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Melbourne Asia Review is a research-based publication of the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne.
INTERVIEW—COVID-19 and Belt and Road: Some of the issues impacting business and human rights
Business and Human Rights is always a controversial area, but COVID-19 and China’s Belt and Road Initiative are among the most acute challenges.
Indonesia’s ‘new despotism’
The government of President Joko Widodo is manipulating the law to repress its opponents and undermine democracy.
Suicide, under-employment and poverty: the gendered impacts of COVID-19 in Japan
The socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 have been significant in Japan and have particularly affected the lives of women.
How South Korea has kept the impact of COVID-19 on jobs in check
Women have been hardest hit by COVID-related job losses in South Korea, but the jobs market generally has been resilient.
INTERVIEW: From Socialist China’s democracy movement to escalating military tensions
Over the last 50 years, China has experienced a tectonic shift from an impoverished nation with a significant democracy movement to global power with increasing political repression.