governments and UNESCO. Languages themselves are not recognized on UNESCO’s lists nor are there specific plans for their safeguarding. However, the linguistic expressions of different groups are available for safeguarding, and other traditions are often taught andContinue Reading
