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Founded in 2005, Asia Centre is an independent research institute that holds debates and issues publications on matters relating to international, strategic, economic relations, as well as the political and social transformations underway in the Asia-Pacific region. At the crossroads of university research as well as public and private decision-making, Asia Centre researchers identify critical regional issues and analyse them in-depth, taking into consideration both local and global dimensions. Asia Centre’s programs are developed with a vast network of partners, companies and major specialist centres in Europe, North America and Asia. The Centre carries out joint operations with these groups, for a better interpretation of ideas and issues. The conclusions of these meetings, such as the results of the work carried out using original sources by our researchers, are widely distributed through the Centre’s publications as well as through international journals, books and media.

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Taiwan cooking oil scandal: Why Isn’t Beijing Adding Fuel to the Fire? • Isabelle Feng

31 July 2026 No Comments

In this new piece, Isabelle Feng looks back at the tainted cooking oil scandal that has affected Taiwan for several weeks, and at Beijing’s measured response to the affair. She examines the protests held in Taipei on 25 July, the coverage of the event by Chinese state media, and reactions observed on Chinese social media. She puts this episode in perspective alongside the history of food safety scandals in mainland China and the question of freedom to protest on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

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Memo – India and New Institutions In Asia-Pacific: Responding to China and the United States

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Table ronde n°7 de l’Observatoire Chine, 26 janvier 2016, avec le Dr. Jagannath P. Panda (East Asia Centre, IDSA, New Delhi)

Over the past decades, the nature, composition, structure and function of Asia-Pacific institutions have changed. For instance, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was founded in 1967 to enhance
security and political cooperation within Southeast Asia. Today ASEAN gathers ten nations and its agenda now covers security, trade, investments and culture.

That is why these mechanisms are termed “New Institutions”. Some of them are backed by China, some others by the United States1. In this context, what is India’s role and response to these institutional initiatives in Asia-Pacific?

  • India, Indo-Pacific and Asia-Pacific
  • India’s strategy in Asia-Pacific
  • New Institutions, Old evolving mechanisms and Institutional Order in Asia-Pacific
  • India’s outlook towards the New Institutions in Asia-Pacific
  • India, China and South China Sea
  • Conclusion
  • Questions and Answers
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