As adoptions collapse, demand for international surrogacy is soaring
WHEN SHAKIR MOHAMED and his male partner wanted to start a family in London, they looked to adopt a child. But faced with a l...
America and China are talking. But much gets lost in translation
EVEN AS AMERICA’S relationship with China enters a new, less predictable era, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping see the value in ta...
China needs its frightened officials to save the economy
OVER THE past decade, as Chinese governance has become more politicised and a fear of punishment has taken hold, local offici...
The Quad finally gets serious on security
An identity crisis has long afflicted the Quad, a coalition that groups America, Australia, India and Japan. It began in 2007...
Why Taiwanese youth complain of becoming “housing slaves”
Ever since Ice Jao, a 30-year-old, got married two years ago, her mother has been pestering her to buy a home. The jewellery ...
Is Cambodia slipping out of China’s orbit?
During Donald Trump’s first term as America’s president, Cambodia was a byword in Washington for a Chinese satrapy, or client...
Who is Lee Jae-myung, South Korea’s possible next president?
WHEN SOUTH KOREA’S president, Yoon Suk Yeol, sent troops streaming into the country’s National Assembly on December 3rd, Lee ...
Donald Trump’s Defining Decade
Donald Trump invoked the 1890s in laying out the agenda for his second term. But from his demand for the Panama Canal to his ...
America’s foreign aid pause puts lives at risk
THE SPRAWLING al-Hol camp in north-eastern Syria is part of a network of prisons holding tens of thousands of detainees and f...
An alternative theory to explain America’s murder spike in 2020
You might call it a new golden age. America’s economy is strong, overdose deaths are falling and crime rates are down. For th...