World
Asia
Taliban storm Kabul apartment, arrest women’s rights activist amid crackdown
Since sweeping to power in mid-August, the Taliban have imposed widespread restrictions, including on the women’s rights and the right to protest.
- by Kathy Gannon
Latest
‘Certain punishment’: Beijing warns Olympians against protesting
In comments labelled “chilling” and “despicable”, the Beijing Olympic Committee said offending speech could break Chinese laws.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Pets the latest sacrifice in China’s attempt to hold fortress COVID-zero
With Delta and Omicron on the rise, the country is dealing with mass lockdowns in eight cities, hamster exterminations in Hong Kong and international mail restrictions in Beijing.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Hong Kong to kill 2000 animals after hamsters get COVID-19
Hong Kong will also stop the sale of hamsters and the import of small mammals.
- by Zen Soo
Flight attendants at centre of Hong Kong COVID outbreak arrested
The airline workers were accused of violating pandemic rules and causing the city’s Omicron outbreak, as Beijing announced tickets would not be publicly available for the Winter Olympics.
- by Zen Soo
Opinion
China
Turnbull had the right idea on China
Malcolm Turnbull has had his critics over the years – including this writer – but it’s now absolutely clear that Turnbull’s policy towards China was very much in Australia’s best interests.
- by Tom Switzer
Who controls you? Which party do you vote for?
The Cambodian Prime Minister has already “zoom-bombed” an opposition meeting, now from next month the country will filter all online content China-style.
- by Charles McDermid
Tortured and isolated in a Chinese jail, Yang Hengjun has ‘no regrets’
The Chinese-Australian writer says his plight has allowed him to put a spotlight on China’s legal system.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Kim starts the year with a bang. Four to be precise
The North Korean regime fired two ballistic missiles from Pyongyang airport on Monday, demonstrating the depth of Kim Jong-un’s arsenal, say analysts.
- by Josh Smith
Faced with South China Sea challenges, Philippines buys missile system
Rodrigo Duterte’s government will acquire a shore-based anti-ship missile system from India to beef up its navy.
- by Neil Jerome Morales
Beijing’s rocky road to the 2022 Winter Games
Fresh from imperilling one Olympic Games in Tokyo last year, COVID-19 has its tentacles around another.
- by Eryk Bagshaw