About Asia

113 Episodes

1. ‘Anti-woke’ movement recruits teen boys across Asia

   Published: 7/22/2024
2. Anwar Ibrahim on navigating Malaysia through China-US tensions

   Published: 6/17/2024
3. Why Japan’s Harajuku is enjoying a surprising fashion revival

   Published: 5/27/2024
4. Unravelling China and India’s roles in the US fentanyl crisis

   Published: 4/12/2024
5. Will Japan give Oppenheimer a chance?

   Published: 3/26/2024
6. Why India’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is so controversial

   Published: 3/20/2024
7. Why Japan’s yakuza crime groups are on the verge of disappearing

   Published: 3/15/2024
8. Inside China: What if Trump wins?

   Published: 3/5/2024
9. Ageing and fertility: why Asian women are freezing their eggs

   Published: 3/4/2024
10. Why the Philippines’ Duterte-Marcos alliance is disintegrating

    Published: 2/22/2024
11. How Indonesia’s ‘TikTok general’ Prabowo won the presidential race

    Published: 2/16/2024
12. Taylor Swift, Coldplay spark concert tourism boom in Southeast Asia

    Published: 2/8/2024
13. Is North Korea preparing for war?

    Published: 2/5/2024
14. Coming soon: China and the Russia-Ukraine War, one year on

    Published: 2/23/2023
15. ‘Wolf Warrior’ diplomacy defanged; Tokyo, Seoul join the US tech war; is China easing Australia sanctions?

    Published: 1/13/2023
16. Analysing China’s ties with the US, EU, UK, and Philippines in 2023

    Published: 1/6/2023
17. Xi’s Arab-China summit; Biden’s TSMC pivot in Arizona and EU EV diplomacy

    Published: 12/10/2022
18. Europe juggles China-US relations amid rising anger over Biden’s policies; analysing Jiang Zemin’s legacy

    Published: 12/2/2022
19. Xi at G20: the optics and politics of China post-Covid as Ukraine war rages

    Published: 11/17/2022
20. Asean preview: Myanmar crisis and US-China rivalry; China expands private security firms overseas

    Published: 11/4/2022