East Asia

  • Sep 4, 2015
  • 2 min read

China war parade shows ideological threat from Taiwan

The Second World War anniversary has laid bare weaknesses in Beijing's use of history for regime legitimacy

China
  • Sep 3, 2015
  • 2 min read

China parade gives cover for trilateral detente

On the sidelines of a military parade in Beijing, Xi and Park agreed to hold a summit with Abe

East Asia
  • Sep 3, 2015
  • 2 min read

East Asia military trends point to rising risk

China today unveiled new weapons, while Japan plans to increase its military budget and purchase advanced US weaponry

East Asia
  • Sep 2, 2015
  • 6 min read

Cyber risks overshadow China-US summit

Cybersecurity is likely to top the agenda during President Xi Jinping's state visit to Washington later this month

China
  • Sep 2, 2015
  • 2 min read

Park-Xi summit highlights regional rifts

South Korea's president is attending a war commemoration ceremony in China that other major US allies have shunned

East Asia
  • Sep 1, 2015
  • 7 min read

Beijing stock market intervention poses political test

Beijing's stock market intervention has raised questions about the durability of China's political system

China
  • Sep 1, 2015
  • 2 min read

Approaching election triggers party turmoil in Japan

The opposition parties are reconfiguring in preparation for next year's upper house election

Japan
  • Aug 31, 2015
  • 6 min read

Fragmented policy may hamper robot advance in China

China is buying more robots than any other country and will soon have the largest number in operation

China