HK umbrella movement one year on
One year on from the pro-democracy protests that brought Hong Kong to a standstill, organisers admit that China’s Communist leadership shows no sign of budging on reform, but a spark could reignite the movement.
one fellow's political coverage, music ramblings and general hijinks across decades under a range of guises at several locations often in a state of awe.
One year on from the pro-democracy protests that brought Hong Kong to a standstill, organisers admit that China’s Communist leadership shows no sign of budging on reform, but a spark could reignite the movement.
A US charity has discovered the bodies of 36 American Marines in Kiribati, including a famous Congressional Medal of Honour recipient, at the scene of some of the fiercest fighting in the Pacific during World War II.
The passing of former prime minister Gough Whitlam is not just a day of mourning for Australia, but also for a region shaped by his expansive policies of outreach to Asia and the Pacific, regional leaders say.
Sir Run Run Shaw, the Hong Kong mogul who created a massive Asian media empire spanning movies to television across nearly 90 years, has died at the age of 106.
More than 40 people have been killed across China’s southern provinces over the past three months in a surge of hornet attacks in cities and villages.
By Nic Mclellan. Originally posted in Overland, Spring 2013
Police in the Australian state of Victoria say further arrests of those involved in soccer match fixing are likely.
2002–Does the closure of Asiaweek, the region’s leading news weekly spell the end of its vision? Since its lightning closure, this is the first time a senior staffer publicly writes about it.
The region’s largest meeting of the year, the Pacific Islands Forum, kicks-off next week in Cairns and will be without official representation from Fiji or its interim prime minister and coup leader Commodore Frank Bainimarama.
MELBOURNE–Not pining for a new day. Maybe just reminiscing about some old digital projects I once was a major part of that are slowly being deleted by the ubercorp.