Programs & Projects
![The North Asia Program](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/2022-06/north-asia-program-1920x1080.jpg)
The China and East Asia Program
The China and East Asia Program conducts research on the politics and foreign policy of China and its immediate neighbours in Northeast Asia: Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and the Korean peninsula. The program is renowned for its particular focus on China’s domestic politics and how this helps to shape its external behaviour. From 2020, the Institute’s extensive research on Southeast Asia – including Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, and Myanmar – is now incorporated in a dedicated Southeast Asia Program. Each Program also commissions work by other scholars on the broader region. To complement their written research, Lowy Institute experts hold a robust series of dialogues and events on the politics of the region, independently and in partnership with other organisations.
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![Why the Peak China story is overdone](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2022-08/Lowy_DefaultImage_new.jpg?itok=oIU1OsDc)
![The Wang-Wong doctrine: embrace and fight at the same time](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2022-08/Lowy_DefaultImage_new.jpg?itok=oIU1OsDc)
![Australian Yang Hengjun’s death sentence is a warning shot to anyone who wants to challenge China](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2022-08/Lowy_DefaultImage_new.jpg?itok=oIU1OsDc)
![China is steadily building an alternative world order](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2022-08/Lowy_DefaultImage_new.jpg?itok=oIU1OsDc)
![China-Australia thaw reveals limits of Beijing's economic coercion](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2022-08/Lowy_DefaultImage_new.jpg?itok=oIU1OsDc)
![China's grip on Southeast Asia tightens as U.S. influence wanes](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2022-08/Lowy_DefaultImage_new.jpg?itok=oIU1OsDc)
![Park the hyperbole about Wong’s historic visit](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2022-07/default-commentary-image_0.jpeg?itok=9HMLknn5)
![Why “Covid zero” is now the biggest China threat](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2022-07/default-commentary-image_0.jpeg?itok=9HMLknn5)
![CCP: Who makes up the party](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2022-11/GettyImages-1244134310.jpg?itok=URd3pGkf)
![Xi's clean sweep: China marks new era with loyalist lineup](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2022-07/default-commentary-image_0.jpeg?itok=9HMLknn5)