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Melbourne Asia Review is a research-based publication of the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne.

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Adapting to the ‘new normal’: Chinese NGOs during COVID-19

  • Di Wu,

China’s government is maintaining a state-dominant strategy over NGOs as it implements ‘zero-COVID’.

Contemporary politics in the Philippines shows how emotions can inform human rights advocacy

  • Syme de Leon,

Duterte has used emotion to his advantage, so how can human rights be articulated to resonate more?

Radical within limits: Women’s movements, civil society, and the political field in Bangladesh

  • Associate Professor Seuty Sabur,

Women’s groups are sometimes blamed for a lack of gender equality rather than those with power such as the state.

Evolutionary Governance in China: State–Society Relations under Authoritarianism. Edited by Szu-chien Hsu, Kellee S. Tsai, and Chun-chih Chang

  • Professor Ming-sho Ho,

Social scientists studying China are developing new theories about how the ruling elites maintain power.

Erosion of democracy? The case of Niseko, Japan

  • Kiyomi Misaki,

Top-down and centralised regional policy has undermined participation and responsibility at the grassroots level.