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Getting away with murder: lies, damned lies, and Chinese police statistics
Serving the Party does not always equate with serving justice.
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The comic opera of Italy’s election
Should Italy turn a shade of populist or nationalist, will we see yet another crisis in Europe?
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Zucker punched
Facebook is unlikely to have been as surprised by the Cambridge Analytica revelations, as Zuckerberg has claimed.
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Skripal: the weight of evidence
The alternatives to Russian culpability in the nerve agent attack strain credulity.
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The peril of North Korea’s charm offensive
The US and South Korea must be wary about Pyongyang dangling the strings.
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The many questions about China’s Vanuatu ambition
Talk of a Chinese military base in Vanuatu should provoke tough questions in Australia, but not undue alarm.
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Trump–Kim summit: what’s in the venue?
Singapore, Panmanjom, Ulaanbataar or anywhere else, deciding where the leaders meet will broadcast an important signal.
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Mourning Cambodia’s press freedom
The media crackdown continues with the sacking of the country’s last independent newspaper editor.
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Can Europe salvage the Iran deal?
The EU had more than a year to plan, but instead sought to downplay Trump’s statements and appease him.
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Surabaya and the ISIS family
From the beginning, ISIS has been a family affair.
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The photos that go down in history
Theatricality, frisson, an unguarded glimpse behind closed doors – the art of a momentous political photograph.
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Novichok poisoning and the test for Britain
The difficulty for the UK now is in crafting a fresh response to the continued effects of Russia’s brazen attack.
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Syria: extinguishing the flame of the revolution
Bashar al-Assad faces more challenges, but momentum in military campaigns is a difficult thing to stop.
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Thai cave rescue: no country for Wild Boars
Attention has turned to the “stateless” problem of three of the boys, their coach, and maybe 3 million more in Thailand.
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Myanmar’s fourth estate
The trial of two Reuters reporters is a sign of a withering local press and the rise of social media rumourmongering.
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The women taking on spycams in South Korea
Growing grass-roots action by Korean individuals and businesses is being taken against female sexual harassment.
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The world won’t wait for Scott Morrison
After an extraordinary week at home, the new PM will need to contend with a pressing international calendar.
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No safe return for Rohingya refugees
A larger struggle over the “soul” of the Myanmar state and society greatly limits the scope for international influence.
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What Canberra’s turmoil means for foreign policy
Scott Morrison’s new government shows considerable continuity in both personnel and approach for Australia in the world.
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Where’s Jamal?
The bizarre disappearance of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi could complicate Saudi relations with the West.
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Courting supreme mistrust
Where India’s Supreme Court has grown in stature, partisan bickering may undermine the US Supreme Court for years.
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Decoding the bombshell story for China
Right or wrong, claims Beijing hacked computer chips has accelerated a push to cut out China from US supply chains.
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Friends like these … allies and the Pence speech
The US may have to adjust its goals and means to obtain full allied support for its China policy, and what about Trump?
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The last man executed in Singapore, until the next
Singapore doubles down as Malaysia retreats from the death penalty.
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The Merkel legacy – a study in shades
Success and failure mark all careers in high office. Angela Merkel could often persuade, but not always inspire.
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China: re‑engineering the Uighur
The re-education camps represent one of the visible planks of an overarching attack on Uighur identity.
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US midterms: the no‑joke elections
Is anything short of a punishing defeat for Republicans actually an endorsement of Donald Trump?
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Playing the hostage card: the Meng Wanzhou & Michael Kovrig cases
China’s tit-for-tat diplomacy with Canada has a recent precedent, yet Donald Trump is hardly helping.