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Growing green? South Korea’s approach to the COVID-19 economic recovery
Korea’s pioneering of ‘green growth’ makes it a leader in reconciling the ever-conflicting goals of economic growth and environmental sustainability.
International students and the Chinese public service: A more inward-looking post-COVID China?
Australia assumes that Chinese students educated in Australia will be a ‘soft power’ asset. But what if Australia-educated students aren’t getting the influential jobs?
How Indian students told to ‘go home’ by Australia at the start of the pandemic used WhatsApp for advocacy
National border closures and the pandemic. How Indian students ‘stranded’ in India coped with their plight.
Fortress North Korea and the battle against COVID-19
The full extent of the impact COVID-19 and related public health measures are having on local populations in the DPRK remains opaque.
‘Happy Together: Bridging the Australia-China Divide’ by David Walker and Li Yao, with Karen Walker
A kind of dual biography about these two creative writers and the societies from which they emerged.