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INTRODUCTION – Changing one’s world view: the potentially transformative power of Asian language(s) and culture(s)

  • Dr Jun Ohashi,

Learning an Asian language can serve as a bulwark against rising nationalism and xenophobia.

INTRODUCTION: Trajectories of Civil Society in Asia

  • Professor Akihiro Ogawa,

Democratic backsliding is a major concern worldwide and Asia is no exception.

Veganism in Japan: How ‘soft’ activism is changing minds in a meat-eating nation

  • Ruby Ramsden,

Veganism in Japan is not widely accepted, but ‘loose veganism’ is growing.

The state regulation of faith-based civil society organisations in India

  • Ananya Pattnaik & Professor Sarbeswar Sahoo,

The ruling Hindu nationalist political party in India and its treatment of minority faith-based civil society organisations.

How Indian students told to ‘go home’ by Australia at the start of the pandemic used WhatsApp for advocacy

  • Dr Surjeet Dogra Dhanji & Dr Mousumi Mukherjee,

National border closures and the pandemic. How Indian students ‘stranded’ in India coped with their plight.

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