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Asia
‘Paid agents’: New report lifts lid on Chinese maritime militia
Those hundreds of commercial fishing boats in disputed areas of the South China Sea? A new report says they have been recruited to act on Beijing’s behalf.
- by Chris Barrett
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‘He must apologise’: Indian comedian’s monologue lauded, hit with legal complaints
Other Indian performers said it showed that the space for political speech is shrinking in the world’s most populous democracy.
- by Gerry Shih and Niha Masih
No refuge from hit list: They warned they were marked, and were killed
Among the warrens of tents clinging to Bangladesh’s denuded hills, militants search for recruits, drug traffickers roam, kidnappers prey on women and children.
- by Hannah Beech
Kissinger: US and China must realise there can be no victor without destroying humanity
The former US secretary of state said the meeting between Biden and Xi was the first step towards reducing conflict between the two superpowers.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Thailand to reopen bay made famous by DiCaprio film ‘The Beach’
Authorities said the destination - which was ruined by overtourism - will welcome back visitors under new rules to protect the ecosystem.
- by Jennifer Hassan
Opinion
China relations
Why a border stand-off in the Himalayas is so important to Australia
An antagonistic, territorial rivalry between China and India may further complicate Australia’s regional, diplomatic considerations. So, why do we know so little about this dispute?
- by Matt Wade
Duterte resists running against daughter in Philippine election ‘Game of Thrones’
After a frenetic few days Ferdinand Marcos jnr has emerged as the frontrunner ahead of a presidential election in which family dynasties are a powerful force.
- by Chris Barrett
Opinion
Freedom of speech
The abuse of technology Modi won’t be talking about
India, under Narendra Modi, is using technology to curtail rights as part of an escalating crackdown on freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly.
- by Elaine Pearson
Exclusive
China relations
‘Fox in the hen house’: Fears Chinese official vying for Interpol job could pursue Beijing’s critics
Fifty MPs from the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China have written to home affairs ministers expressing alarm that Hu Binchen could use the position to target critics abroad.
- by Latika Bourke
Leaving the grind behind: Green acres beckon in Japan as pandemic shifts priorities
The pandemic has prompted a wholesale rethinking of life choices around the world, but nowhere is the switch as obvious as in Japan, where people are rejecting rigid work cultures and seeking an alternative path.
- by Michelle Ye Hee Lee and Julia Mio Inuma
COP26 climate deal sounds ‘death knell’ for coal: Boris Johnson
But in a major shift demanded by India and China, the pact used watered-down language about “phasing down” the use of coal instead of “phasing out” coal.
- by Paul Sandle