The news shaping policy.

1. Suing China for Covid-19 and America’s Compromised Media

2. China’s Unprecedented GDP Drop

3. Election Gives Moon Chance To Reform

4. Where is Kim Jong-un?

Education: From age 6, rote learning piles on pressure, kills creativity and creates subservience

The news shaping policy.

1. More Taiwan Strait Maneuvering

2. Cambodia’s Authoritarian Slide

3. Laos’ Economic Slide

The news shaping policy.

1. Post-Abe Positioning

2. Japan’s Economic Collapse

3. South Korean Visa Retaliation

The cynical policy of flooding Hong Kong with Mainlanders makes the city’s problems worse

The news shaping policy.

1. Coronavirus Fallout

2. China Rams Vietnamese Boat

3. US-South Korea Budget Battle

The news shaping policy.

1. Covid-19 & US-China Decoupling

2. Rising American Anger

3. Who in Asia Benefits?

How Hong Kong deliberately engineers its crushing housing shortage

Outsiders call Hong Kong the “freest economy in the world.” Insiders know it’s dominated by a cartel more ruthless than the mafia.

Series: How Hong Kong’s government made every bad domestic policy decision and created a revolution.