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We at Asia Undercovered try to steer clear of over-covered news like Trump’s latest tweets, but here’s a trending topic that we feel deserves more attention: #BlackLivesMatter. Over the past few months, a renewed BLM movement has spread around the world, including in Asia, where protesters are not
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Floods are ravaging Asia In the past month, unusually heavy, persistent rains have caused flood disasters in several Asian countries. Japan, China, Indonesia, Nepal and India have all experienced historical flooding, and widespread loss of life. The timing is not a coincidence – there’s strong evidence that climate change is
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Media Analysis: How western media undercovered the rise of Chinese apps – and still gets it wrong today To ban, or not to ban, TikTok. This debate, on the popular Chinese streaming video app, is dominating United States tech media now. But go back just a year to 2019, and you’
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This week: Terror capitalism spreads around the world, media outlets shut down in China and the Philippines, and the geopolitics of human rights in Asia Subscribe now Asia Undercovered is launching paid subscriptions from August 3, and the first subscriber-only issue will go out on August 13. I’m offering
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We have a new, better designed logo! Scroll down to see it. It’s in preparation for our paid subscription launch in just two weeks. More details on that in the next issue. Uyghur Genocide Update Increasingly, it’s being called a genocide, due to a preponderance of evidence. This
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This week: Singapore election results, press crackdown in Malaysia, and the rise of women in positions of power in Southeast Asia. Subscribe now Singapore Elections The outcome was as expected – the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) won another massive majority. But dig deeper, and the results actually show that
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This week: The lost children of East Timor, contrasting minority language policies in China and Taiwan, and an little-covered dam collapse in Uzbekistan. Undercovered this week Poignant and tragic. The names of disappeared Uyghur artists, scholars, and musicians. Many, perhaps, gone forever. Back in the 1970s and 80s, it was
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This week: More evidence of genocide in Xinjiang, Singapore’s long-time ruling party, and a dynasty in the making in Cambodia. Subscribe now Genocide, slowly The Associated Press has just released the results of an investigation that documents in detail China’s deliberate policy to reduce Uyghur birthrates and population
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This week: Singapore calls elections, the legacy Tiananmen for Uyghurs and the Chinese PLA, and a surprising solution to Pakistan’s locust crisis. Subscribe now Singapore Elections Elections have been called in Singapore, and will take place on July 10th. If you think America’s election season is too long
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On June 20, the world commemorated the strength, courage and resilience of millions of refugees who have been forced to flee their home country to escape conflict and persecution. While most attention globally focused on refugees crisis in Europe or Central America, it’s a growing concern in Asia too.