Regional matters
In our Regional Matters section, we will analyse the latest issues and developments across Asia. Many of the articles are written by Asia:NZ contributor Vaughan Yarwood
 | Cool JapanCulture as a global export |
 | Nepal's highway of dreams21st century Silk Road connects China and India via Nepal and Tibet |
 | Indonesia's palm oil gambitA two-year moratorium on deforestation has been declared. What is at stake? |
 | Grabbing the microphone: China’s media gambleThe third in a series on the Chinese media landscape. |
 | Chinese internet companiesMore on China's burgeoning media - part 2 of three articles |
 | Bloggers and Chinese Twitter, China’s new media waveThe first in a three-part series on Chinese media written by media adviser Charles Mabbett. |
India's New Rope TrickCould being a runner-up to China yet prove to be to India's advantage in the future? | |
China Gets Tough on Foreign BusinessThe increasingly fraught relations between China and a number of high profile Western investors. | |
Tamils Face Life After WarFollowing the end of armed conflict in Sri Lanka, the political situation remains volatile. | |
| Thailand’s Royal PoliticsAn assessment of the role of former leader Thaksin Shinawatra in the increasing political tension in Thailand. |
Cambodia on TrialThe slow-running process of bringing the remaining Kymer Rouge leaders to justice. | |
 | China strengthens economic ties with AfricaChina's increasing economic presence on the continent and the mixed reactions it has prompted. |
Malaysia's high wire actAn assessment of the country's current economic and political landscape on negotiation of an FTA with New Zealand. | |
China's ethnic unrestThe fallout from the recent disturbances in Urumqi,capital of the tradional Uighur homeland, is analysed. | |
Strengthening New Zealand relationships in East AsiaTerence O'Brien of the Centre for Strategic Studies on New Zealand's engagement with East Asia. | |
Closer defence relations between New Zealand and Viet NamWhile in New Zealand the Vietnamese delegation visited Trentham Army Camp | |
| Japan: A new directionAn assessment of the recent landslide victory of the leftist DPJ. The election took place on 30 August. |
Indonesia: the country's evolving democracyAn analysis of the recent election in the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation. | |
Nanjing: the politics of memoryA report on efforts by China and Japan to find middle ground over contested and painful history. | |
India's votes: an analysis of the 2009 electionIt has been said that most of the world ignores India until it takes their jobs or chooses a leader. A report on the recent election results of the world's largest democracy. |
More articles:
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North Korea: its nuclear obsession - The reverse of a process of relative détente.
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Pakistan: "Clear and present danger" - Why militant Islam is unforgiving of poor governance.
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Sri Lanka's civil war - We report on a country too broken to fix.
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South Asia's royal retreat - An overview of recent tumultuous developments in Nepal and Bhutan
