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The king is dead — can Thailand's playboy prince usher in an era of calm?
With the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Thailand has entered a season of grief and uncertainty, writes Patrick Brown.
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Hong Kong's young activists run for office
With names like Demosisto and Youngspiration, which sound more like cellphone apps than political parties, the young activists who two years ago brought Hong Kong’s traffic to a standstill for 79 days with huge demonstrations, are running for office.
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Thailand, Philippines witnessing reversals of people power: Patrick Brown
Developments in Thailand and the Philippines demonstrate how, in many countries, democratic progress is being reversed
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China prepares to ignore a binding decision on territorial dispute
Increasingly used to elbowing its maritime neighbours aside with the swagger of a local bully, China calls an international tribunal's impending ruling on the South China Sea dispute a "piece of trash paper."
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Scars left by China's Cultural Revolution remain 50 years later: Patrick Brown
Times have changed since China's Cultural Revolution began five decades ago this week, but many scars it left are still unhealed and the political system that created Mao Zedong is still in place, Patrick Brown writes.
The unbearable futility of trying to deal with North Korea
If there is to be regime change in Kim Jong-un land, it won't come from world powers, Patrick Brown writes. The international community, perhaps especially China, doesn't seem to know what to do in the face of North Korea's nuclear provocations.
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This time Burma's generals may finally have to admit defeat
Once again the party of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has defeated Burma's ruling military at the ballot box, and this time it looks like they may actually get a chance to rule, Patrick Brown writes. Now will come the hard part.
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Have China, Taiwan finally stopped staring each other down?
For the first time in 66 years, the leaders of China and Taiwan are going to sit down together on Saturday, in Singapore, and have a formal meeting about what the future may bring. As Patrick Brown writes, this could be historic on any number of fronts.
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President Xi's U.S. trip and the 'Chinese dream': Patrick Brown
The trappings of Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to the U.S. are evidence China is getting the respect its leader thinks it deserves, Patrick Brown writes.
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Stock market crash 101, China's lesson in capitalism: Patrick Brown
The collapse of China's rollicking stock market bubble has erased trillions in corporate valuations and scarred a generation of first-time plungers. But the biggest damage in a year of living dangerously is probably to China's own leadership, Patrick Brown writes.