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Melbourne Asia Review is a research-based publication of the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne.
Islamic finance in a fintech future
Having built a Shariah-compliant global finance industry now worth US$3 trillion, Islamic legal experts are grappling with whether cryptocurrencies are permissible for the world’s 1.8 billion Muslims.
‘Pachinko’: Korean fates and fortunes in Japan
‘Pachinko’, the New York Times best-selling novel and now major TV series, shines a light on the history and plight of the Zainichi.
Anxiety and aspiration in Japan-China relations
While Tokyo has garnered admiration for how it walks the line between its ally Washington and Beijing, it’s set to draw up a new defence strategy with China likely top of mind.
Beyond Squid Game: Translating Asian film and TV for a hungry global market
What are the factors that make for a good translation? Will fan-based translation and artificial intelligence make trained human translators redundant?
Decision making and dissent in the Chinese Communist Party
China’s Communist Party is known to prize loyalty and conformity. So how does it handle internal differences of opinion?