Editorial While, throughout 2020 and due to the pandemics, our “Asia Trends” could not be released as regularly as should, i.e. on a half-yearly basis, we are particularly proud to

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Some extracts SIGNALS, SYMBOLS AND SALES: RECENT TRENDS IN U.S. POLICY TOWARDS TAIWAN Maeve Whelan-Wuest Following an abrupt start to the relationship between the two states after then U.S. President-elect

Some extracts THE CHINA FACTOR IN VIETNAMESE POLITICS Benoît de Tréglodé The Chinese issue is at the heart of Vietnamese domestic and foreign policy. Vietnam has always had an emotional

Editorial Natural disasters have increasingly affected Asia over the last decades. As the most populated region in the world, Asia is facing significant challenges in managing environmental degradation and in