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Thank you Nikkei Asia for your profile of 巴丢草 Bad ї ucao and a look at our graphic novel, YOU MUST TAKE PART IN REVOLUTION! By Sophie Mak: asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Arts…

Mediating between police and protesters to try and prevent escalation makes you a rioter in Hong Kong. The absurdity never ends.

This vintage 1938 world map is centered around Sydney, Australia. Since it was published by Qantas, it also shows travel distance to all parts of the world. Great piece. Zoomable high-res version here: buff.ly/MwTbsDf

A sobering and realistic assessment of Australia's situation in the Xi+Trump era, with one future being an Australia poorer and isolated. afr.com/world/asia/aus…

Devastating to lose Radio Free Asia from the media landscape in Asia. RFA has many courageous reporters who shone a light on rights abuses that authoritarian governments would prefer to hide. This is a gift to abusive governments in the region. rfa.org/english/about/…

The anonymous bounty letters encouraging the capture of Hong Kong activists in Australia and the UK mark the latest attempt by Beijing to silence and intimidate critics overseas. My piece for Nikkei Asia:asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Inter…

Self-exiled Hong Kongers in 🇦🇺 face daily threats and harassment for speaking out against Beijing. A bounty letter sent to random residents in Melbourne targeting Kevin Yam 任建峰 mark the latest instance of efforts to silence critics abroad h/t Sophie Mak asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Inter…

A close friend from #Myanmar shared their thoughts about international journalism just now. (Permission given to share.) I hope correspondents who are flying to/ have arrived in Thailand will take a look 👇 #earthquakemyanmar

More than 1,000 people are now known to have died in Myanmar’s earthquake and the search goes on. Meanwhile, the junta is reported to have continued air strikes against people’s forces even in affected areas. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

A fitting tribute to an incredible person who I’m proud to call a friend. RIP Gwen. You were a trailblazer. Gwen Robinson, a driving force in Asia journalism, dies at 65 asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Obit…

The president of Palau has delivered a pointed barb at Peter Dutton while backing Australia's bid to host a UN climate conference “For us in the Pacific... the phrase ‘water lapping at our door’ is not a metaphor or a punchline. It’s our fear and reality" theguardian.com/world/2025/apr…

Spyware is being used to target civil society supporting Taiwan, Tibet, Uyghurs, democracy & Falun Gong. This advisory explains how to protect yr device. Pls share with people who may be targeted. Many members of these groups call🇦🇺home and deserve the protection of our democracy

IDF soldiers said they shot and killed 14 Palestinian emergency workers from a distance, mistaking them for militants. Our investigation finds: - Shooters were close enough to identify the crews: 40m at the start; around 12m within minutes. - IDF said they shot them because they

Peter Dutton threatens to take Australia backwards on climate - expanding gas production, weakening emissions targets and abandoning plans to host COP31 with Pacific nations. As I explain here 👇 this would undermine Australian foreign policy in our region theconversation.com/peter-duttons-…

Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy party moves to disband after Chinese officials and middlemen warned them of consequences if they don't do so, party veterans say. This pains many members across different generations. A story on its activism over 30 years: apnews.com/article/hong-k…

Another work from the ongoing Hong Kong Human Rights Art Exhibition in Taipei. These are plumes of tear gas used against protesters in 2019 — denuded in post-production from context. The memory of violence and suppression, now hidden. // curator: Kacey Wong, artist: anonymous

It was a pleasure to speak with Sophie Mak Steven Borowiec for Nikkei Asia about "where to next" for Australian foreign policy under a re-elected Albanese government. asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Austr…

My piece in today's New York Times. Drawing on my experience working on human rights in China, I urge Americans to show courage in front of Trump. Being courageous is not simply a display of moral strength. It is also an effective strategy:

IPAC’s Co-Chair in 🇸🇧, Peter Kenilorea, continues to stand tall for democracy and sovereignty in the face of increased CCP influence in his country👇 asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Inter…

I wrote about the new policy to revoke Chinese student visa. For the millions of Chinese who have studied in the US, myself included, it is a sobering and disheartening development. And it's very likely to backfire. nytimes.com/2025/05/30/bus…