In China’s distant northwest city of Ürümqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, the Political and Legal Affairs Commission sends ‘micro clues’ to neighbourhood committees and the police when someone does something irregular. That …
ASPI celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. This series looks at ASPI’s work since its creation in August 2001. The most widely read study ever produced by ASPI is Uyghurs for sale:‘re-education’, forced labour and …
Within the span of a generation, a new super-rich class emerges from a society in which millions of rural migrants toiled away in factories for a pittance. Bribery becomes the most common mode of influence …
Could Xi Jinping be toppled by a coup d’état? In China coup, Roger Garside describes precisely such a scenario—a coup mounted by Xi’s rivals to push him into retirement prior to the November 2022 national …
Sea state The fourth AUSINDEX maritime exercise between Australia and India is underway. The four-day training drills are taking place off Darwin for the first time, and aim to boost interoperability between the two navies’ …