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The end of China's one-child policy, 10 years later
Oped, Yi Fuxian, Published on 09/01/2026
» Jan 1 marked a decade since China repealed its one-child policy. Just ten days earlier, Peng Peiyun, who long oversaw the often-brutal enforcement of China's family-planning rules, died at the age of 96, having never been held accountable for her actions. Some obituaries praised Peng for being "reform-minded", even though, in practice, she only perpetuated an utterly inhumane policy, whose consequences have barely begun to materialise.
Global glacial meltdown happening fast
Oped, Jorge Daniel Taillant, Published on 05/01/2022
» We've all heard the tragic stories of glaciers in peril: pieces of ice, the size of continents, breaking off of Antarctica or melting away in the Arctic Ocean near the North Pole, leaving polar bears starving and clutching onto remnants of crumbling sea ice.
Keep elderly payment as is
Oped, Editorial, Published on 29/09/2021
» A proposal to limit recipients of the old-age allowance to only the poor -- shifting from a universal principle -- is a step in the wrong direction.
China's jab drive raises questions
News, Roxanne Liu & Ryan Woo & Miyoung Kim, Published on 17/03/2021
» China aims to vaccinate at least half a billion of its people against Covid-19 in four months, a challenge that will test the country's formidable industrial might just as it accelerates efforts to help inoculate the rest of the world.
Fate is in our hands
News, Postbag, Published on 27/03/2020
» Re: "Govt to invoke emergency rule", (BP, March 25). The government has absolute power but it still lacks a clear and comprehensive strategy besides implementing a lockdown. We should follow South Korea, as "(it's) one of only two countries with large outbreaks, alongside China, to flatten the curve of new infections.
China's civilisational challenge
Asia focus, Chin-Huat Wong, Published on 13/01/2020
» China's "one country, two systems" formula in Hong Kong is failing miserably. After months of large-scale pro-democracy protests – including violent clashes with police -- the city's voters dealt a powerful blow in November to pro-mainland parties, which lost 87% of the seats to pro-democracy rivals in district council elections.
Clear up cuts to 30-baht scheme
News, Editorial, Published on 25/08/2019
» Confusion appears to reign supreme over the budget for the universal healthcare or 30-baht card scheme. Activists have complained that the Prayut Chan-o-cha government, which is about to go on a heavy spending spree on populist policies, is excluding sick people who depend on the universal healthcare scheme (UHC) to meet their needs.
Huawei ban puts South Korea in a familiar place
News, Ju-min Park & Heekyong Yang, Published on 31/05/2019
» Less than a week after Huawei Technologies was blacklisted by the United States, more than a hundred South Korean politicians and business leaders toured the Chinese tech giant's headquarters and its lavish new campus outside Shenzhen.