June 30, 2024 marks the 4th anniversary of HK’s National Security Law. Kevin Yam 任建峰 notes that recent cases related to national security doesn't always involve the 2020 NSL. Instead, prosecutors in HK have also revived the British colonial sedition laws. thechinastory.org/decolonising-h…

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomes Chinese Premier Li Qiang to Parliament's Great Hall, but accidentally uses his predecessor's name...

In this clip from our current ep, freelance journalist bernadette carreon on how Chinese investment plays actually out in Palau.

First coffee in my fancy Asia Pacific Week mug. Congrats to the organisers - from Pip Louey’s gun chairing to KRudd’s finger guns, a memorable week. Safe travels to all!

During the recent Vietnam visit, given Russia's vast experience on the topic, Putin graciously offered to assist Vietnam in building "smart cities" and urban infrastructure. Inspired by it, I made a list of posh Russian cities you should consider for your next travel abroad.🧵

New special issue in French featuring research on China’s presence in Maohi Nui/French Polynesia by Department of Pacific Affairs (DPA) student Teva Mana. And reviews of China Alternative (Graeme Smith 史林), Denghua Zhang’s A Cautious New Approach, and Paul D’Arcy’s Islands of Hope.

In a special episode of Little Red Podcast we're taken inside a scam compound on the Myanmar-Thailand border by Neo who found himself working as an accountant for a pig butchering scam cartel. Extraordinary details from a bleak, bleak place omny.fm/shows/the-litt…

As the Pacific region has become a new focus of the US-China geostrategic competition, the panel will discuss the vulnerabilities, opportunities, resilience of the Pacific Island states, and their perceptions of the great powers. bit.ly/3WwwMev

The children of Anna and Artem Dultsev, the Russian deep cover spies returned home as part of the prisoner exchange, didn’t know they were Russian until their plane took off for Moscow for the swap, the Kremlin says. They don’t speak Russian, so Putin greeted them in Spanish.

"There is nobody in the Hong Kong government who is either able, or willing, to stand up for Hong Kong's autonomy." That was what Alvin Cheung said the last time Graeme Smith 史林 and I interviewed him for Little Red Podcast. His death is a tragedy.

Graeme Smith 史林 Little Red Podcast Hear Alvin Cheung's words here podcasts.apple.com/ke/podcast/hon…

Exclusive from me (and my old colleague Abel Yu) 端傳媒 Initium Media: I spoke to a former colleague and student of Tim Walz at the Chinese high school he taught back in 1989. They remembered him being “very friendly” and “always had a big smile on his face”. 1/ theinitium.com/article/202408…

Read the full transcript from our latest episode from inside a scam camp on the Myanmar-Thailand border, as told to Louisa Lim and Graeme Smith 史林 by Neo Lu. thechinastory.org/lrp/the-pig-bu…

I wrote for Crikey about how Tim Walz landed to a reunion between me and my high school teacher, who’d supported me throughout my application to Australian universities ten years ago. Hope this piece can give you some fresh perspectives abt values of intl education

In this talk, scottawbrown.bsky.social explores how technological exchange between the US, EU and China simultaneously enhances their technological power and exposes new vulnerabilities via the weaponisation of asymmetric interdependencies. bit.ly/3ArBMtw

Billions of $$ in NDIS "savings" baked into budget were based on random sample of just 113 participants' plans, or 0.017 per cent of all people in the NDIS. "Last minute homework vibes" of the bill that passed this week has left disability community aghast thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/…

My favourite corro got an entirely predictable trolling for using the words ‘Taiwan’s embassy’, launching some fevered conspiracy theories. But there’s only one relevant data point. Time of tweet: 8.12am. Don’t tweet and kid wrangle. It never ends well

How does a vibrant democratic nation cope with a barrage of disinformation from its much larger, and often grumpy, neighbour? Louisa Lim & I are joined by Min Chao 🍍🥭🍌 and Brian Hioe 丘琦欣 to explore how Taiwan deals with endless cognitive war omny.fm/shows/the-litt…

On Little Red Podcast with Min Chao 🍍🥭🍌, hosted by Louisa Lim and Graeme Smith 史林, about Chinese disinformation targeting Taiwan. Check it out!

My first-ever #podcast panel discussion, thanks Graeme Smith 史林 and Louisa Lim!