The Economic Roots of Racism in Singapore Ethnic minorities have become scapegoated by rising economic inequality in Singapore. The News Lens · Jul 1, 2021
China: Xi Jinping Says Beijing Will No Longer Be Bullied During CCP 100 Year Anniversary The Chinese Communist Party celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding with a flyby of jets and helicopters over Tiananmen Square. The News Lens · Jul 1, 2021
Renewed Taiwan Trade Talks Arrive Amid Raft of Legislation on Countering China The U.S.-Taiwan trade talks held today are taking place in the context of a broader shift in U.S. policy on China. The News Lens · Jun 30, 2021
Thailand Migrant Workers Sign Contracts They Don’t Understand, Undercutting Efforts to Stop Abuses Thailand is one of the world’s largest fish and seafood producers, boasting global brands that include John West and Chicken of the Sea, but still struggles with upholding migrant worker rights. The News Lens · Jun 30, 2021
Can We Expect More From Singapore’s PAP on Race? Citizens shouldn’t be measuring our political leaders against the lowered standards that they’ve set for themselves. We should be holding them to the standards of justice and equality. The News Lens · Jun 29, 2021
US ‘Looks Forward’ to Trade Talks With Taiwan Amid China’s Objection After a five-year pause, the U.S. and Taiwan will resume trade talks on Wednesday. The News Lens · Jun 29, 2021
Hong Kong: Police Arrest Apple Daily Editorial Writer at Airport Fung Wai-kong is the seventh executive at the shuttered pro-democracy newspaper to be arrested under the auspices of a national security law in recent weeks. He was reportedly trying to board a plane to the UK. The News Lens · Jun 28, 2021
Thai Pro-democracy Movement Makes Comeback to Push for Monarchy Reform Demonstrators in Thailand voice discontent with the government’s handling of the pandemic, vaccine rollout, and economy. The News Lens · Jun 25, 2021
Lithuania’s Vaccine Donation Sparks a Shopping Spree in Taiwan Taiwanese people thanked Lithuania for the donation of Covid-19 vaccine by buying Lithuanian chocolate and beer. Some proposed visiting the Baltic country after the pandemic. The News Lens · Jun 24, 2021
Indonesia: Covid Cases Surge as ‘Pandemic Fatigue’ Sets In As the government struggles to speed up its vaccination drive and ensure public adherence to hygiene and social distancing measures, the rapid spread of the virus threatens to overwhelm Indonesia’s health system. The News Lens · Jun 24, 2021
Taiwan’s Level 3 Covid-19 Restrictions Extended for Two More Weeks “The situation has been improving, but the criteria for moving to a lower level of alert have not been met yet,” Chen said. The News Lens · Jun 23, 2021
Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Newspaper May Stop Publication This Week The parent company of Apple Daily will make a final decision to shut down this Friday after authorities freeze $2.3 million of the paper’s assets The News Lens · Jun 23, 2021
How the Innovation and Competition Act Could Affect US-Taiwan Relations Strengthening ties between the U.S. and Taiwan does not need to increase U.S.-China tensions in a zero sum fashion. The News Lens · Jun 22, 2021
Philippines: Families of War on Drugs Victims Welcome ICC Probe “This is the fight of all those families who lost someone they loved in this drug war — especially those whose deaths were undocumented,” says one woman who found the body of her stepson with five gunshot wounds. The News Lens · Jun 22, 2021
The News Lens · Jun 21, 2021 Researchers Begin Trials of Covid-19 Nasal Spray Vaccine Australia approves the development of a new Covid-19 vaccine which attacks the virus as it enters the body.
The News Lens · Jun 18, 2021 “We Are Not Puppies, We Are Who We Are:” A Voice From the Indigenous Taiwanese Diaspora “People would only know that you are good at singing and dancing as an Indigenous person, and they are barely interested in who you really are.”
The News Lens · Jun 18, 2021 Myanmar: Court Extends US Journalist’s Detention Danny Fenster, a 37-year-old Michigan native, was detained last month as he tried to fly home to the United States. The U.S. State Department has urged Myanmar's military junta to release him immediately.
The News Lens · Jun 17, 2021 On Minimum Wages, Singapore Is Playing Catch Up Singapore’s government recently agreed to long overdue increases in the minimum wage for cleaners. By many standards, it is far from sufficient.
The News Lens · Jun 17, 2021 Hong Kong Police Arrest Pro-Democracy Apple Daily Newspaper Executives Police in Hong Kong have arrested five executives, including the chief editor, of the Apple Daily. The newspaper is known for its critical coverage of China.
The News Lens · Jun 16, 2021 A Taiwanese Mural Artist’s Journey Home For his solo exhibition in Taiwan, Wang Liang traveled to cities and towns he had never set foot upon, on the lookout for images characterizing the people and their surroundings in the place he had come to feel, in some sense, that he had never left.
The News Lens · Jun 16, 2021 Doctor-Activist Defiant Against Myanmar Military Myanmar's Dr. Ko Tayzar San, a prominent protest leader since the February 1 coup, is on the run
The News Lens · Jun 15, 2021 ‘River of Exploding Durians’ Makes a Virtue of a Small Budget On the surface a critique of Malaysian political corruption and societal acquiescence — and it still is that — ‘River of Exploding Durians’ is grounded in one young man’s devastation at losing everyone he cares about.
The News Lens · Jun 15, 2021 Taiwan’s ‘Pineapple War:’ Opportunity Amid an Industry Crisis China’s recent ban on pineapple imports provides an occasion for policymakers to rethink Taiwan’s dependence on the Chinese market for agricultural exports.
The News Lens · Jun 12, 2021 Taiwan’s Bygone Species and Their Possible Return Bringing extinct species back from oblivion is no easy task. But the good news is Taiwan has experience in this realm.
The News Lens · Jun 11, 2021 Lost Dreams of FamilyMart Convenience stores were once a path to Taiwan’s middle class and a sign of economic transition to a service economy. But today a budding filmmaker’s experience working at FamilyMart reflects a stagnancy that haunts a generation.